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Des Moines County supervisors approve JAG-funded e‑bike purchase, routine payroll and personnel actions
Summary
At their April 14 meeting the Des Moines County Board of Supervisors approved an interlocal JAG grant agreement to buy three e‑bikes for local patrols and voted to clear payroll reimbursement claims and three correctional-center personnel actions; staff noted a floodplain ordinance second reading and moved a related resolution to next week.
Des Moines County supervisors on April 14 approved an interlocal agreement with the city of Burlington to buy three electric bicycles for local police patrols and cleared several routine financial and personnel items.
Rob (county staff) described the agreement as "an interlocal agreement between the city of Burlington and De Mo County" to purchase three e‑bikes — two for the Burlington Police Department bike patrol and one for the sheriff’s office bike patrol — and said the purchase is "100% funded through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)." The board moved and approved the agreement during the meeting.
The board also approved payroll reimbursement claims totaling $25,623 and unanimously approved three personnel actions from the correctional center in a single vote: the promotion of Mason Boyer from part‑time to full‑time correctional officer (effective April 14, 2026), a 12‑month step increase for Rory Cockerham (effective May 19, 2026), and an anniversary pay increase for Kathy Manley (part‑time cook, effective May 1, 2026). The board approved minutes from its April 7 regular meeting and noted that sheriff, clerk and auditor fee reports for March 2026 are on file in the auditor’s office.
On the floodplain ordinance, staff noted that a related resolution that would set the ordinance’s effective date needed separate posting because the referenced updated maps take effect May 26; that resolution will be moved to next week’s agenda while the board completed the ordinance’s second reading and recorded a vote.
The board’s approvals were routine and largely uncontested. Staff said signed copies of the JAG agreement will be returned to county counsel and the city after signatures are obtained. The board adjourned the regular meeting and proceeded to a work session on a separate real‑estate matter.
Ending: The board’s regular-business items were handled on voice/roll-call votes with no further debate; staff will finalize signatures on the JAG agreement and post the public records (auditor’s office) noted during the meeting.
