3/10/25 Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Chris, Adam, Lynn, Deb, Rich, Bob F., Bob W., Hubert, John, Cindy, Steve, Katie, Ann, Matt
Brag Bucks:
Bob F. – ISU won, Iowa lost
Chris – Pheasants Forever Banquet was a success
Bob F. – ISU won, Iowa lost
Chris – Pheasants Forever Banquet was a success
Speakers: Carroll County Supervisors, Gene Meiners and Scott Johnson
March roundtable:
- 2-mile zoning agreements with Carroll and Glidden were relinquished
- DOT bid letting results for 3 major resurfacing projects came in $462K less than engineers estimate $4,160,000 estimate, bid $3,698,000
o 140th St. from HWY 71 thru Mt. Carmel to Ivy
o 150th St. from HWY 71 to Quail, then S .7 miles to Lidderdale
o M66 (Birch Ave) from HWY 141 S to 340th St. (Audubon County line)
- Replacing 2 bridges on gravel with box culverts:
o 320th St. NW of Coon Rapids
o 300th St. N of Coon Rapids
- Upcoming DOT work and detours:
o HWY 71 N to Auburn, detour will be M68 thru Arcadia
o HWY 30 from Glidden to Ralston slurry seal, no detour – will be flaggers
o Replacing bridge on Greene County line S of RR tracks by Ralston, detour S into Greene County
o HWY 30 Storm Creek bridge replacement (between Glidden and Carroll) will be single lane with traffic signals
- County property taxes increase of $126,995.
- Total property tax ask is $10,152,781 or 1.26%
- Total county budget around $29 million
- Revenue increased $609,322 from $24,988,827 to $25,647,589 (ambulance, jail, road use tax)
- Taxable valuations up 51,768,911
- New taxable valuations 1,740,655,517
- Residential +3.74%
- Ag land +2.78%
- Ag buildings +6.30%
- Commercial -0.28%
- Industrial +11.05%
- Railroads -9.56%
March roundtable:
- 2-mile zoning agreements with Carroll and Glidden were relinquished
- DOT bid letting results for 3 major resurfacing projects came in $462K less than engineers estimate $4,160,000 estimate, bid $3,698,000
o 140th St. from HWY 71 thru Mt. Carmel to Ivy
o 150th St. from HWY 71 to Quail, then S .7 miles to Lidderdale
o M66 (Birch Ave) from HWY 141 S to 340th St. (Audubon County line)
- Replacing 2 bridges on gravel with box culverts:
o 320th St. NW of Coon Rapids
o 300th St. N of Coon Rapids
- Upcoming DOT work and detours:
o HWY 71 N to Auburn, detour will be M68 thru Arcadia
o HWY 30 from Glidden to Ralston slurry seal, no detour – will be flaggers
o Replacing bridge on Greene County line S of RR tracks by Ralston, detour S into Greene County
o HWY 30 Storm Creek bridge replacement (between Glidden and Carroll) will be single lane with traffic signals
- County property taxes increase of $126,995.
- Total property tax ask is $10,152,781 or 1.26%
- Total county budget around $29 million
- Revenue increased $609,322 from $24,988,827 to $25,647,589 (ambulance, jail, road use tax)
- Taxable valuations up 51,768,911
- New taxable valuations 1,740,655,517
- Residential +3.74%
- Ag land +2.78%
- Ag buildings +6.30%
- Commercial -0.28%
- Industrial +11.05%
- Railroads -9.56%
Social at Wasted Grain on Thursday, March 13th at 5 PM
No meeting on Monday, March 17th