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February
27, 2007 The Lee
County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 9:00 A.M.,
at the South Lee County Courthouse in Keokuk. Present: Ernie Schiller, Larry Kruse, George Morgan, Bob Woodruff and
Rick Larkin All votes
are unanimous unless otherwise indicated. Moved by
Larkin, seconded by Morgan, to approve the Tuesday, February 20, 2007 board
minutes. Motion carried. Moved by Morgan, seconded by
Schiller, to amend the agenda to include considering Resolution #2007-34, a
resolution urging repeal of the residency requirement in Iowa Code Section
692A.2A. Motion carried. Upon recommendation of Lee
County Engineer Dennis Osipowicz, it was moved by Schiller, seconded by
Morgan, to award the bid for a 2007 single axle dump truck to Truck Country
of Iowa, Davenport, Iowa, in the amount of $84,251.00 with a Knapheide body
or $84,269.00 with a Henderson body, at the dealer’s discretion. Motion
carried. Other bids received were: Truck Country, $81,133.00 with a Monroe
body and $789.00 for optional equipment of a hi/low engine compression brake
and from Centre State International Trucks, Inc., West Burlington, Iowa,
$87,898.00 with a Knapheide body; $87,916.00 with a Henderson body;
$84,780.00 with a Monroe body and $1,050.00 for optional equipment of a
hi/low engine compression brake. Moved by Larkin, seconded by
Schiller, to approve posting according to Article Eight, Sections Four, Five,
Six, Seven and Eight of the Secondary Roads Union Contract for one full-time
employee for Lee County Secondary Roads Department. Motion carried. Moved by Schiller, seconded
by Larkin, to approve the following resolution: RESOLUTION #2007-32 Resolution to Amend the Electronic Transactions Clearinghouse 28E Agreement WHEREAS, Section
10 of the Electronic Transactions Clearinghouse 28E Agreement provides for
amendment of the 28E Agreement by resolution of the ISAC Board of Directors,
if the amendment is then submitted to a vote of the individual members
counties: and WHEREAS, the 28E
agreement should be amended to provide an ETC funding formula based on an
annual base fee of $1,000 per county plus an assessment to cover remaining
budget costs, and so that the assessment is based upon the counties’ general
basic fund expenditures, rather than all “general fund expenditures,” which
includes general basic and general supplemental expenditures. NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the ISAC Board of Directors that the Electronic
Transactions Clearinghouse 28E Agreement be amended by striking Section 7 of
the 28E Agreement and replacing it with the following: “7. FUNDING. ETC shall provide the services referred to
in this Agreement to each member county.
The costs to counties for these services shall be determined as
follows: each member county shall
annually be assessed a flat fee of $1,000.
In order to cover ETC’s expenses not covered by the $1,000 flat fee,
each member county shall annually be assessed its proportional share of a
three-year average of the combined total of all member counties’ actual GAAP
general basic fund expenditures and mental health fund expenditures.” Dated this 27th day of February 2007. Lee County Board
of Supervisors. /s/ Larry W. Kruse, Chairman, /s/ Robert J. Woodruff, Vice
Chairman, /s/ Rick Larkin, Member, /s/ George Morgan, Member, /s/ Ernest
Schiller, Member. Attest: /s/Anne Pedersen, Lee County Auditor. Motion
carried. Moved by Schiller, seconded by Morgan, to approve the following
resolution: RESOLUTION #2007-34 A RESOLUTION URGING REPEAL OF THE RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENT IN IOWA CODE SECTION 692A.2A WHEREAS, the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Lee, Iowa, has considered the
issues of ineffectiveness and expenditure of law enforcement resources
related to sex offender residency restrictions, and WHEREAS, the Iowa
County Attorneys Association, the Iowa Sheriffs and Deputies Association, the
Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Abuse, the Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
organization, the Iowa State Association of Counties, and not less than
eleven other professional Iowa groups and associations support repeal, and WHEREAS, the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Lee desires to express its
support for the repeal of Iowa Code Section 692A.2A. NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Lee, Iowa: Section
1: That the Legislature of Iowa and
the Governor of Iowa should repeal Iowa Code Section 692A.2A. PASSED AND APPROVED this 27th
day of February 2007. Lee County Board
of Supervisors. /s/ Larry W. Kruse, Chairman, /s/ Robert J. Woodruff, Vice
Chairman, /s/ Rick Larkin, Member, /s/ George Morgan, Member, /s/ Ernest
Schiller, Member. Attest: /s/Anne Pedersen, Lee County Auditor. Motion
carried. There were no Citizen Comments. Moved by Schiller, seconded by Larkin,
to approve the following resolution: RESOLUTION
#2007-33
We
the Lee County Board of Supervisors, as a member of Regional Utility
Service Systems (RUSS), do hereby approve and authorize RUSS to enter into a
“Joint Agreement for the Erection, Maintenance, and Operation of Plants and
Systems for Sanitary Sewer Services” and authorize RUSS to issue Sewer
Revenue Bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of plants and
systems for sanitary sewer service to serve the City/Community of LAKE
TRIO (Un-incorporated Area -
Homeowner’s Association), WASHINGTON, COUNTY, Iowa. Dated this 27th day of February 2007. Lee County Board
of Supervisors. /s/ Larry W. Kruse, Chairman, /s/ Robert J. Woodruff, Vice
Chairman, /s/ Rick Larkin, Member, /s/ George Morgan, Member, /s/ Ernest
Schiller, Member. Attest: /s/Anne Pedersen, Lee County Auditor. Motion
carried. Moved by Morgan, seconded by Kruse, to
approve the following transfer within department for the Sheriff’s Office:
Stacy Weber, from Sergeant $19.24/hr. to Investigator $18.18/hr., effective
2/15/07. Motion carried. Moved by Larkin, seconded by Schiller,
to approve the following new hire for the Treasurer’s Office: Patricia
Muilenburg, Records Clerk, Class 3 Step 1 $10.32/hr. effective 2/12/07.
Motion carried. New Business: Chairman Kruse would like
the Board to go on record as being against House File 454, in which the State
would require cancelled warrant money be given to the State instead of going
back into the County’s fund. Committee Reports: Supervisor Larkin
attended Iowa Workforce Development and Community Action meetings. Supervisor
Schiller attended the Lee County Conservation Board meeting. Supervisor
Morgan will be attending a Veteran’s Affairs meeting. Chairman Kruse will be
attending a Conference Board meeting. He attended a meeting of the Farm
Bureau where he gave an update on the proposed jail expansion and asked for
volunteers for a citizen committee. Moved by Schiller, seconded by Larkin,
to approve the claims for payment. Motion carried. Received the North and South Lee County
Treasurer’s Report of Fees Collected for the month ending January 31, 2007. Received the Minutes of Meeting for the
Lee County Commission of Veteran Affairs for October 31, 2006; November 29,
2006 and December 28, 2006 and Monthly Reports for Keokuk and Fort Madison
for September 2006; October 2006 and November 2006. With
no further business, Chairman Kruse adjourned the meeting at 9:29 A.M. The
next meeting of the Board will be Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 9:00 A.M. at the
North Lee County Office Building in Fort Madison. /s/Larry W. Kruse, Chairman Attest: /s/Anne Pedersen, Lee County Auditor |
