BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WASHINGTON COUNTY, IOWA
REGULAR MEETING OF TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023
At 9:00 am Chair Bob Yoder called the meeting to order in regular session, Courthouse Chambers. Items on the agenda included: appointment of rural representative to the Washington Library Board; discussion/action re: proposed Washington East Commercial Urban Renewal Plan for the Washington East Commercial Urban Renewal Area; Secondary Road Use Request-Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour; personnel change request–Ambulance; Iowa Retail Permit Application- Cigarette/Tobacco/Nicotine/Vapor from Ainsworth Four Corners; application for Class F Retail Alcohol License-Richmond Amvets Post #107; appointment of civil process servers; appointment to Washington County Commission of Veteran Affairs; appointment of various commission, board, and committee members; discussion/action re: renewal of existing lease with Hillcrest Family Services for county-owned space. Supervisors Jack Seward Jr., Richard Young, Stan Stoops, Richard Young, and Marcus Fedler were also present.
All motions were passed unanimously by those supervisors in attendance unless noted otherwise.
The Board voted to approve the agenda as published.
The Board voted to approve the appointment of Regina Schantz to complete an unexpired term as a rural representative to the Washington Free Public Library Board that ends June 30, 2029.
The Board voted to adopt, and authorize the Chair to sign, an agreement with the City of Washington related to the City’s future urban renewal plans for the planned Washington East Commercial Urban Renewal Area. The area under consideration is located in the east part of Washington and is not yet within the Washington City limits.
The Board voted to approve a Secondary Road Use Request from Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour. The event will take place on September 29, 2023 and the 99-mile route begins and ends in Mt. Pleasant and travels through Trenton, Coppock, Washington, Kalona, and Ainsworth.
The Board voted to acknowledge, and authorize the Chair to sign, a personnel change request from Washington County Ambulance Services for non-exempt full-time EMT Michael Johnston final day of June 15, 2023.
The Board voted to approve an application for an Iowa Retail Permit Application for Cigarette/Tobacco/Nicotine/Vapor products from Ainsworth Four Corners, Ainsworth. The approved application is for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
The Board voted to approve, and authorize the Chair to sign, an application for a Class F Retail Liquor License from the Richmond Amvets Post #107 for the time period of July 11, 2023, through July 10, 2024. Washington County Sheriff Jared Schneider expressed no issues with the application.
The Board voted to approve the appointments of Jill Duwa, Timothy Padallia, and Bernardina Mijangos, as a Civil Process Server beginning June 12, 2023, and ending December 31, 2024.
The Board voted to appoint Terry Phillips to the Washington County Veteran Affairs Commission that begins July 1, 2023, and ends June 30, 2026.
The Board voted to appoint John Trier and Layne Twinam to separate three-year terms on the Washington County Land Use and Planning Commission with each term beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2026.
The Board voted to appoint Gene Hoyle to a five-year term on the Washington County Board of Adjustment that begins on July 1, 2023, and ends June 30, 2028.
The Board voted to appoint Tim Beachy and Chris Harmsen to separate five-year terms on the Washington County Planning and Zoning Commission that begins July 1, 2023, and ends June 30, 2026.
The Board voted to appoint Marcus Fedler to a three-year term on the Washington County Mini Bus Board that begins on July 1, 2023, and ends June 30, 2026.
The Board voted to approve a lease agreement with Hillcrest Family Services for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, for office space located in Building 2, 2175 Lexington Boulevard, Washington, Iowa.
At 9:40 am the Board voted to adjourn.
ATTEST: s/DANIEL L. WIDMER, County Auditor
Published in The News, Thursday, July 20, 2023 L-122
