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Black Hawk County supervisors approve interfund transfers, contracts and insurance renewal
Summary
The Board of Supervisors on June 30 approved payment of claims, $2.41 million in interfund transfers, a $216,375 library services contract and a $948,399 property/casualty insurance renewal; actions were unanimous with one member absent.
The Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors on June 30 approved routine expenditures and a series of financial and contractual actions, including a large package of interfund transfers and an insurance renewal.
In a single resolution the board authorized payment of claims across multiple funds and instructed the County Auditor to issue payments as listed in the record. The meeting record lists claimants across county funds and carries the board’s authorization (motion by Supervisor Justin Brandt, seconded by Ritch Kurtenbach). The resolution passed with Brandt, Kurtenbach, Chris Schwartz and Chair Linda Laylin voting aye; Supervisor Tavis Hall was absent.
As part of the consent agenda the board approved interfund transfers and journal entries totaling $2,411,116.82 as shown in the meeting record. The transfers moved money among general, road and other county funds and included several large transfers to the secondary roads and transfer accounts.
The supervisors also approved a FY2027 contract for library services with the boards of trustees of the public libraries in Cedar Falls, Dunkerton, Evansdale, Hudson, Janesville, La Porte City and Waterloo for a total of $216,375 (motion by Brandt, seconded by Kurtenbach; unanimous vote).
The Board authorized renewal of the county’s property/casualty and liability insurance program through the Iowa Communities Assurance Pool (ICAP) with primary coverage priced at $948,399 (a 6.1% increase over the prior policy) and authorized up to $30,000 additional premium for $2 million of cyber-security coverage, as recommended by the Insurance Committee. The Board also approved a $125,000 transfer from the General Supplemental Fund to the Self-Insurance Property/Liability fund for FY26.
Separately, the Board approved a service agreement with Social Assurance, LLC of Lincoln for social media management and archiving in the amount of $8,500, and accepted a permit for underground electric and fiber placement by Cedar Falls Utility on Winslow Road as recommended by County Engineer Catherine Nicholas.
Actions were taken by roll call and recorded as unanimous where noted. The record indicates routine procedural approvals and places the detailed claims, transfer entries and vendor payments on file with the County Auditor.
What’s next: the Auditor’s file will show the itemized claims and the transfers; the insurance renewal and library contract move forward under the terms approved at the meeting.
