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Proceeding of the Palo Alto County Supervisor’s

CourthouseEmmetsburg, IowaDecember 18th, 2018, 8:00 a.m. The Palo Alto County Board of

Supervisors met in regular session. Members present: Ron Graettinger, Chair; Craig Merrill, Roger Faulstick, Linus Solberg, Keith Wirtz. Present: Peter Hart, County Attorney.

Unless otherwise indicated, all of the motions offered at this meeting were carried with the following vote: Ayes: Wirtz, Faulstick, Solberg, Mer-rill, Graettinger. Nays: None. Ab-stentions: None.

Motion by Linus Solberg, seconded by Roger Faulstick to approve the agenda for December 18th, 2018. Mo-tion Carried.

Motion by Linus Solberg, seconded by Keith Wirtz to approve the minutes for December 11th, 2018. Motion Car-ried.

John King, Deputy Sheriff, met with the Board to present a Resolution for a mini grant for monoculars. Motion by Keith Wirtz, seconded by Craig Merrill to introduce and approve Resolution 12-18-2018. Ayes: Wirtz, Faulstick, Solberg, Merrill, Graettinger. Nays: None. Resolution Passed.

PALO ALTO BOARD OF SUPERVI-SORS RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION NO. 12-18-2018RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD

OF SUPERVISORS OF PALO ALTO COUNTY, IOWA, TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO THE PALO ALTO GAMING DEVEL-OPMENT CORPORATION.

WHEREAS, the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office has identified a need to purchase upgrade their thermal night vision by purchasing 2 Flir Scout III monoculars.

WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors has identified the Palo Alto County Gaming Corporation as a potential resource for supporting the county wide law enforcement needs and local projects that strengthen the county’s residents for future genera-tions;

WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors supports the need to up-grade the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office thermal night vision and pur-chase 2 Flir Scout III monoculars;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-SOLVED, by the County Board of Su-pervisors of Palo Alto County, Iowa, that the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Of-fice is authorized to proceed with sub-mittal of a mini-grant application to the Palo Alto County Gaming Corporation requesting funding assistance to pur-chase 2 Flir III thermal monoculars.

All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.

PASSED AND APPROVED the 18th day of December, 2018

Board Chairman,/s/ Ronald Graettinger

Date12-18-2018 ATTEST

Palo Alto County Auditor/s/Carmen Moser

Date 12-18-2018No one was present for public com-

ment. Walter Davis-Oeth, County Engi-

neer, met with the Board to give an update on roads and drainage. Walter updated the Board on ditch cleanout requested by Frederick and gave an update on Jay Clasing request for sig-nage for hidden driveway.

Peter Hart, County Attorney, met with the Board to present the new hire for the Assistant County Attorney.

Motion by Craig Merrill, seconded by Roger Faulstick to approve hiring David Laudner effective January 2nd, 2019, with starting salary at $65,000 for a 6-month probation and then to $68,000 per year. Motion Carried.

The Board held a conference call with Bob Goodwin, Attorney, regard-ing Drainage District No. 180 Lateral 1 Tile. The conference call was in Closed Session under Iowa Code Sec-tion 21.5(1)(c).

Motion by Keith Wirtz, seconded by Craig Merrill to go into Closed Session at 9:12 a.m. under Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(c). Ayes: Wirtz, Faulstick, Sol-berg, Merrill, Graettinger. Nays: none.

Over a Cup of Joe..by Jay Schoning Happy New Years in advance. The next time you read this column

thingy it will be 2019. I don’t think we will have any big Y-219 computer crash or end-of-the-world disaster, but just in case…Happy New Years! My best New Years was that of 1999 when my good buddy Ben and I worked together to pull off the greatest prank in history. We were at this party at a buddy’s house – with most of us in the garage having a few sodys, at least sodys of some form mostly of which were hard. A few minutes before mid-night I synced up a wrist watch with the countdown on the TV. My buddy stood in a doorway into the mud room where the fuse box was, and I made sure where the big main switch was to pull which would cut all power to the house.

Now I don’t know if you remember the hype, but the year 2000 was supposed to destroy all of our computers and technology sending us back to the stone ages. So the moment grew closer as I watched the seconds tick by on my wrist watch. It soon became apparent that I wouldn’t need it as I could hear everyone in the garage counting down 10, 9, 8 … 2, 1! I pulled the lever at the perfect timing and everything went black. The first thing I heard was “OH MY GOD, IT HIT Y2K HIT!!”

I was only going to leave the power out for 10 seconds or so but the lever was stuck and I couldn’t get it back up for about 2 minutes, during which the whole time I heard my friends freaking out, then eventually they looked outside and started to wonder why our neighbors still had power! Haha – thinking back I really wish we would have recorded this; probably could have won $10,000 on America’s Funniest Videos. The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.

My buddies use to tell me “If you can still remember what you did on New Year’s Eve you didn’t drink enough.” Well, now days I can’t remem-ber what I did on New Year’s Eve ‘cause I am in bed by 9:00 and it’s not much different than September Eve or May Eve. I did think about buying a few fireworks this year and shooting them off – but I figured the neighbors would think I was crazy firing fireworks off in the driveway at 8:00 p.m. yelling “Happy New Year” when as the younger neighbors are just driving off to their New Year Eve party’s. I was going to quit all my bad habits for the New Year, but then I remembered that nobody likes a quitter.

So, lets just celebrate together right now. Grab a brew, a champaign cup, a glass of wine, a glass of milk, or like me – a cup of Joe. 3, 2, 1 … HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions …

Palo Alto County Sheriff Department Report

On 12/18/2018 at 3:22 p.m., The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office re-ceived a report of a two vehicle property damage accident which occurred at the intersection of Rodman Avenue and 430th Street in the corporate lim-its of Rodman. According to the investigation conducted by the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office, a 2015 International Semi attached with a 2010 Wilson Grain Hopper owned by Madsen Trucking LLC and driven by 61 yr. old Patrick Madsen of West Bend was stopped at the intersection. Prior to turning west from the intersection, Madsen attempted to back his vehicle to the north to allow additional room for another extended vehicle that was traveling east on 430th Street and turning north on Rodman Avenue. As this took place, the Madsen vehicle made contact with a 2011 Mercury Mariner, owned and driven by Valerie Ione DeBoom, age 58 of West Bend which had pulled behind the Madsen vehicle to await her turn at the intersection. There were no reported injuries from the collision. Damage was estimated at $800.00 to the 2010 Wilson trailer owned by Madsen Trucking, LLC and $3500 to the 2011 Mercury Mariner owned by DeBoom. Madsen was issued a citation for unsafe backing on a highway.

On 12/18/2018 at 7:49 p.m., The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Pocahontas County authorities of a possible intoxicated/im-paired driver that was traveling north on 460th Avenue. The Palo Alto Coun-ty Communications Center provided the information to a Deputy and the vehicle was located. The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traf-fic stop in the 4400 block of 460th Avenue. As a result of the investigation, the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office arrested Chad Ray Davis, age 52 of Donnellson, IA on the charges of Operating while Intoxicated/Impaired 2nd Offense (Aggravated Misdemeanor), Possession/Carrying Weapons while Intoxicated (Serious Misdemeanor), Open Container (Simple) and Violation of Conditions of a Restricted License (Simple). Davis was transported to the Palo Alto County Jail without incident. Davis was booked into the Palo Alto County Jail and held until his initial appearance before a magistrate judge.

On 12/16/2018 at 12:23 p.m. the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office ar-rested Priscilla Arlene Origer, 20, of Estherville on a valid Palo Alto County warrant. The warrant was for contempt of court on the original charge of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, simple misdemeanor. Origer was unable to post the $500.00 cash only bond and was subsequently booked into the Palo Alto County Jail to await her initial appearance before a magistrate.

On 12/16/2018 at 1:37 a.m., The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office con-ducted a traffic stop in the 4700 block of 460th Avenue. As a result of the investigation, the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office arrested Gregory Mi-chael Mader, age 25 of Ames, on the charges of Operating while Intoxicated/Impaired (1st Offense) and Speed. Mader was transported to the Palo Alto County Jail without incident and held until his initial appearance before a magistrate judge.

On Saturday, December 15th, 2018 at 11:00 p.m. the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office was notified of a single vehicle accident that occurred at 3549 350th Ave in Ruthven, Ia. Upon investigation, it was determined that Robert Sundall (71) of Ruthven was driving northbound in the 3500 block of 350th Ave when he lost control of his 2010 Ford F-150 and entered the west ditch. Sundall's vehicle struck a road sign and electrical pole causing an estimated $8000 damage. No injuries were reported from the incident. Sundall was issued a citation for Failure to Maintain Control and released.

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Motion Carried. The Board exited closed session at

9:24 a.m. Devonna Perkins and Dan Voigt,

Palo Alto County Fair Association, met with the Board to request funding for FY20.

Robin Jamison, County Treasurer,

Cindy Hennigar, Holmes Murphy, met with the Board to discuss the pre-liminary health insurance renewal rates for FY20. Present: Robin Jamison, County Treasurer, and Therese Gee-

met with the Board to present a grant for the courthouse windows project.

A motion was made by Roger Faul-stick and seconded by Keith Wirtz to apply for a full grant from PACGDC for the Courthouse Window Project in the amount of $112,030.00 with two other payment options as shown. Motion car-ried unanimously.

lan, Deputy Auditor. John Torbert, Iowa Drainage Dis-

trict Association, met with the Board to give an annual update on IDDA. John explained the CREP program through IDDA and discussed the Waters of the U.S.

Committee Reports: Linus Sol-berg—District Supervisor’s meeting;

Keith Wirtz—Season’s Meeting; Ron Graettinger—DECAT meeting.

Mary Barrick, County Conservation, met with the Board to give an update on Burns Prairie. Darrick Weissenfluh, US Fish & Wildlife, present a proposed plan for Burns Prairie. Present: Sharon Chism.

Motion by Linus Solberg seconded by Roger Faulstick to adjourn. Motion Carried.

Ronald Graettinger, Chairman Carmen Moser, County Auditor

published December 2, 2018