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Marshall County supervisors adopt budget and approve several transfers, contracts and grant signing
Summary
At its June 3 meeting the Marshall County Board adopted the annual appropriation resolution, authorized advance issuance of payments, approved four interfund transfers, renewed a three-year contract with Cost Advisory Services Inc., and authorized signature on a Byrne JAG grant for the Mid Iowa Drug Task Force.
Marshall County's Board of Supervisors on June 3 adopted its annual appropriation resolution, authorized procedures for advance issuance of payments for fiscal year 2026-27, and approved a set of four interfund transfers and two contract/grant actions during a regularly scheduled meeting in the courthouse.
Chair read the consent agenda and the board approved routine items, including minutes and claims. The board then adopted the annual appropriation resolution for fiscal year 2026-27; the dollar amount read during the meeting audio/transcript was unclear in the recorded record and is not specified here.
The board also adopted a separate resolution to allow the advance issuance of payments for fiscal year 2026-27 (standard annual authorization for fixed charges such as utilities and payroll).
On interfund transfers the board approved: - Transfer #961: quarterly transfer from the Rural Services Fund to the Secondary Road Fund of up to $750,000 (Iowa Code 331.429(b) compliance noted). - Transfer #962: annual transfer from lost revenue in the Rural Services Fund to the Secondary Road Fund recorded in the transcript as $996,275.70. - Transfer #963: one-time transfer of $850,000 from the General Basic Fund to the General Supplemental Fund to cover required expenditures. - Transfer #964: one-time transfer of $215,000 from the General Basic Fund to the Capital Projects Fund; recorded use was for IT infrastructure, buildings and grounds.
The board approved a three-year contract renewal with Cost Advisory Services Inc. for $6,580 covering the stated fiscal years and authorized the chair to sign.
Sheriff's office staff presented the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) award for the Mid Iowa Drug Task Force for July 1, 2026'June 30, 2027. The presenter said the award represented about a 5% increase from the prior year and described funding for three funded positions and a $10,000 equipment site award. The board moved to approve the Byrne JAG contract and authorized Supervisor James Gibson to sign the contract on the county's behalf; the motion carried.
A staff member reported on primary-election turnout in the public forum: the transcript records 1,937 participants for the 2024 primary and just over 4,100 participants in the most recent primary; the speaker gave an absentee/day-of breakdown in the record (about 948 absentee, approximately 77% in-person voting day-of). The board adjourned at 9:36 a.m. and set its next regular meeting for June 17 at 9 a.m.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): appropriation resolution ' adopted; advance-issuance resolution ' adopted; Transfer #961 ' adopted; Transfer #962 ' adopted; Transfer #963 ' adopted; Transfer #964 ' adopted; Cost Advisory Services contract renewal ' adopted; Byrne JAG contract signature authorization (James Gibson) ' adopted.
