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Ringgold County Board of Supervisors Minutes

November 3, 2020 The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. with the following members present: Ron Land-phair and Kraig Pennington. Absent: Lyle Minnick. A motion was made by Pennington, second by Land-phair to approve the agenda.AYES: Unanimous NAYS: None.RESOLUTION RC20–192 WHEREAS, the Ring-gold County Board of Su-pervisors do hereby approve claims to be paid Wednesday, November 4, 2020. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kraig Penning-ton and seconded by Ron Landphair stating such. The vote on the resolu-tion: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, Auditor. Passed and approved November 3, 2020. A motion was made by Pennington, second by Land-phair to approve the minutes. Motion carried. There was no further business. A motion was made by Pennington and seconded by Landphair to adjourn the meeting at 11:50 a.m.

RON LANDPHAIRBoard of SupervisorsATTEST: AMANDA

WASKERinggold County Auditor

CLAIMSAccess, Asr- Office Equip-ment/Furniture, $5,800.14. Access Systems Inc., Cty Server Fee Nov., $636.09. Ahlers Cooney Attorneys, Cty Professional Services, $1,750.00. Alliant Energy, Crths Elec-Gas, $3,436.41. Ambassador Steel Fabri-cation LLC, Sr- Superstruc-ture, Abutment Footings Jef-ferson 9, $17,795.00. Amy N Shields, ME Fees, $411.50. Becky Fletchall, Ph- Oc-tober 2020 Mileage, Cell Phone, $165.13. Bituminous Materials, Sr- J55, $1,475.04. Blacktop Service Compa-ny, Sr- Asphalt, $36,342.50. Bo Greene, Sh- Cell Phone, $60.00. Bob Barker Co., Sh- Socks/Supplies For Inmates, $124.42. Brenda K. Karr, Ph- Oc-tober 2020 Mileage/Cell Phone, $400.01. Brent Wurster, Sr- Steel Toe Boots, $144.45. Carmen Davidson, Ph- October 2020 Mileage/Cell Phone, $404.33. Central Iowa Ready Mix, Sr- Concrete FEMA, $5,240.00. Charles Abarr, Pioneer Cemetery Repairs, $257.18. Cintas, First Aid & Safe-ty, Sr- First Aid Kit, $88.77. City Of Creston, Sr- Oil, $567.60. City Of Diagonal, Sr- Farm To Market Transfer, $699.63. City Of Kellerton, Sr- Farm To Market Transfer, $769.23. Clarke County Envi-ronmental SE, Ph- FY21 1st Qtr Sanitarian Services, $3,000.00. Culligan, Crths Water, $12.00. DCLI, WRD- Leachate Hauled, $1,667.58. Dollar General, Jail Cleaning Supplies, $33.35. Donald K Staley, Sr- Professional Engineer-ing, 10/1/20 - 10/31/20, $1,125.00. Doug Collier, WRD- Mileage/Cell Phone,Oil,

$123.70. Election Source, Au-ditor Election Supplies, $1,136.22. Esolutions, Ph Medicare Connect Fee, $53.86. Ethan Baker, Sh- Cell Phone, $60.00. Eurofins Testamerica, WRD- Testing, $2,578.45. Fast Lane Auto Care, Sr- Coating Spray, Insert Black, Lead Wire, $165.27. Fastenal Company, Sr- Parts, $435.49. Gallagher Benefit Ser-vices, Inc., Cty Oct Broker Fee, $1,667.00. Giza Contracting, Sr- J55 Water Truck/ Rip Rap/ Jeff 9, Rice 20, $6,575.50. Glendenning Motor Co., Sh- 80-3 Vehicle Parts, $322.43. Green Valley Pest Con-trol, Jail- Pest Control Sher-iff’s Office, $48.00. GRM Networks, Crths Camera Support, $150.00. GRP & Associates, Ph- Sharps Disposal, $47.00. Hampton Equipment, Sr- Heat Blanket For Patcher, $327.00. Henry M. Adkins & Son, Aud Election Supplies, $213.36. Hotsy Cleaning Systems, Sr- Parts, Labor, Fleetwash, $1,666.44. IA Dept Of Agricul-ture, WRD- Scale License, $84.00. IMWCA, FY20 Premium Adjustment, $5,711.00. Infomax Office Systems, Cty Copier Agreement, $2,818.47. Iowa Secretary Of State, Sh- Notary For Dispatcher, $30.00. James Brand, VA- Vet Med Transport, $200.00. Jamie Brobst, Ph- Oc-tober 2020 Mileage/Cell Phone, $162.83. Jared Johnson, Sr- Cell Phone, $30.00. Jeremy Newton, Asr- Employee Mileage/Subsis-tence, $427.23. John Deere Financial, Sr- Filters, Parts #48 88 31 22 09, $1,656.25. Joshua Livingston, Sr- Cell Phone, $30.00. Justin Frost, Sr- Cell Phone, $30.00. Karen L Pettinger, Ph- October 2020 Mileage/Cell Phone, $304.85. Kelly Tire & Exhaust, Sr- 149-28 Dry Here, Fixaflat Tire Sealant, $107.42. L&W Quarries, Sr- Patching, $1,032.21. Landon White, Sh- Cell Phone, $60.00. Logan Contractors Sup-ply Inc., Sr- Galv Ab W/J-Hook Jefferson 9, $1,497.42. Mail Services, Tr- Trea-surer Postage/Print, $150.90. Mark Budach, Jail- Fer-tilizing Sheriff Dept Lawn, $200.00. Marvin McKelvey, WRD Contract Labor, $342.00. Mediacom, Sr- End-ineer’s Office/Shop, $472.15. Medline Industries, Ph- Nursing Supplies, $160.20. Michael Kempton, RCSS- Phone, $25.00. Mount Ayr Record News, Supv-Aud Pubs, $3,936.57. MTE Office Center, Ph- 2 Office Chairs, $541.38. Nathan Nickle, Sh- Cell Phone, $60.00. Nicole Smith, Ph- Oc-tober 2020 Mileage/Cell Phone, $250.23. O’Keefe Elevator Com-pany Inc., Crths Elevator Service, $291.05. Pitney Bowes, Cty Post-age Ink, $399.45. Purchase Power, Cty Postage Meter, $2,018.50. Quill Corporation, WRD- Office Supplies, $88.51. Randy Tysdal, WRD- Cell Phone, $20.00. Rhomar Industries Inc

., Sr- Met-Con 3000 Clear Salt Building Protection, $6,940.02. RK Fuels Inc., Sr- Gaso-line, Diesel/Filter, $1,100.22. Rob Haley, Sh- Cell Phone, $60.00. Robin McDonnell, Ph- October 2020 Mileage/Cell Phone, $96.13. Rodney Shields, Sr- Cell Phone, $30.00. Shirley & Dave’s Com-puters, Asr- Office Equip-ment/Furniture, $324.93. Shred-It USA, Ph- Shred-ding Service, $92.87. Sign-Up Ltd, E911- Street Sign Material, $152.40. Smith Oil Co., Sr- LP Bottles, $17.50. Solacom, E911 Software/Contract, $3,546.52. Solutions!, VA- Comput-er Ink Cartridges, $319.89. Southern Iowa Rural Wa-ter Association, Sr- Ringgold Co Barn, $74.78. Southwest Builder Sup-ply , Sr- Jeff 9 Material, $4,057.72. Spencer Lumbard, Crths Custodian Cell-Supplies, $55.90. Stephen Palmer, Pio-neer Cemetery Repairs, $1,250.00. Stetson Building Prod-ucts, Sr- Resin, Curin Blan-ket, Annealed, Boot Railing, $1,964.35. Tabrina Eggleston, Sh- Cell Phone, $60.00. Teena Jones, Ph- October 2020 Contracted Physical Therapy, $738.80. Tiffany Huntsman, Ph- October 2020 Mileage/Cell Phone, $586.03. Truck Center Companies, Sr- Shoe Lining Kit, Cart Filter Lube, $369.97. UMB Bank, Cty Jail Bond Interest, $16,600.00. Union County Engineer Office, Sr- Ringgold-Union St., $20,460.97. US Cellular, E911- Cell Service, $526.42. Vicki Sickels, Ph- Oc-tober 2020 Mileage/Cell Phone, $40.35. West Plumbing And Heating, Sr- Parts 48/52, $185.74. Wex Bank, Sh- Sinclair Fuel Bill, $1,881.34. Windstream, VA- Email, $6.29. Windstream Communi-cations, E911- 911 System, $834.64.Total Claims......$183,486.48

Ringgold County Board of Supervisors MinutesNovember 10, 2020

The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Tuesday, November 10, 2020. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. with the following members present: Ron Land-phair and Kraig Pennington. Absent: Lyle Minnick A motion was made by Pennington, second by Land-phair to approve the agenda.AYES: Unanimous NAYS: None. Assistant Engineer Jared Johnson and Interim Engi-neer Don Staley met with the Board to discuss second-ary roads updates. Mowers have continued to mow mak-ing passes on paved roads, Farm-to-Market gravels, and busier gravel roads. As veg-etation growth has slowed mowers are now trying to mow fence to fence where practical. The Total Patcher will no longer be out working for the year as favorable conditions are expected to begin to de-teriorate. The machine was cleaned up and put away for the winter, Johnson reported.

Work order updates: WO 638: Repair ero-sion to south abutment slope and bridge and armor. Re-

pair degradation ditches at bridge corners. Located on P33 north of J23. FEMA site 316052 (Complete) WO 620: Clean silt and vegetation out of ditch for approximately 1000’. Locat-ed on 190th Street between HWY 25 and 110th Ave. (Complete) WO 621: Repair under-mined west abutment back-wall. Fill dirt was placed along the bottom of the backwall and protected with revetment. Located on 190th Street east of 110th Ave. (Complete) WO 647: Repair ditch erosion at northwest corner with fill dirt and revetment. Located on 190th Street east on 160th Ave. FEMA 316055. (Complete) WO 645: Replace dam-age concrete entrance culvert with new 24” ADS culvert. Entrance was damaged by a county mower. Located on the west side of P14 north of the Platte River. (Complete) WO 642: Grouted cul-vert floor. Repaired road-way embankment. Located on 200th Street west of P64. (Complete) WO 644: Grouted cul-vert floor. Repaired erosion at inlet. Located at the in-tersection of 300th Ave. and 210th Street. (Complete) WO 648: Replace de-teriorated 48” CMP culvert with new 48” ADS culvert. Protect inlet and outlet with revetment. Clear trees and reshape ditches north and south of the culvert location. Located on 240th Ave north of J25. (In Progress) Johnson stated the only FEMA repairs remaining are five spot rock locations and the Wendall Jackson weir. The department re-ceived reimbursement on the NRCS EWP project as follows: Federal Assistance $243,032.94; Technical As-sistance $24,303.28. Johnson reported the Washington 20 project has three plan holders; Murphy Heavy Contracting, Her-berger Construction and Cunningham-Reis. The Routh Box proj-ect site has been graded to

finished grade, revetment placed, erosion control de-vices installed, stabilizing crop seeded and mulched, and detour removed. The road and structure is cur-rently open to traffic. The Contractor is finished with work at the site for the year, however, has to return in the spring to complete the final seeding. The fourth pay voucher has been processed and paid. Current cost of the project is $332,518.11. The superstructure was poured at the Jefferson 9 project last Wednesday, No-vember 4th. The crew re-moved all formwork except the floor and cleaned up the site that following Friday. The floor will remain in place this week while the concrete cures. Pending the results of the test beam and whether it is planned to re-move the floor next week and begin shaping the site. Johnson reported another vacancy within the depart-ment. His plan at this time is to continue with filling the two vacancies then reassess at a later date. Johnson presented the Board with the annual Weed Commissioner report as prepared by Weed Commis-sioner Josh Livingston. The Board moved forward with approval. Johnson reviewed with the Board Windstream Util-ity Permits for approval. Auditor Amanda Waske presented the Board with the 2020 Family Farm credit ap-plications for consideration of approval. The Board canvassed the results of the November 3, 2020 General Election as presented by Auditor Aman-da Waske. The Board reviewed the pay scale for Mental Health Advocate Kathy Beam. Beam also serves Taylor County where she receives $19.52 per hour, determined and set each year during their budget workshop ses-sions. Beam requested her hourly rate be increased to match that of Taylor County and also be considered for regular pay increases during

budget workshop in Ring-gold County. She noted she has been at the same payrate since starting her position in 2014. Mental Health Direc-tor Becky Fletchall agreed with Beam and therefore recommended to the Board they move forward with ap-proval. The Board agreed to move forward with an hourly rate increase from $17.30 per hour to $19.52 and compen-sate her the hourly difference for hours worked since July 1, 2020. RESOLUTION RC20–193 WHEREAS, the Ring-gold County Board of Su-pervisors do hereby approve the Weed Commissioners Annual Report as presented by Assistant Engineer Jared Johnson, on behalf of Weed Commissioner Josh Living-ston. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kraig Penning-ton and seconded by Ron Landphair stating such.The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, Auditor. Passed and approved November 10, 2020.RESOLUTION RC20–194 WHEREAS, the Ring-gold County Board of Super-visors do hereby approve the Windstream Utility Permits as presented by Assistant En-gineer Jared Johnson. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kraig Pen-nington and seconded by Ron Landphair stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, Auditor. Passed and approved November 10, 2020.RESOLUTION RC20–195 WHEREAS, the Ring-gold County Board of Super-visors do hereby approve the 2020 Family Farm applica-tions. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kraig Pen-__________________________

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