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Proceeding of the Palo Alto County Supervisor’s

CourthouseEmmetsburg, IowaFebruary 19th, 2020

The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors met at 10:00 a.m. Members present: Roger Faulstick, Chair; Linus Solberg, Ron Graettinger, Craig Merrill. Absent: Keith Wirtz. Present: Therese Geelan, Auditor’s Office; Renee Von Bokern; Robert Gilmore, I.U.P.A.T.; Jason Knight, I.U.P.A.T.; Mike Hartman; Mike Flaherty; Pat Corley; and Walter Davis-Oeth.

Unless otherwise indicated, all of the motions offered at this meeting were carried with the following vote: Ayes: Graettinger, Faulstick, Solberg, Merrill. Nays: None. Absent: Wirtz.

Motion by Merrill, seconded by Solberg to approve the agenda for February 19, 2020. Motion carried.

At 10:00 a.m., PPME Local 2003 (Union) representing employees of the Secondary Road Department presented their initial bargaining proposals to the County for FY20-21. The initial proposals are on file in Auditor’s Office.

The Board of Supervisors presented their initial bargaining proposals to the Union. Initial proposal on file in the Auditor’s Office.

Motion by Craig Merrill, seconded by Ron Graettinger to adjourn at 10:04 a.m. Motion Carried.

The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors met at 11:15 a.m. Members present: Roger Faulstick, Chair; Linus Solberg, Ron Graettinger, Craig Merrill. Absent: Keith Wirtz. Present: Therese Geelan, Auditor’s Office; Renee Von Bokern; Matt Veon; Melanie Rouse; Arthur Jones, Teamsters Local 238.

Unless otherwise indicated, all of the motions offered at this meeting were carried with the following vote: Ayes: Graettinger, Faulstick, Solberg, Merrill. Nays: None. Absent: Wirtz.

Motion by Merrill, seconded by Graettinger to approve the agenda for February 19, 2020. Motion carried.

At 11:15 a.m., Teamsters Local 238 (Union) representing employees of the Sheriff’s Office presented their initial bargaining proposals to the County for FY20-21.

Initial proposal on file in the Auditor’s Office.

The Board of Supervisors presented their initial bargaining proposals to the Sheriff’s Union. Initial proposal on file in the Auditor’s Office.

Motion by Craig Merrill, seconded by Linus Solberg to adjourn at 11:47 a.m. Motion Carried.

Roger Faulstick, Chairman Therese Geelan, Deputy Auditor

published February 26, 2020

CourthouseEmmetsburg, IowaFebruary 19th, 2020, 8:00 a.m. The Palo Alto County Board of

Supervisors met in regular session. Members present: Roger Faulstick, Chair; Craig Merrill, Ron Graettinger, Linus Solberg. Absent: Keith Wirtz

Unless otherwise indicated, all of the motions offered at this meeting were carried with the following vote: Ayes: Merrill, Graettinger, Solberg, Faulstick. Nays: None. Abstentions: Wirtz.

Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Merrill to approve the agenda for February 19th, 2020. Motion Carried.

Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Merrill to approve the minutes for February 11th, 2020. Motion Carried.

Don Etler, Bolton & Menk, met with the Board to file the engineer’s report for Drainage District No. 180.

Motion by Graettinger, seconded by Merrill to accept the engineer’s report for improvements to Drainage District 180 and set the hearing date for March 18th, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Election Center, 1302 Broadway. Motion Carried.

No one was present for public comment.

Motion by Merrill, seconded by Solberg to set the bid letting for DD 23 Laterals 8 & 9 for March 17, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Motion Carried.

Committee Reports: Graettinger-Drainage; Solberg-Jail Committee Report

Motion by Graettinger seconded by Merrill to adjourn. Motion Carried.

Roger Faulstick, Chairman Carmen Moser, County Auditor

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Palo Alto County Sheriff

Department Report

On February15 at 8:21 P.M. the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 4300 block of 360th St., for improper passing on the right. As a result of the stop the driver of the vehicle, Roger Kruse (60) of Ruthven, was placed under arrest and charged with driving while suspended, improper passing on the right, and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. The passenger in the vehicle, identified as Jonathan Sutherland (35) of Ruthven, was also placed under arrest and charged with possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Both subjects were transported without incident to the Palo Alto County Jail and jailed to await their initial appearance before a judge.

On Friday, February 14, 2020, at 7:44 pm, the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office arrested Kelsy Miller (27) of Mallard on a valid Palo Alto County warrant for contempt of court - failure to appear for initial appearance on an original charge of violation of a protective order, which is a simple misdemeanor. Bond was set in the amount of $500.00 cash only. Miller was transported to the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office, without incident. Miller was able to post bond and was subsequently released after given a court date to appear at a later time.

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Proceeding of the Palo Alto County Supervisor’s

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Notice of Forfeiture of Real Estate ContractTo: BRANDEN SENO, address unknown, and SPOUSE OF BRANDEN SENO, address unknownYou and each of you are hereby notified:1. The written contract dated January 31, 2018, and executed by GRAETTINGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, an Iowa corporation as vendors, and BRANDEN SENO as vendees, recorded on February 23, 2018, in the office of the PALO ALTO County Recorder, recorded as document reference number 2018-364, for the sale of the following described real estate:LOT 1(ONE) OF PETERSEN'S THIRD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF GRAETTINGER, PALO ALTO COUNTY, IOWA. has not ben complied with in the following particulars:(a)Installment pmts for Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. 2018, and Jan., Feb. 2019 (7x$650) $4,550.00(b)Monthly pmt. of escrow for taxes and insurance (same mos. as above) ( 7 mo. x $150) $1,050.00(c)(d)

Total $5,600.002.The contract shall stand forfeited unless the parties in default, within 30 days after the completed service of this notice, shall perform the terms and conditions in default, and in addition pay the reasonable cost of serving this notice.3. The amount of attorney fees claimed by the Vendors pursuant to Section 656.7 of the Code of Iowa is $50.00 (not to exceed $50.00). Payment of the attorney fees is not required to comply with this notice in order to prevent forfeiture.

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Arnold Motor, Supplies, 57.76Campus Cleaners, Mops/towels, 45.46Continental Re-

search, Supplies, 639.22Dan's Repair, Tires, 4067.78Dearborn National, Insurance, 380.97GMU Utilities, 42.38Hardware Supplies, 118.02Times, Advertising/publications, 75.83Heartland Security, Monitoring, 89.72State of Iowa,State

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Board Meeting February 19, 2020 11:30 AM

Graettinger Municipal Light Plant Chairman Petersen called the

regular meeting to order on February 19, 2020 at 11:30 AM at the Graettinger Municipal Light Plant.

Present: Lloyd Petersen, Chairman; Wm. Brown, Trustee; Jill Heinrichs, Trustee; Pam Peton, Secretary; Bruce Gerdes, Lineman and Allan Murray, Lineman

Visitors/Public Comment: none present

Minutes: Motion by Brown, seconded by Heinrichs to approve the minutes of the January 15, 2020 regular meeting as written. Ayes: 3 Motion carried.

Financial Report: Motion by Heinrichs, seconded by Brown to approve the financial report as presented.

Ayes: 3 Motion carried. Bills: Motion by Heinrichs, seconded

by Brown to approve the bills for payment from the Operational and Maintenance Fund as presented:

Ayes: 3 Motion carried. January Receipts $ 87,932.23NIMECA: Time to start thinking

about the NIMECA picnic. It will take place Thursday, August 6 with the board meeting on Friday, August 7. It has been suggested that a “G” sticker be put on all transformers that have a customer with distributed generation. IAMU is ordering the stickers since it is much more economical to order in bulk.

NEAL 4: Was only online in January for 76 hours. Currently offline for economics.

WAPA: Nothing to report.Project List: Discussed project list

with Gerdes and Murray.Sub-Station: Have heard nothing

from JEO regarding the sub-station.

Rate Study: Have not heard anything more from JEO regarding our rate study since our January meeting.

Pick-up: Lineman Gerdes reported that the pickup has come in. He and Allan will plan on going down to pick it up next week sometime.

Resolution for 2020-21 Budget: Trustee Brown introduced a resolution for the Graettinger Municipal Light Plant (GMLP) 2020-21 fiscal year budget as presented by Secretary Peton, and moved its adoption. Trustee Heinrichs seconded the motion to adopt said budget. The roll was called and the vote was Ayes: Brown, Petersen, Heinrichs. Nays: none. Whereupon Chairman Petersen declared the resolution duly adopted. Passed and approved this 19th day of February 2020.

Other Business: Nothing further was discussed.

Adjourn: Motion by Brown, seconded by Heinrichs to adjourn the meeting at 12:30 PM. Ayes: 3 Motion carried.

Lloyd C. Petersen, Chairman

Pamela Peton, Secretary

Pro, Fuel, 392.42RVTC Jan phone, 228.25US Cellular, Cell phone, 106.47WAPA, Power, 11283.47WellMark, Health Ins, 4180.93Woodford Equipment, Repairs, 209Misc Vendors, Deductible, 108Payroll & W/H 13405.16TOTAL 74103.34published February 26, 2020

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