Dickinson
County Board of Supervisors
Present
are Supervisors Chairperson David Gottsche, Mardi Allen, Paul Johnson, Pam
Jordan and Wayne Northey.
The
Board of Supervisors of the County of Dickinson, state of Iowa, met in regular
session, in the Supervisors Room, Courthouse, 1802 Hill Avenue, Spirit Lake,
Iowa, at 9:30 A.M. on November 29, 2005.
There were present Chairperson David Gottsche, in the chair, and the
following named Board Members: Mardi
Allen, Paul Johnson, Pam Jordan and Wayne Northey.
Board
Member Northey moved that the form of Tax Exemption Certificate be placed on
file and approved. Board Member Johnson
seconded the motion and the roll being called thereon, the vote was as follows:
AYES:
Northey, Johnson, Jordan
NAYS:
Gottsche, Allen
Board
Member Jordan introduced the following Resolution entitled “A RESOLUTION
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A FORM OF LOAN AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SECURING THE PAYMENT OF $790,000 URBAN RENEWAL
REVENUE CAPITAL LOAN NOTES, SERIES 2005, OF THE COUNTY OF DICKINSON, STATE OF
IOWA, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF IOWA, AND PROVIDING FOR A METHOD OF
PAYMENT OF SAID NOTES”, and moved its adoption.
Board Member Johnson seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was:
AYES:
Northey, Johnson, Jordan
NAYS:
Gottsche, Allen
Whereupon,
the Chairperson declared the Resolution duly adopted.
Owner’s
Representative present with weekly new courthouse construction progress
report. Moved by Johnson to approve time
and materials to McHan Construction for a temporary skywalk for Phase 1 moving
at a cost not to exceed $5,000. All
voted aye.
Moved
by Allen, seconded by Jordan to accept the furniture bids as corrected except
the Allsteel Systems Furniture of which the original bid of $119,253.60 is
accepted. Complete listing of the bids
is on file in the Auditor’s office. All
voted aye.
Moved
by Northey, seconded by Allen to appoint David Kerr and Don Eckard to the
Trails Board and to have the Trails Board set the length of terms of its
members. All voted aye.
County
Engineer present. Moved by Northey,
seconded by Allen to approve an agriculture lease with Arco Dehydrating Co.,
Inc of Lake Park, Iowa for 78.9 acres known as the Neppl Pit in Lakeville
Township Section 8 of Dickinson County, with said lease to be for $100.00 per
acre and terminating on February 28, 2009.
All voted aye.
Moved
by Allen, seconded by Jordan to approve a 3-year maintenance agreement with the
City of Arnolds Park for the joint jurisdictional roads between Dickinson
County and Arnolds Park at a cost of $1125 yearly. All voted aye.
Judy
McDonough, SEASONS Center, and Joann Reed, Oak Haven, present to discuss the
county’s contract for reserved beds at the facility. Attorneys for the facility and assistant
county attorney will work on an amendment to the current contract to change the
number of beds and will be considered after the next Seasons’ Board meeting.
Kathleen
Showalter, Planscape Partners, and Fagan Contracting design builder Steve Cohr
present with plans to the board to build an ethanol plan west of Superior. Also present is Brian Peterson, the Project
Developer for Superior Ethanol, LLC, the company that is proposing to build the
plant. A power point was shown of the
process the plant would go through to produce the ethanol and information was
given concerning the number of bushels of corn, gallons of ethanol projected to
be produced, approximate cost to build and an estimated new taxable
valuation. The Mayor of the City of
Superior was present to share the city’s support as well as representatives
from the Emmet County Board of Supervisors and their support of the
project. Peterson’s request to the
county was an abatement of the increased property valuation for 15 years. The project is scheduled to begin with
construction in August 2006 and production starting in October 2007. A resolution concerning the abatement will be
considered by the Board of Supervisors at the December 20, 2005 meeting.
Transitioning
Committee present for continued discussions concerning the moving of offices
into the new courthouse and its planning progress.
There being no
further business presented to the board, it was moved by Allen, seconded by
Northey to adjourn. All present voted
aye.
_______________________________David
Gottsche, Chairperson
_______________________________Nancy
Reiman, Auditor