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Cass County Board of Supervisor’s meeting Agenda

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

CASS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 9:00 a.m.
Place of meeting: BOARD ROOM, COURTHOUSE, 5 W 7, ATLANTIC, IOWA
(WTA = When time allows; WA = when available)
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|Time| Agenda Item
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9:00 Call meeting to order
Approve Agenda
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes
WTA DISCUSSION/ACTION: Medical Examiner Investigators – Dr. Elaine Berry
WA/WTA ACTION: Handbook Workshop
WA/WTA ACTION: Appoint Massena Township Trustee
WA/WTA ACTION: Appoint Washington Township Trustee and Clerk
WA/WTA Committee Meeting Reports
WA/WTA Reports Filed
WA/WTA ACTION: Approve claims
WTA Adjournment

Shooting in Des Moines grocery store

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Gunfire erupted in a Des Moines grocery store on Sunday morning. Des Moines police says two women were involved in a spontaneous dispute inside the east side Hy-Vee. Police say evidence, including surveillance video, shows 30-year-old Kapri Lashawn Francis of Des Moines “violently assaulted” the other woman without provocation. Police say the victim was legally carrying a handgun and after being attacked, shot Francis once in the leg in self defense. The bullet ricocheted, hitting another shopper. That shopper and Francis were taken to the hospital for treatment and Francis is charged with assault.

Weekend arrests in Creston

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Two people were arrested on separate charges Saturday, in Creston. According to Creston Police, 28-year-old Roger Mendez Velasco, of Afton, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond. And, 30-year-old Amanda Marie Steinbach, of Creston, was arrested on a Polk County warrant for Driving While Barred. She was later released on a $2,000 cash-only bond.

(Update) Additional names released in fatal Fremont County crash

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Percival, Iowa) – A collision between a car and and an SUV Saturday evening in Fremont County, left two teens in an SUV dead, and three other persons injured. All five victims were from Nebraska. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2021 Dodge Charger and a 2020 Jeep Wrangler, were both northbound on I-29 near mile marker 16, when the car went out of control and struck the SUV. The accident happened at around 7:38-p.m.

After the impact, the vehicles entered the east ditch and rolled over. The car came to rest on its top . The Jeep came to rest upright, in a field east of I-29. All of the occupants in the Jeep were ejected or partially ejected. Two of the occupants, 14-year-old Joseph Tupper and a 16-year-old Alice Tupper, both from Gretna, NE, died at the scene.

The remaining three SUV occupants were transported to the UNMC by LifeNet 1-1 helicopter, Glenwood Rescue, and Audubon LifeNet. They were identified as (the driver) 20-year-old Garrett Grossman, and 18-year old Hannah Devitt, both of Omaha, and 15-year-old Sophee Devitt, also from Omaha. The driver of the Dodge Charger, 26-year-old Rodelio Martinez, of Columbus, NE, was not injured. The Patrol says the juveniles were not wearing a seat belt. Grossman and Devitt were properly belted-in.

While the crash remains under investigation, alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor.

Suicidal male talked down from I-80 bridge, Sunday night

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Stuart, Iowa) – A man who threatened to commit suicide, Sunday night, was safely talked out of danger by Stuart Police. Authorities say at around 11:47-p.m., Sunday, Stuart Officers were dispatched to a hotel in the 200 Block of SE 7th Street on the report of a suicidal guest. While on scene, officers learned that the male guest had left the hotel prior to their arrival and was in the area on foot.
At approximately 1:12 A.M. Monday (today), Officers located the man on the S. Division overpass of Interstate 80 at the 93-milemarker. The man, who is deaf, was standing on the outside ledge of the bridge with a rope tied at one end to the bridge and the other around his neck. Traffic on the bridge and the interstate below was closed for approximately 20 minutes while Officers talked to the man and eventually convinced him to remove the rope and step back onto the bridge. The man, who was uninjured, was transported by Stuart Police to Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines for psychiatric care.
Stuart Police were assisted by Deputies with the Adair and Guthrie County Sheriff’s Departments and Stuart Rescue.

Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meeting agendas for Tue., 6/21/22

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Montgomery County Board of Supervisors
Courthouse Board of Supervisor’s Meeting Room
Regular Meeting, 8:30 A.M., Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Tentative Agenda
1. Call meeting to order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll call of members
4. Approval of Agenda – Order at discretion of Chairman
5. Read minutes as presented. Chairman to call for any additions/corrections to said minutes
6. Board chairman will ask the audience for any comments, limited to two minutes per person.
7. Supervisors: Weekly committee/assignment updates
8. Secondary Roads Update
9. New Business
a. Approve Cigarette/Tobacco Permit for Red Oak Country Club
b. Approve Stanton Library Contract for Services for FY 22-23 in the amount of $6,020
c. Approve Villisca Library Contract for Services for FY 22-23 in the amount of $7,645
d. Nishna Productions, Inc. cleaning service bid, discussion and action as necessary
10. Discuss and start agenda items for next meeting
11. Announcements – The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, 2022
12. Adjournment
*Please note, this is a public meeting; however, it will be conducted via ZOOM
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Special Meeting, 9:45 AM, Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Tentative Agenda
1. Call meeting to order
2. Roll call of members
3. Approval of Agenda – Order at discretion of Chairman
4. Interviews for Montgomery County Information Technology Director. It is possible that the Board will recess to closed session according to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5(1)(i) “To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance of discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual requests a closed session.”
5. Adjournment

Iowans not doing much trading up in the job market

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The search for workers to fill open jobs continues to be one of the top priorities in surveys of Iowa businesses. Iowa Workforce Development Director, Beth Townsend, says the numbers for March don’t show a lot of workers leaving one job for another. “In Iowa, it was a two-point-six percent quit rate, which is the eighth lowest in the country. The national rate was two-point-nine percent in the same time period,” Townsend says. She says that may change when the numbers for April or May are released. “I would expect or hope that that rate will continue to decline in Iowa. But certainly, there’s trading up as you know, as one employer raises wages, then you often see people who will leave a 15 dollar hour a job to go to a 20 dollars an hour, ” she says.

Townsend says there may have been an incentive to move to another job in the past — but businesses have taken steps to keep employees. “Employers are all starting at roughly between 15 and 20 dollars an hour — so I don’t know that there’s a lot of advantage now,” Townsend says. She says her agency tries that issue in evaluating the skills and needs of employees. “Through the re-employment case management system, we are working hard to help people find a job that they really want to have, and kind of get off that cycle of working somewhere for six months, and then, you know, moving on and going on to something else,” according to Townsend. “We want them to find a job that’s going to stick and that they’ll be able to stay with for a longer period of time.”

She encourages you to seek out help from I-W-D if you are looking for a job.

Red Oak Police report, 6/20/22

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest at around 10:30-p.m. Sunday, of 35-year-old Jacob Richard Wunder, from Red Oak. The man was arrested in the 1000 block of N. 2nd Street, on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding the flow of air/blood (an aggravated misdemeanor). Wunder was being held without bond, in the Montgomery County Jail. And, at around 7:55-p.m., Sunday, Red Oak Police conducted a traffic stop near N. Broadway and Linden Streets.

As a result of their investigation, officers arrested 64-year-old Charles William Hurd, of Winterset, for Driving Under Suspension. He was also cited for Failure to Provide financial liability (Automobile insurance). His bond was set at $491.25.

Audubon School Board meeting agenda: 6/20/22

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

AUDUBON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ REGULAR MEETING

Monday, June 20, 2022

PLACE: BOARD ROOM, HIGH SCHOOL TIME: 7:00 P.M.

TENTATIVE AGENDA

 

1.0 Call to Order

2.0 Approve Agenda

3.0 Approve Consent Agenda

3.01 Minutes – May 16, 2022 – Regular Meeting

3.02 Warrants and Financial Reports

4.0 Public Comments – Please contact the Supt. or Board President (Board Policy #213)

5.0 ACTION ITEMS

5.01 Approve RSAI Membership

5.02 Approve IASB Legislative Priorities

5.03 Set Time and Date for June Fiscal Meeting – Thursday, June 30, 2022 – 7:30 am

5.04 Approve Student Fees for FY23

5.05 Approve Final Audit Report

5.06 Approve EMC Insurance Quote

5.07 Consider SU Insurance Revised Quote

5.08 Personnel

5.08.1 Approve Summer Launch Contracts

5.08.2 Approve Vocal Music Contracts

5.08.3 Approve Assistant Wrestling Contract

5.09 Consideration and Action on Termination of Contractor Agreement and Enforcement of Bid Bond

6.0 Communication & Updates

6.01 School Counselor Report

6.02 Superintendent Report

6.02.1 Superintendent Evaluation Wrap-Up

6.02.2 Legislative Wrap-Up

6.02.3 TPRA Grant News

6.02.4 Surplus Sale

6.02.5 Building Project Update and Discussion

6.03 Principal’s Reports

7.0 Adjournment

Next Regular Meeting: Monday, July 18, 2022, 7:00 P.M., in the Boardroom at the High School

Cass County Genealogy Society presents: “Who’s your daddy now?” (ancestry info.), June 23rd

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June 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Who’s Your Daddy Now? by Carolyn DeLay is the topic for the Cass County Genealogy Societies program on Thursday, June 23. The program will be about finding information and ancestors you need for your Family Tree and for joining the DAR. She will also go into how to differentiate people. Is this John Smith my John Smith? Copying information from Ancestry won’t give you the information you need. Research is necessary in all areas of family history. The program is free and open to the public. It will be help on Thursday, June 23 at 1:00 in the Atlantic Library meeting room.

Carolyn DeLay, a member of Daughters of The American Revolution and the “Cass County Genealogy Society” will give the program. Carolyn is a researcher and a genealogist and has always had a passion for history and genealogy. She had given many programs to various genealogy societies and chapters of the Iowa Society of the “Daughters of the American revolution.”