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Votes at a glance: Board approves claims, contracts, library funding, tax-sale assignment and related business
Summary
At its June 30 meeting the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors approved the claims resolution (total payments reported), a social-media management contract, the FY27 library services contract, a tax-sale certificate assignment, establishment of official posting location, and several insurance- and budget-related motions; the board also placed a steel bid on file for review.
The Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors voted on a series of routine and substantive items at its June 30 meeting. Key actions and outcomes:
- Claims and payments (resolution): The board approved the claims resolution; the auditor reported total bill payments of $1,685,861 and payroll of $1,694,148.83. Larger items called out included Peter's Construction ($449,747.68) for public-health renovations and a Raymond Road paving payment to ASPRO ($897,736.50). Recorded roll-call votes in the transcript show approval by present supervisors.
- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda by resolution (voice votes recorded).
- Social media management and archiving contract: The board approved a service agreement with SocialAssurances LLC for social-media management and archiving at a quoted $8,500; staff said data would be hosted on Amazon Web Services (U.S.) and meet the sheriff's compliance needs.
- FY27 library contract: The board approved a $216,375 FY27 contract to support public libraries across several cities (a 3% increase from the prior year) and directed the chair to sign.
- Tax-sale certificate assignment: The board approved assignment of tax-sale certificate 20009001152 (parcel 8913-24-130-00005) for property in Waterloo from the county to Nicole E. Young Denton and Michael R. Denton, per the county treasurer's presentation.
- Official posting location: The board designated the east vestibule at 316 East 6th Street, Waterloo, as the official posting location for public meeting notices and on the county website (Agendas & Minutes link), meeting new state posting requirements effective July 1.
- Bid opening: For Project L-3031 (Aborvenue Bridge No. 7445), the engineer’s estimate was $71,450 and one bid was received from Odin Enterprises (Wahoo, Nebraska) for $96,595.28; the board placed the bid on file for review.
- Insurance and budget actions: The board approved insurance renewal and additional cyber coverage and authorized a $125,000 transfer to the self-insurance fund to cover deductibles, and approved IAP proxy appointments.
Votes were recorded on each resolution; the transcript records roll-call or named responses for each action. For items without an explicit recorded mover or seconder in the transcript, the board followed standard motion-second-roll-call procedure shown in the record.
Ending: The board concluded with routine departmental updates and adjourned; several items (bid review, speed-limit engineering studies) were left to staff follow-up.
