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Calhoun County board approves fiber permit, personnel moves, ISAC HIPAA agreement and routine claims
Summary
During its June 23 meeting the Calhoun County Board of Supervisors approved Underground Construction Permit 13-2026 for Evergreen Internet LLC to install fiber near Twin Lakes; approved a $65,000 salary for the county’s Mental Health Advocate; authorized EMS personnel payouts and a hire; approved the ISAC HIPAA agreement; and allowed county and drainage claims and a Dollar General liquor license.
The Calhoun County Board of Supervisors on June 23, 2026, took a series of routine but substantive administrative actions, including approving a fiber-optic permit near Twin Lakes, multiple personnel moves in county departments and the review and allowance of the county’s claims list.
Nick Buse, Calhoun/Sac County Engineer, presented Underground Construction Permit 13-2026 for Evergreen Internet, LLC to install fiber-optic cable within county road right-of-way covering about a 3-mile run north and south around Twin Lakes. The board approved the permit on a motion by Cory Ridgely, seconded by Dave George; the minutes record the motion as carried unanimously.
The board approved FY2026/2027 salary increase worksheets and specifically approved raising the salary for Mental Health Advocate Sandy Sweeney-Pamperin to $65,000 annually, effective July 1, 2026. The board approved PTO payouts for two separated EMS employees, Natya Sturm and Josh Fox (separations effective June 19, 2026), and approved hiring Bobbi Jo Wempe as a regular full-time EMS employee; those personnel actions were recorded as approved by unanimous motions.
The board approved the ISAC HIPAA Program Service Agreement for fiscal year 2026–27 and reviewed and allowed county claims checks (82200–82291) and bank drafts (DFT0006027–0006060), as well as drainage claims checks (82292–82298) and stamped warrants (506067–506102). The claims list included vendor payments and purchases recorded in the published claims (for example, a $280,542 charge from Crysteel Manufacturing, Inc., for new equipment), which the board accepted as endorsed.
In other business the board approved an ownership amendment on the liquor license for Dollar General in Manson and approved a liquor license effective July 2, 2026, through July 1, 2027. The meeting adjourned with the board setting its next regular meeting for June 30, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
All motions listed in the minutes were recorded as carried by unanimous vote; the minutes do not record public comment or debate on these items.
