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Kossuth County unanimously recommends DNR approve Brent Murphy Site #2 construction permit
Summary
After a public hearing with no public comments, the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors on June 16, 2026 unanimously adopted Resolution #06-16-26-01 recommending the Iowa Department of Natural Resources approve construction permit Brent Murphy Site #2 in Plum Creek Township, citing a Master Matrix score of 455.
The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously June 16 to recommend that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources approve a construction permit for Brent Murphy Site #2, a confinement feeding operation in the NE NW Quarter of Section 11, T96N R28W in Plum Creek Township.
The recommendation was adopted as Resolution #06-16-26-01 after the board opened and closed a public hearing with no in-person or written comments. Chairman Carter Nath called the hearing; Supervisors Amber Garman, Kyle Stecker and Howard Haas joined the roll-call votes to open and close the hearing and to adopt the recommendation.
The county’s Planning & Zoning Master Matrix Delegate, Corey Petersen, informed the board that he scored the Master Matrix identically to the applicant and determined the site met the Master Matrix requirements. The board’s resolution records that the facility’s Master Matrix score is 455 points and instructs Auditor Tammy Eden to notify the Iowa Department of Natural Resources of the board’s recommendation.
The action is advisory to the state agency: the county’s resolution communicates local review and the Master Matrix finding to the Iowa DNR, which retains authority to grant or deny the construction permit under state law. No public objections were recorded during the county proceeding.
Next steps: the county will send the board’s recommendation and the Master Matrix filing to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the agency’s review and final decision. The board did not take additional local conditions or impose site modifications in the resolution recorded in the minutes.
