Government : Benton County Board of Supervisors Minutes 3/25/21

March 25, 2021 The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in special session at 7:00 p.m. at the Vinton-Shellsburg Central Office in Vinton. Supervisor Seeman called the meeting to order with Supervisor's Seeman, Primmer and Bierschenk present.

The Reason for this combined meeting was to communicate about a proposed plan that was brought to the Board for an upgrade to 61st Street, East of Hwy 218. The intent was to have school and city officials involved with the discussion. There was school representatives, but the City of Vinton had their own council meeting and couldn't attend. Wayne Siela has previously addressed his safety concerns with farm traffic going by the schools and formed a committee and came up with a plan of action to get something started. Siela started the meeting by having everyone present to introduce themselves. There is approximately 1,000 students and staff affected by the ag traffic that travels by the schools. They would like to see that the dirt road (61st Street) be widened enough to accommodate ag traffic. Most adjacent property owners were in favor and agreed for the need for the improvement but would like it to be split down the middle of the road equally on both sides for acquisition needs. Shive-Hattery estimated a cost of $12-15,000 to prepare a survey and preliminary design. No action was taken, other than to plan for another joint meeting including Vinton City officials also. With the property lines being so close to the corporate limits to Vinton and adjacent to property Vinton-Shellsburg school owns for their Ag plot. Addressing the funding options for budgeting a project such as this was also discussed. With the FY 22 Budgets already in the works for being finalized for the City and County, the cost would be the main concern.

Primmer moved/Bierschenk seconded: To adjourn at 7:00 p.m. Motion carried.

_______________________________ Tracy Seeman, Chairman

ATTEST:

_________________________________ Hayley Rippel, Benton County Auditor