Government

March 8, 2022The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with Supervisors Seeman, Bierschenk and Primmer present, The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. at the conference room at the Benton County Service Center. Members of the public were provided the zoom access capability to join in during open session and livestream at https://www.

Week nine of the session was busy with committee meetings for all legislators. I passed out of the Transportation Committee Senate File 2139 with bipartisan support. This will help people selling a car with a salvage title. For example, a vehicle rebuilder has a car that was declared a salvage vehicle, which has a cost of repair exceeding 70% of the fair market value.

City of Shellsburg Minutes 2/22/222-22-22 a meeting of the Shellsburg City Council was called to order by Mayor Speckner at 6:00pm in the Council Chambers. Roll Call was answered by Thorkildson, Travis, Vogt, Reeves, and Harvey. Mayor Speckner added ECICOG and SACG pickle ball to the agenda. Reeves motioned to approve the amended consent agenda.

All Charges are subject to review by The Benton County Attorney’s Office. An arrest or criminalcharge is merely an accusation, and the Defendant is presumed innocent, unless proven guilty. Intrastate Warrants are issued by Law Enforcement Agencies for crimes happening in their jurisdictions.Adult Arrests-March 1 Kenneth Harold Taylor 37 Vinton, IACharged with Interference With Official Acts, Disorderly Conduct,Public IntoxicationJuvenile Referral-0Twelve Code Enforcement Violations- Junk x 3, Parking x 2, Garbage x 2, Junk Vehicles x 5Three Traffic Citations for Offenses were issued for the Week of February 28-March 6, 2022.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING March 15, 2022 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 https://www.youtube.com/bentoncountyiowa 1. 9:00 A.M. Call to Order 2. 9:01 a.m. Barb Greenlee     Re: Set land use hearing date for Ryan and Karlee Kasal part of SW ¼ SW ¼ Section 30-T84NR11W 3.

Public NoticeThe Benton County Redistricting Committee will hold a public hearing on Friday, March 25, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. in the Benton County Service Center Conference Room, 811 D Ave, Vinton, IA, to hear comments or objections to the proposed election precincts. The proposed precincts are as follows:Boundaries of Election Precincts:The boundaries of election precincts containing unincorporated areas of Benton County and cities shall be as follows:BENTON-CANTON-SHELLSBURG: All of Benton Township, all of Canton Township, and all of the City of ShellsburgBRUCE-CEDAR-MONROE-MT AUBURN: All of Bruce Township, all of Cedar Township, all of Monroe Township, and all of the City of Mt.

BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF POST-ELECTION AUDIT Pursuant to Code of Iowa Sec. 50.51, the Secretary of State’s Office has ordered a post-election audit of the March 8, 2022, Special City Election for City of Atkins. The Benton County Auditor’s Office will conduct this audit on Monday, March 14, at 9:30 a.m. The audit will take place in the Auditor’s Office at the Benton County Courthouse on the 2nd floor, 111 E 4th Street, Vinton, IA.

Liz Mathis officially filed petition paperwork with Iowa’s Secretary of State’s Office today to run as the Democratic challenger in Iowa’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. “Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers in every county across the district, we have collected double what was required and worked to secure more than a thousand signatures for statewide and statehouse candidates up and down the ballot,” said Liz Mathis.

The unofficial election results for the Special City Election held in Atkins yesterday on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 are below. Registered Voters 1,452 - Total Ballots 285 : 19.63%Atkins City CouncilNumber of Precincts 1 Precincts Reporting 1 Vote For 1 Adam Wagner 96 - 33.68% Michael Luton 34 - 11.93% Rick Stoltzfus 155 - 54.39% (Write-in vote,

CITY OF VINTONCOUNCIL MEETING AGENDA – MARCH 10, 2022 -- 7:00 PMhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/856821558211-301-715-8592 or 1-312-626-6799 or 1-646-558-8656Webinar ID: 856 8215 58211. Call to order and roll call2. Pledge of Allegiance3. Approve agenda4. Consent Agendaa. Receive & file Council meeting minutes of February 24, 2022b. Receive & file Airport meeting minutes of February 16, 2022c.