November 9, 2010

                The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in regular adjourned session with Supervisors Buch, Vermedahl, and Sanders present.  Chairman Sanders called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

                Moved by Buch, seconded by Vermedahl, to set the date for a land use hearing requested by Russell and Kim Schrader for December 7,2010, at 9:15 a.m., on a parcel located in the NW ¼ NE ¼ Sec 10-86-12.  All members voting aye thereon.  Motion carried.

Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to approve the minutes of November 2, 2010. All members voting aye thereon.  Motion carried. 

Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch to approve claims and checks numbered 125080 through 125528, and ACH deposits 9765 through 9873, for payment.  All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

The time of 9:05 a.m. having arrived, the board proceeded with canvassing the November 2, 2010 General Election.

 Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, that the write-ins for Soil and Water as follows:  Virginia Moser, Virginia Mosser and Virginia Mosher are to be considered the same person and write-ins written as Hank Weheman, Hank Wehrman and Henry Wehrman are to be considered the same person.  All members voting aye thereon.

Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, that the write-ins for Leroy Township Clerk written as B. Werning and Barry Werning are to be considered the same candidate.  All members voting aye thereon.

 Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, that the write-ins for Iowa Township Trustee written Hank Werrman and Henry Wehrman are to be considered the same person.   All members voting aye thereon.

  Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to declare the canvass of the election to be complete and the votes cast to be official.  The official results are to be recorded in the office of the county auditor. Voting aye were, Vermedahl, Buch and Sanders. Nays none.  Motion carried.

                The results of the General Election held on November 2, 2010, for local candidates as canvassed and approved by the Benton County Board of Supervisors are as follows:

State Representative – Dawn Pettengill

County Supervisor – Jason Sanders

County Treasurer – Kelly Geater

County Recorder – Lexa S. Speidel

County Attorney – David Thompson

The following township trustees and clerk respectively were elected:

Benton – Don Neve Sr. and Doug Sutton

Big Grove – Wayne Paulsen and Marlyn Jorgensen

Bruce – Benny B. Hach and Marilyn Purdy

Cedar – Michael Lutz and Larry Moody

Canton – Jon E. Sheldon and Charles H. Ries

Eden – John Holst and Garth Gardemann

Eldorado – Tim Mehlert and Joan Anders

Florence – Stewart Towe and Dale Havran

Fremont – Eldon Stueck and to fill vacancy Andy Becker and Gary Sevde

Harrison – Garth Beatty and to fill vacancy Walter Bauer and Sharon A. Bauer

Homer – Don Callahan and to fill vacancy Ben Dickerson and Randy Schirm

Iowa – Jim Sayers and Melody Lohf

Jackson – Paul M. Herger and to fill vacancy James A. Fleming and John H. Lindahl

Kane – Harold Ritscher and Angie Hagen

Leroy – John Roth and Larry Koster

Monroe – Gary Reed and Larry Karpisek

Polk – Steven Smith and Lyle D. Koutny

St. Clair – James Oberreuter and Daniel J. Schulte

Taylor – Derold Happel and Edwon G. Yedlik

Union – Kevin Nolan and to fill vacancy Donald A. Tiedemann and Dean Werner

The following persons were elected to the Benton County Agricultural Extension:  Matt Marovec, Allison G. Hicks, Kathy Janss, Marilyn V. Gerhold, and Shannon T. Feuerbach.

The following persons were elected to the Soil and Water Conservation: Viriginia Moser and Henry Wehrman.

Marc Greenlee, Land Use Administrator, presented an application for a farm exemption to the county’s land preservation ordinance requested by David Straka.  The applicant wants to purchase 23.9 acres, 21 of those acres will be used for a cow calf operation and 2 acres to be used as hay ground. The applicant would like to build a personal residence and lease the pasture out.  Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to approve a farm exemption as provided in the Benton County Agricultural Land Use Preservation Ordinance requested by David Straka to construct a personal residence on a parcel located in part of the N1/2 of the NW1/4 of 31-82-11 and the S1/2 of 30-82-11. All members voting aye thereon.  Motion carried.

                Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to approve the Veterans Affairs Quarterly Report for the period ending 9-30-10. All members voting aye thereon.   Motion carried.

Jerry Petermeier, Project Coordinator, updated the board on the week’s activities on the construction of the new law enforcement center.  Petermeier said they were currently pouring the walls for the EOC center. Most of the services on the inside were available and the gas was to be finished this week. They hope to install the windows in the LEC the first part of December.

Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch to approve the property tax credits for the 2010 Valuation year. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Moved by Buch, seconded by Vermedahl to disallow an application for Disabled Veteran’s Homestead Credit on parcel # 010-06100 due in part that the applicant missed the July 1, 2010 deadline. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Discussed land lease for 38.4 tillable acres of county farm ground in section 22 of Taylor Township. Also discussed action for non-payment of rent that was due November 1, 2010. Sanders agreed to send a letter to the renter.  Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch to set date and advertise for receiving bids in the office of the county auditor until 4:30 p.m. on December 23, 2010.  Persons submitting a bid shall have the opportunity to increase said bid at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors on December 28, 2010, at 9:15 a.m.  Payment of 50% to be paid by March 15, 2011 and remaining balance by November 1, 2011. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried

                Moved by Buch, seconded by Vermedahl, to adjourn.  All members voting aye thereon.  Motion carried.

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                                                                                                Jason Sanders, Chairman

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                Hayley Rippel, Deputy Auditor