Government : BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING Minutes 11/8/11

November 8, 2011

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

Carter Baldwin of Iowa Workforce Development met with the Board to inquire about placing a public computer in the courthouse for the public to use to access job search sites and the Iowa Workforce Development website. The site would need internet access. The board discussed possible sites within the courthouse, but internet access is only available inside the various offices. The county does not have wireless internet in the courthouse. It was determined that there wasn’t any site available at this time in the courthouse, but if wireless internet becomes available, they would notify Iowa Workforce Development.

The time of 9:15 a.m. has arrived, and this being the time and date set for a public hearing on a land use change requested by Scott and Cheryl Atwood, the board took up the matter for consideration. Marc Greenlee presented that technical information in accordance with the Benton County Agricultural Land Use Preservation Ordinance. The request is to change the classification to a single residential use. Greenlee reported that access is pre-existing and meets sight distance and the ten percent slope rule. The applicants would need to install water and septic. The proposed use is on an old farmstead with buildings still in existence. Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to approve the request for a land use change from agricultural to non-agricultural on approximately one acre for a residential purpose on a parcel generally described as located in the East ½ of the SW1/4 of 23-83-11. Both members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

County Recorder Lexa Speidel presented estimates for replacing carpet in her office. Speidel obtained three estimates as follows:

Barnes Furniture: front office – 720.15; vault area - $819.19; total - $1539.64

Country Floors: front office – 1018.08; vault area- $1084.83; total – $2102.91

Michael & Dowd: total - $3089.50 (not broken down between rooms)

Supervisor Vermedahl stated that he wanted to look at the carpet before making on decision on whether to replace the carpet in the front office, since it was installed in 2005. Supervisor Buch questioned if the carpet could be re-stretched in the vault instead of the replacing it. Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to replace the carpet in the vault area only and to purchase the same from Barnes Furniture. Both members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Kyle Helland and Dan Kearns met with the board to request a variance to the county’s subdivision ordinance.

Moved by Supervisor Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to adopt Resolution 11-75, Granting a Variance to the Benton County Subdivision Ordinance. Voting aye were Buch and Vermedahl. Nays none. Motion carried.

The engineer reported the balance at the landfill bank account on October 31, 2011 was $52,487.47.

Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch authorizing the chair to sign the updated Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, which is required by the Department of Natural Resources. Both members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

The engineer spoke to the board about the reconstitution letter received from the Farm Service Agency for the farm ground at the landfill. Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to authorize Supervisor Buch to sign the required documentation needed for the reconstitution of the landfill property. Both members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to acknowledge the receipt of the manure management plan filed by McKinley Swine, LLC for the facility located at 3334 King Avenue, Walker, Iowa. Both members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to approve checks numbered 132346 through 132610, and ACH deposits numbered 12647 through 12762, for payment. Both members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

Moved by Vermedahl, seconded by Buch, to approve the minutes of November 1, 2011. All members voting aye thereon. Motion carried.

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

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Ronald R. Buch, Chairman

ATTEST: ___________________________________

Jill Marlow, Benton County Auditor