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                                                      July 24, 2007

 

 

The Lee County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, July 24, 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 Woodruff, seconded by Schiller, to amend the Tuesday, July 17, 2007 minutes to read “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.

 

Moved by Schiller, seconded by Larkin, to approve the amended Tuesday, July 17, 2007 board minutes. Motion carried.

 

Lee County Central Point of Coordination Administrator Ryanne Wood opened sealed bids for the demolition of property at 715 Concert Street Keokuk. Moved by Morgan, seconded by Schiller, to accept the bid of $8350.00 from Mississippi Valley, Keokuk. Motion carried. One other bid was received from Hennigar Construction, Fort Madison in the amount of $22,500.00.

 

Citizen Comments: Lee County Emergency Management Director Steve Cirinna asked the Board to allow him to set up a training session at the September 4, 2007 department head meeting for emergency procedures. He also asked the Board to consider letting him install some equipment for HAM radio operators on the South Lee County Courthouse clock tower. The matter will be an agenda item at the next Board meeting.

 

Moved by Woodruff, seconded by Morgan, to approve the following resolution:

RESOLUTION #2007-89

 

RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING

 

                    CONCERNING FRAZIER LANGLEY SUBDIVISION

 

      WHEREAS, The Lee County Board of Supervisors have been asked by the property owners to approve the platting of a certain subdivision in Lee County, Iowa; and

 

      WHEREAS, The Lee County Board of Supervisors is required to hold a public hearing prior to approval of the plat and the waiver of preliminary plat, lot size and road and cul-de-sac width and design standards;

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following public notice be given and hearing be held in conformance with this notice:

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY provided that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday the 7th day of August, 2007, at 9:02 o’clock a.m. in the Board Room of the North Lee County Office Building, 933 Avenue H, Fort Madison, Iowa.  The public hearing will concern whether the Lee County Board of Supervisors waive the requirement for a Preliminary Plat, lot size and road and cul-de-sac width and design standards and approve the Frazier Langley Subdivision Final Plat.

 

NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Lee County Board of Supervisors to approve the Final Plat of the Frazier Langley Subdivision to the part of fractional Sec. 12-T66N-R5W, 5th P.M. Montrose Township, Lee County, Iowa laying East of the Easterly right of way of the Burlington, Northern and Santa Fe Railway and more particularly described as follows:

 

Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said fractional Section 12; thence S89°32’35”E, 838.21 feet with the South line of said fractional Section 12; thence S89°06’00”E, 1175.19 feet with the South line of said fractional Section 12 to the Easterly right of way of the Burlington, Northern and Santa Fe Railway and point of beginning; thence S89°06’00”E, 500.00 feet with said South line of fractional Section 12; thence N42°08’22”W, 2002.25 feet; thence S33°10’00”W, 400 feet, to the Easterly right of way of the Burlington, Northern and Santa Fe Railway and a curve concave to the Southwest; thence with said curve and the Easterly right of way of said Railway, cord bearing S42°55’42”E, length 1564.81 feet, radius 5579.10 feet, delta 16°04’13”,

 

cord length 1559.69 feet to the point of beginning containing 14.04 acres, more or less and subject to all easements written, recorded, unrecorded, unwritten, overhead, surface or sub-surface.

 

Also with a 20.00 foot easement recorded in Book 92 page 445 known as 300th Street 10 foot Northerly and 10 foot Southerly from a line extending from the East right of way of Mississippi River Road to the West right of way of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway for right of way purposes over, under and across the following described property:

 

Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 12; thence S89°32’35”E, 838.21 feet with the South line of said fractional Section 12; thence S89°06’00”E, 632.96 feet to the center line of Mississippi River Road and a curve concave to the Southwest; thence with said curve and center line of Mississippi River Road, cord bearing S37°56’27”E, length 62.47 feet, radius 1809.34 feet, delta 01°58’41”, cord length 62.46 feet; thence N62°55’57”E with center line of 20.00 foot wide road 53.08 feet to a curve concave to the Southeast, thence with said curve and centerline of said road, cord bearing N70°00’13”E, length 60.59 feet, radius 245.45 feet, delta 14°08’32”, cord length 60.43 feet to the East right of way of Mississippi River Road and point of beginning; thence with said curve concave to the Southeast and center line of said road, cord bearing N83°28’18”E, length 54.81 feet, radius 245.45 feet, delta 12°47’39”, cord length 54.70 feet; thence with said center line of said road N89°52’07”E, 38.73 feet, to a curve concave to the Northwest; thence with said curve and center line of said road, cord bearing N82°00’07”E, radius 217.13 feet, delta 15°44’00”, of said road, cord bearing N64°12’57”E, length 54.92 feet, radius 158.63 feet, delta 19°50’19”, cord length 54.65 feet to a curve concave to the Northwest; thence with said curve and center line of said road, cord bearing N53°21’38”E, length 38.98 feet, radius 177.32 feet, delta 12°35’48”, cord length 38.90 feet to the Westerly right of way of Burlington northern and Santa Fe Railway and said center line there terminating.

 

The Lee County Auditor is instructed to publish notice of public hearing not less than four nor more than twenty days prior to the date of the public hearing.

 

Passed and approved this the 24th day of July 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 Schiller, to approve the following clarification of funeral leave in the personnel policy: Add to Section 3.9 “Grandparent and grandchild include the employee’s and spouse’s grandparent or grandchildren.” Motion carried.

 

Moved by Schiller, seconded by Larkin, to approve the following step increase for the Treasurer’s Office: Christine Spann, Records Clerk, from Class 3 Step 1 $10.75/hr. to Class 3 Step 2 $11.06/hr., effective 7/16/07. Motion carried.

 

Moved by Schiller, seconded by Larkin, to approve the following temporary part-time re-hire for the Auditor’s Office: Nikki Sugars, Elections/Office Clerk, Class 3 Step 1 $9.67/hr., effective 7/23/07. Motion carried.

 

New Business: Chairman Kruse announced that the County has hired a new Maintenance/Safety Director to begin employment on Monday, July 30, 2007. Supervisor Schiller commented that he had been reading many articles and letters in the newspapers concerning the jail bond referendum.

Committee Reports: Supervisor Schiller will be attending a special RUSS Board meeting on Wednesday, July 25, 2007. Supervisor Larkin attended a Community Action Board meeting and an Iowa Workforce Development meeting. Supervisor Morgan attended an Economic Development meeting on Monday, July 23, 2007. He announced that the Economic Development Board would be submitting a letter of support for the jail bond referendum. He will be attending Port Authority and Veteran’s Affairs meetings. Chairman Kruse attended South Iowa Crime Commission and South Iowa Detention Service meetings.

 

      Received and filed the North and South Lee County Recorder’s Report of Fees Collected for the quarter ending June 30, 2007.

 

      Received and filed a Class B Liquor License Application for St. James Catholic Church, St. Paul and a Class C Liquor License Renewal Application for Ridgewood Lounge II, LLC, Fort Madison.

 

      Received and filed the Lee County Treasurer’s Semi-Annual Report for the period January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007 and the Annual Report for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.

                            

                     Treasurer’s Semi Annual Report

 

Fund

Balance

Revenues

Total to be

Disbursements

Balance

Auditor's Warrants

 

1/1/2007

 

Acct. for

 

6/30/2007

Outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Basic

3215511.98

4344392.95

7559904.93

3575070.02

3984834.91

428870.47

General Supp

677133.43

1638902.75

2316036.18

1365169.10

950867.08

74119.98

Rural Serv Basic

764284.11

909185.35

1673469.46

1446251.24

227218.22

15736.76

Rural Serv Supp

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Secondary Roads

759745.86

2548738.69

3308484.55

2318703.20

989781.35

160927.40

Capitol Projects

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Drainage Control

9823.95

97952.72

107776.67

65997.25

41779.42

8178.32

Debt Service

17999.80

160.25

18160.05

1000.00

17160.05

.00

Joint Disaster Serv

38244.20

42181.67

80425.87

44811.01

35614.86

10260.93

Property Tax Agency

1828.45

1836.76

3665.21

3579.23

85.98

.00

Township Control

2346.50

126264.25

128610.75

124415.34

4195.41

.00

Corp Control

78116.06

4371227.71

4449343.77

4227775.60

221568.17

.00

School Control

145111.50

7338705.01

7483816.51

7124650.99

359165.52

.00

Area School Control

8891.89

458801.75

467693.64

446474.72

21218.92

.00

Denmark San Dist

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

DM-Argyle San Dist

3.58

391.96

395.54

375.75

19.79

.00

Co Ag Extension

1822.39

92762.94

94585.33

90247.10

4338.23

.00

Cons Land Acq. Trust

17990.66

1673.01

19663.67

.00

19663.67

.00

Motor Vehicle Trust

416359.90

2018980.64

2435340.54

2120272.10

315068.44

.00

Use Tax Trust

186094.74

1479697.95

1665792.69

1428794.89

236997.80

.00

City Spec. Assess Project

630.25

30467.73

31097.98

14625.44

16472.54

.00

Tax Redemp Trust

36594.21

427588.34

464182.55

429105.84

35076.71

.00

Central Purchasing

28483.87

19826.71

48310.58

21184.88

27125.70

5056.78

Data Processing

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Operational Conting Fund

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Reap-Rescource Enhance

18473.57

1771.01

20244.58

16876.03

3368.55

.00

E911 Surcharge

102029.96

72778.54

174808.50

63678.02

111130.48

12308.64

E911 Contribution

80774.17

1609.90

82384.07

.00

82384.07

.00

Co Assess Reval

132356.78

47056.70

179413.48

54971.64

124441.84

3470.85

Self Funding Insurance

639715.36

1082785.97

1722501.33

852821.28

869680.05

2511.48

Treasurer Trust

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Memorial Trust Fund

305232.50

23295.28

328527.78

2840.88

325686.90

6.67

Records Management

44088.90

3451.18

47540.08

.00

47450.08

.00

Medicare Reserve Fund

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Enviro Ser Vehicle Des.

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Pollmiller Seal Coat Des

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

MH-DD Serv Fund

647476.04

3121640.82

3769116.86

2400995.06

1368121.80

112759.39

Health Trust Fund

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Office Agency Fund

20.00

1734.60

1754.60

1754.60

.00

.00

Keokuk Floodwall

332134.30

67970.70

400105.00

400105.00

.00

.00

Silgan TIF District

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Cash Bond

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Co Assessor

163211.59

151108.55

314320.14

164186.16

150133.98

28379.00

Co Assessor FICA

15971.05

7821.25

23792.30

15100.00

8692.30

.00

ISF Fund

330109.75

93763.18

423872.93

60956.42

362916.51

20847.65

Co Assess IPERS

11765.97

6013.89

17779.86

11335.00

6444.86

.00

Drivers License Trust

161.00

23349.00

23510.00

23349.00

161.00

.00

Recorders

454.53

2806.20

3260.73

2683.62

577.11

.00

Sheriff Forfeitures

3553.64

3500.00

7053.64

448.45

6605.19

.00

Sheriff Reserves

3995.24

723.60

4718.84

314.04

4404.80

561.98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9238541.68

30662919.51

39901461.19

28920918.90

10980542.29

883996.30

 

Receipts and Disbursements

Revenue

Current Net Prop Taxes

14461170.34

Delinquent Prop Taxes

223481.00

Pen Int-Current Taxes

95385.00

Pen Int Delinquent Taxes

155429.00

Pen Int Mobile Home

2433.00

Mobile Home Taxes

35361.00

Moneys & Credits Tax

1667.00

Grain Handled Tax

7582.00

Hotel/Motel Tax

33.60

E911 Surcharge

50664.58

Local Option Sales Tax

710969.51

Excursion Boat Gambling Tax

15921.58

TIF Rev

29368.40

Utility Replacement Excise Tax

1679778.50

Road Use Taxes

1328851.62

Liquor License

1805.00

Homestead Replacement

689904.98

Elderly & Disabled Tax Credit

49770.00

Family Farm Tax Credit

95297.64

Mental Health Prop Tax Relief

593021.00

FEMA

41619.61

Gov Office-Drug Control Policy

32631.45

DHS Adm. Reimbursement

85792.93

Medicaid

297691.45

Social Services Block Grant

174185.00

FEMA-Fed Emerg Mgt Assistance

7259.15

Care of Prisoners

17377.05

District Court Fees/Revenues

11816.13

Elections

9325.82

Misc Contrib & Reimb-Other

121848.36

INTRA-County Reimbursements

118827.49

Juvenile Justice Reimburse

12513.61

Home Care Aide Grant

38035.98

Public Health Nurses Grant

16513.62

Well Testing & Abandonment

10857.40

Sr. Health Grants

2974.41

MH-DD Allowed Growth Factor

1140871.00

State Pmt Prgm as of 10/10/06

112333.70

Transfer of Juris. Funds-State

112058.92

Road Use Tax FTM Transfer

5321.80

Misc State Grants

194146.16

E911 Payments

20358.99

Medicare

534180.51

Cigarette Permit

612.50

Swimming Pool & Spa Licenses

2653.00

Sewage Dispos/Septic Permit

4225.00

Water Wells Permits

175.00

Food Est/Food Serv/Vending Lic

16888.00

Hotel/Motel Licenses

330.00

Other Health & Enviro Lic/Per

2079.00

Trip Permits

530.00

Recording of Instruments

56984.00

Snowmobile fees

43.75

Boat Fees

243.75

Real Estate Transfer Tax

10632.34

UCC Fees

495.00

Certified Copies

93.80

All Terrain Vehicle Fees

1058.75

Auditor's Transfer Fees

5000.00

Boat Titles

235.00

Vital Statistics Fees

8524.00

Passport Fees

15150.00

Electronic Transaction Fees

2801.00

Tax Sale Publication Costs

15940.00

Auto Registration Fees

113586.71

Auto Use Tax Fees

4429.85

Motor Veh Mailing Fees

4857.50

Special Assess. Charge

1780.00

Driver's License Fees

11515.00

Sheriff Fees

85735.23

Weapons Permits

2155.00

Sex Offender Registrations

40.00

Accident Report Fees

1117.50

Other Gen'l Govt. Fees

6.25

Other Public Safety Fees

281.25

Camping Fees

4490.57

Rec Facility Rentals

1171.00

Nursing Serv Fees

49099.68

Home Care Aide Serv Fees

9398.00

Other Health Fees

3550.00

Copy/Fax Fees

3987.44

Other Misc Fees

5726.63

Interest on Investments

168853.02

Land

31868.25

Buildings

36927.54

Equip & Machinery

2517.00

Concessions

483.65

Other Misc Use of Money/Prop

741.20

Snow Removal

2340.83

Contrib Donation RB Private

31395.49

Reimbursements from Private

202.50

Funds from Bank Acct

894925.00

Voided warrant-Prior Fiscal Year

3224.15

Secondary Roads Materials

3491.50

Equip Supplies Salvage

1413.85

State Sales & Use Tax Refunds

2824.44

Insurance from Individuals

138792.50

Current Yr.-Credit on Warrant

697131.70-

Misc Reimbursements

65306.71

Misc

47736.94

Insurance from Depts

930462.50

Law Enforcement Surcharge

1091.07

Defaults

780.00

Sale of Seized Property

3500.00

From Rural Serv Basic Fund

1020000.00

Non-Budgetary to Non-Budgetary

26435.00

Sales-Gen Fixed Assets

53583.00

Comp Loss-Gen Fixed Assets

52667.00

Treas-Used by Treasurer Only

1479697.95

Motor Vehicle License Issued

2018786.66

Anatomical Gift Donation

193.98

Driver License Fee-State

6151.00

Driver License Fee-County

17198.00

Special Assess. Collected

30467.73

Drainage Tax Collected

64302.72

Tax Sale Redemption

427588.34

 

 

Total Revenue

30662919.51

 

Other Financing Sources In          1,046.435.00

Other Financing Sources Out                  .00

 

Expenses

      Operating Transfers           1,046,435.00

Auditors Warrants Paid      11,838,134.28                

      General Basic Fund      3,575,070.02           

      General Suppl Fund      1,365,169.10

      MH-DD Services Fund     2,400,995.06     

      Rural Services Basic      426,251.24       

      Keokuk Floodwall          400,105.00

      Sheriff Forfeitures           448.45               

      Sheriff Reserves Fund         314.04                 

      Secondary Roads Fund    2,318,703.20     

      Green Bay Drainage Dist    65,997.25

      Capitol Projects-Landfill   1,000.00 

      REAP                      16,876.03                     

      Office Agency Fund          1,754.60         

      E911 Surcharge             63,678.02              

      Emergency Management       44,811.01        

      Co Assess. Agency Fund    164,186.16       

      Co Assess. Revaluation     54,971.64   

      Memorial Trust Fund         2,840.88        

      Self-Funding Insurance    852,821.28 

      Central Purchasing         21,184.88        

      Information Tech-ISF       60,956.42        

      MV Fees Paid to State         1,990,312.89                 

      MV Fees Paid to Gen’l Basic     118,444.21             

      Use Tax Paid to State         1,424,365.04           

      Use Tax Paid to Gen’l Basic       4,429.85               

      Paid by Treasurer Check         435,368.69                   

      Treas Orders-by computer     12,028,564.94          

      Driver License Fee-Deposit       23,349.00              

      Driver License Fee to County     11,515.00

              

Total Expense                      28,920,918.90                            

 

June 30, 2007 Balance on Hand   10,980,542.29

                 

I, Janet Strunk, Treasurer of Lee County, do hereby certify that the report given is a correct summary of the business transacted by me as said during the period therein specified.

 

With no further business, Chairman Kruse adjourned the meeting at 9:34 A.M.  The next meeting of the Board will be Tuesday, August 7, 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