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Votes at a glance: key Bremer County decisions
Summary
A quick reference listing of formal actions the board took: approvals include tax suspensions, a library trustee appointment, a courthouse masonry contract, adoption of the FY26 budget amendment and spending authority, and adoption of Ordinance 2605 repealing a surveying rule; a treasurer-pay timing proposal was voted down and will be revisited.
Bremer County supervisors took several formal actions during the meeting. Outcomes recorded in the transcript include:
- Tax suspensions: Board reviewed the annual list under the Iowa Code reference provided by staff and approved suspensions for the two accounts that remained eligible; one account was found ineligible.
- Appointment: The board ratified the rural Reedland library trustee appointment of Glenda Klitsch by voice vote.
- Courthouse masonry contract: The board authorized the chair to sign a tuckpointing and masonry agreement with Theodore Masonry (contract contains a roughly $10,000 contingency) so the contractor can be scheduled.
- FY26 budget amendment: The board adopted a resolution appropriating the FY26 year-end budget amendment and a companion resolution authorizing departmental spending under the amended appropriations.
- Ordinance 2605: On third reading supervisors adopted Ordinance 2605, repealing the county ordinance that had governed surveying on private parcels (Ordinance 2410), a change described as intended to avoid litigation related to pipeline activity.
- Treasurer pay timing: A staff proposal to align hourly treasurer pay so employees receive a new wage on the first July paycheck was discussed and the motion to approve the four treasurer positions was voted down; supervisors directed staff to return with clarifications for a future meeting.
Votes were taken by voice. The meeting transcript records motions, seconds and voice votes but does not provide a complete roll-call tally for each action.
