Des Moines County supervisors approve a liquor license and a series of personnel actions

The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 approved a package of routine business items that included a liquor license, a county treasurer office pay-rate adjustment, a correctional center personnel entry, and conservation and public-health personnel actions.

Chair Sarah moved to approve a "Max C" liquor license for traveling sales (the license language was read during the meeting). The motion was seconded and roll call responses recorded in support.

Personnel actions approved included a step-rate increase for Christina Hay (Clerk 2, motor vehicle department) from $31,781.55 to $36,880.10; acceptance of Correctional Officer Lacey Kelly’s last day (09/04/2025); and a step increase for Mark/Marcus Neck (environmental education manager) from $59,256.29 to $60,503.79. The board also recorded unpaid leave hours for Andrea Holmes, a public-health nurse, and accepted the resignation of Andrew Holt effective 09/05/2025. Each motion was seconded and approved by roll call.

Clerk roll-call confirmations and standard personnel documentation were read aloud during the meeting. The actions were presented as routine administrative business; no extended discussion or opposition was recorded in the transcript.

Provenance: The liquor-license motion was read and voted on during general business (transcript lines where the license and vote were recorded). Personnel actions were listed and approved in a series of motions later in the meeting; each action and its roll-call approval were read aloud by the chair and clerk.