Government : Benton County Board of Supervisor Minutes for 11/12/25

November 12, 2025

The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with Supervisors Seeman, Tippett and Volz present. Chairman Seeman called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. at the Benton County Service Center. Members of the public are invited to join in during open session or watch the livestream at https://www.youtube.com/bentoncountyiowa. Full Resolutions will be available in the Auditor’s office and at: www.bentoncountyia.gov

Volz moved/Tippett seconded: To approve the Agenda. Tippett, Seeman and Volz voting aye. Motion carried.

Volz moved/Tippett seconded: To agree to allow ASAC (Area Substance of Abuse) to lease office space at the Benton County Service Center and to authorize a lease to be drafted with $850 a month rent. Tippett, Seeman and Volz voting aye. Motion carried.

Auditor Rippel explained the process after every election the Secretary of State chooses a random precinct from all 99 counties and the ballots have to be hand counted to match the machine count. Vinton 2 was the precinct selected and 101 ballots cast and the hand count matched exactly to the machine count with votes, write-ins, undervote and overvotes.

Tippett moved/Volz seconded: To acknowledge the successful Post Election Audit on the Vinton 2 precinct of the City/School Election held on November 4, 2025. Tippett, Seeman and Volz voting aye. Motion carried.

Gina Edler, Elections Deputy presented all the election results to read for the canvass and explained the process to the Board. There is a 4-way tie in Belle Plaine Ward 1, per Iowa Code 50.44 the winner for that race is decided by the Board of Supervisors draw one shall publicly draw one of such names.

Tippett moved/Volz seconded: To agree the variance of spelling for Meagan, Meaghan, Megan and Meghan were all the same for Meagan Hunter to receive 10 write in votes. Tippett,

Seeman and Volz voting aye. Motion carried.

Tippett moved/Volz seconded: To approve Resolution #25-91, Canvass the City/School Election held on November 4, 2025. Tippett, Seeman and Volz voting aye. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION #25-91

WHEREAS, the CITY/SCHOOL ELECTION was held as prescribed by law on November 4, 2025, and:

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors and ex officio Board of Canvassers have canvassed the vote of said election in accordance with §43.49 and §50.24 of the Code of Iowa, now therefore;

BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned members of the Board of Supervisors and ex officio Board of Canvassers of Benton County, Iowa, do hereby certify the following TURNOUT REPORT and RESULTS in the CITY/SCHOOL ELECTION, held on November 4, 2025, and that no obvious clerical errors were identified during the canvass.

3,171 people voted at the polls on election day.

164 absentee ballots were accepted for counting.

One (1) provisional ballots were accepted for counting (included in absentee total).

A total of 3,336 people voted.

Atkins Mayor-Brian Cruse

Atkins City Council At-Large-Bob Stolen, Jeremy M. Rolando, Kevin DeMeulenaere

Belle Plaine Mayor-Garrett Landuyt

Belle Plaine Council At-Large-Mitch Malcolm

Belle Plaine City Council Ward 1-Timothy Werth-Write-In

Belle Plaine City Council Ward 3-Judy Schlesselman

Belle Plaine Park Commissioner-Michael Stull

Blairstown Mayor-Scott Metz-Write-In

Blairstown City Council At-Large-Brian Hagen, Luke Becker-Write-In, Jeremy Franzen-Write-In

Blairstown City Council At-Large-to fill a vacancy-Shane Moenck-Write-In

Garrison Mayor-Garrett D. Flickinger

Garrison City Council At-Large-Tina Rommann, Allan Lindsey, Robert Decker

Keystone Mayor-Kevin Rohrer

Keystone City Council At-Large-Jeffrey Bruns, Dave Monson, Kathy Janss

Luzerne Mayor-Joel Buttikofer

Luzerne City Council At-Large-Kelly W. Kendall, Hannah Daniels, Barbara Shields, Hannah Daniels, Kyla Buttikofer

Mt. Auburn Mayor-Austin Brase

Mt. Auburn City Council At-Large-Tiffanie Butler, Cody Lundry, David McGarvey, Jessica Helms-Write-In, Meagan Hunter-Write-In

Newhall Mayor-Doug Boddicker

Newhall City Council At-Large-Ben Seeck, Rachelle Messner, Douglas Rinderknecht, Kurt Slouha, Bruce Cross

Norway Mayor-James Nelson-Write-In

Norway City Council At-Large-Shawn Rudie-Write-In, Darrell Schulte-Write-In, Austin Rust-Write-In

Shellsburg Mayor-Shadoe Vogt

Shellsburg City Council At-Large-Rockford Lee Lubbock, Cody Risdal, Jamie Howard

Urbana Mayor-Bob Irelan

Urbana City Council At-Large-Shane Light, Randy Johnson

Van Horne Mayor-Pat Gorkow

Van Horne City Council At-Large-Kimberly Fisher, Amy L. Knaack, Jim Parmenter

Vinton Mayor-Bud Maynard

Vinton Council At-Large-Dakoda Sellers

Vinton City Council Ward 1-Ron Hessenius

Vinton City Council Ward 3-Zach Parmater

Vinton City Council Ward 4 to fill a vacancy-Wesley Recker

Walford Mayor-Randy Bauer

Walford City Council At-Large-Jesse Bergmeier, Amy Ellis

Benton School Director District 4-Scott W. Shaw

Benton School Director District 5-Aric Becker

Benton School Director District 6-Nate Klein

Vinton-Shellsburg School Director At-Large-Rachel Wayson, Jennifer Ann Birker

Vinton Shellsburg School Director District 1-Kimberly Schirm

Belle Plaine School Director At-Large-Scott E Frank, Valerie Coffman

Belle Plaine School Director At-Large to fill a vacancy-Andrew Neuhaus

City of Belle Plaine Public Measure BE-YES

City of Keystone Public Measure BF-YES

Belle Plaine School Public Measure BJ-YES

APPROVED this 12th day of November 2025, with the vote thereon being as follows:

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Tracy Seeman, Chairman

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Ronald Tippett

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Bruce Volz

ATTEST:

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Hayley Rippel, Benton County Auditor

Tippett moved/Volz seconded: To adjourn meeting at 9:56 a.m. Volz, Seeman and Tippett voting aye. Motion carried.

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Tracy Seeman, Chairman

ATTEST: _________________________________