Government
State Auditor Sand Claws Back at Corruption with New ‘Taxpayers’ Watchcat’ Seal
In a bold and unexpected move, Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand on Tuesday announced a major change to the office’s branding. Effective immediately, the State Auditor’s official seal will no longer feature the iconic “Taxpayers’ Watchdog.” Instead, it will be replaced with a new, feline-focused emblem: “The Taxpayers’ Watchcat.”“After years of tailing financial mischief, we’ve decided it’s time to paws and rethink our approach,” said Sand. BOS joint meeting with EMS Advisory Council April 1, 2025 6:00 p.m.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JOINT MEETING
With EMS Advisory Council
04/01/2025 at 6:00 p.m.
Benton County EOC 213 2nd Ave. Vinton, IA
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Approval of 03/04/2025 meeting minutes
3. Discussion on Fund Requests
4. Discussion on 28E Agreements
5. Discussion on Non-Benton Co Transport Services’ allocation amounts
6. Discuss items needed for FY ’26 budgets for Auditors office
7.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING April 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING
April 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
Benton County Courthouse
Auditor’s Conference Room
111 E 4th StreetVinton, IA
** Agenda is not printed in any particular order; only time-specific items will be addressed at certain times
1. 5:00 P.M. Call to Order
2. FY26 Budget Work Session
3. Adjourn
Hello, Iowa House District 84 from the State Capitol!
The Iowa House had another busy week, which was the eleventh into this year’s session. We passed 48 bills, and 18 were unanimous, 19 were bipartisan, and 11 by party line.This last summer, I received a call from a former Benton Community School District employee that the requirements for prospective bus drivers were pretty stringent and could be made a little less restrictive to alleviate the state-wide bus driver shortage. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING April 1, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING
April 1, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
Benton County Service Center Conference Room
811 D Ave. Vinton, IA
** Agenda is not printed in any particular order; only time-specific items will be addressed at certain times
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1. 9:00 A.M. Call to Order
2. Discuss/Approve agenda
3. Discuss/Approve minutes
4.
Warranty Deed Land Transfers 3/27/25
KACENA JESSICA KAY, KACENA THOMAS MICHAEL David to GOGGINS JOHN, GOGGINS SHERRIE LEEVINTON EASTVIEW ESTATES FIRST ADDITION Lot: 2
SCHWAB TERRY L, SCHWAB DENISE L to TERRY AND DENISE SCHWAB
REVOCABLE TRUST, THE TERRY AND DENISE SCHWAB REVOCABLE TRUST NW 32-83-12
NW 29-83-12
SW NW 29-83-12
NE 29-83-12
NE 30-83-12 SLATE GARY G to
Warranty Deed Land Transfers 3/25/25
KASAL CODY L, KASAL ALEXANDRIA M to HYNICK DAVID L
BELLE PLAINE BLOSSOM'S 2ND ADDITION Lot: 4 ROCKET MORTGAGE LLC to LAND
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE
CORPORATION
NE 29-85-10BIDWELL CINDY A, BIDWELL KENNETH to BIDWELL FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LLCNE 19-83-10 BUSCH STEVEN W, REMINGTON ANDREA to BUSCH JACOB JOHN, BUSCH ERIN CLAIRE
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Tenth Week of the 2025 Legislative Session
We are now to the point in the legislative session where most of our time is spent with floor debate, but we are also discussing legislation from the House in subcommittees and committees. This week, we also received more appointees from the Governor, so we were focused on talking with those appointees about the positions they have been appointed for. Warranty Deed Land Transfers 3/21/25
TIMMERMAN ELOISE J TRUSTEE, ELOISE J TIMMERMAN REVOCABLE TRUST to TIMMERMAN ELOISE J TRUSTEE, KEYSTONE HERITAGE FARM TRUST
NEWHALL BODDICKERS HOMESTEAD ADDITION Lot: 2 OWENS WANDA ESTATE, OWENS JONATHAN EXECUTOR to OWENS JONATHAN PAR C SE SE 36-84-9