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                                                      July 17, 2007

 

 

The Lee County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 9:00 A.M., at the South Lee County Courthouse in Keokuk.

 

      Present: Ernie Schiller, Rick Larkin, Larry Kruse, George Morgan and Bob Woodruff

 

All votes are unanimous unless otherwise indicated.

 

Moved by Schiller, seconded by Larkin, to approve the Tuesday, July 10, 2007 board minutes. Motion carried.

 

Moved by Woodruff, seconded by Morgan, that the request from Lee County Conservation Director Tom Buckley to cover anticipated expenses be denied and that the expenses might be managed by requesting a budget amendment in order to avoid establishing a new procedure in County policy. Motion carried. Buckley invited the Board to participate in the upcoming youth camps sponsored by Lee County Conservation.

 

Moved by Woodruff, seconded by Morgan, to approve two temporary clerks for the Auditor’s office and to approve the appropriate salary rates for each clerk. Motion carried.

 

There were no Citizen Comments.

 

Moved by Schiller, seconded by Larkin, to approve the payment of annual membership dues of $3,000.00 to RUSS. Motion carried.

 

New Business: Chairman Kruse asked the Board to consider discussing a possibility of a potential employee opting out of the County’s insurance for separate independent coverage and converting some of the benefit money to pay.

 

      Committee Reports: Supervisor Schiller attended a Conservation Board meeting, RUSS meeting, Geode RC&D meeting, and a Children First Board meeting. Supervisor Larkin will be attending a Community Action Board meeting. Supervisor Morgan will be attending an Emergency Management/Homeland Security meeting and an Economic Development meeting. Chairman Kruse announced that the Board held interviews for the vacant County Maintenance Director position and that an offer had been made to a candidate.

 

With no further business, Chairman Kruse adjourned the meeting at 9:34 A.M.  The next meeting of the Board will be Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 9:00 A.M. at the South Lee County Courthouse in Keokuk.

 

 

/s/Larry W. Kruse, Chairman

 

Attest: /s/Anne Pedersen, Lee County Auditor