(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors held their regular weekly meeting today (Wednesday morning), during which the Board accepted the resignation of a long-time member of the Adair County Tourism Council.

They approved an amendment to the City of Stuart’s Urban Renewal Plan. Auditor Mandy Berg…

The Adair County Supervisors approved Opiod Litigation Participation Agreements. Auditor Berg said the fund has a balance of $37,500. Representatives John Huff and Mike Griglione with MidAmerican Energy provided the Board with updates on the utilities’ projects. Huff started with the wind turbine farm projects.

He said the turbines comply with the County setback and other requirements. He spoke also about the Orient Energy Center project for those turbines.

The total number of wind turbines in the County are unchanged. One is just being moved to replace a wind turbine damaged in a tornado. Adair County Courthouse Custodian Scott Roberts presented bids for a Courtroom AC/Heating Unit. The Board approved the bid as presented.

County Treasurer Brenda Wallace presented for the Board’s consideration, a tax abatement, which they approved. Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater discussed with the Supervisors a change in internet service providers, and presented a contract with Windstream. The contract was approved by the Board, as presented.

And, County Engineer Nick Kauffman discussed an Engineer’s sharing agreement with Adams County for the Board’s consideration. He said the costs and time for his services would be split 50-50. Kauffman said he reached out to other area counties that share their Engineer’s service, to compare the cost and arrangements for an engineer’s time.

After a considerable amount of discussion, the Adair County Supervisors tabled action on approving an agreement until they could gather more information, take into account the needs of Adair County, and further clarification of the details. They agreed to revisit the matter in two-weeks.  Kauffman also presented his weekly report on Secondary Roads Department maintenance and activities.