The Cass County Board of Supervisors met today (Tuesday), in the basement meeting room, while Auditors were working in the Boardroom at the Courthouse. During their meeting, the Board approved the appointment of Brigham Hoege to the Cass County Local Foods Policy Council. Auditor Dale Sunderman said she currently resides in Des Moines, but is very active with the LFPC. He said she basically directed Produce in the Park and other such projects.

Cass Board of Supervisors (left to right) – Frank Waters, Mark O’Brien, Steve Green & Steve Baier.

Interim County Engineer Rich Hansen requested the Board sign a Resolution with regard to a Cass County Procurement Policy, where Federal Funding is included. He said it’s to get state funding for disaster flooding this past Spring, in the amount of $124,000. $75,000 of which comes from FEMA. The funds are passed through the Dept. of Homeland Security. Dale Sunderman said the Resolution the Board passed on May 31^st was not sufficient because it did not contain Federal Administrative Code references. Board Chair Steve Baier said that included “Micro-purchase procedures.” There are other guidelines as well, that language for which Baier said had to match that of “The Federales.”

Because the County remains without a licensed, Professional Engineer (PE) following the resignation late this Summer of Charles Bechtold, Hansen said some paperwork (including payroll & claims) will need to be signed by a PE. Board Chair Steve Baier mentioned retired County Engineer Charles Marker would be willing to step-in and handle those tasks on an as-needed, contracted basis, but not as a full-time Engineer. The Board took it under advisement.

In other business, the Cass County Supervisors canvassed and approved the results of elections on Nov. 5^th. Dale Sunderman announced what the percentage of voter turnout for each Ward and Precinct/City was: Atlantic – Ward 1, 12.79%; Ward 2, 14.36%; Ward 3 – 24.38%; Ward 4 – 25.11%; Ward 5 – 27.28%; Anita – 20.13%; Cumberland – 12.33%; Griswold – 17.10; Lewis – 18.56; Marne – 16.7; Massena – 17.67; Wiota – 15.04%.

Tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 13th), the Board will meet at 8-a.m. to perform a post-election audit of ballots tallied at the Cumberland/Union Township precinct, and votes cast for Mayor/City of Cumberland on Nov. 5th. Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman says this is not a recount, but a hand-count audit of ballots tallied by optical scan equipment, to verify that the election vote tabulation equipment functioned as designed and programmed. It will include a hand-count of the votes cast for a designated position on the first ballot style of the selected precinct.