The Adair County Board of Supervisors, today (Wednesday), approved a bid of $465, 074 from Schildberg Construction, for Spring-Summer applied road rock (gravel). County Engineer Nick Kauffmann said the bid came in about $35,000 under the estimate. Kauffman said the County has received good news with regard to COVID Relief funding:

He said the another piece of good news was that the Farm-To-Market account will receive an additional $73,506. He said he’s not sure exactly when the County will receive the funds. The funds come in as State money into the Road Use account for the County to spend as it sees fit, as long as it’s on road infrastructure projects. Kauffman reported also that the shared Engineer’s Service Agreement with Union County expires in March. Kauffman has been serving the Adair-Union County Engineer since mid-September, following the resignation of Union County Engineer Zack Gunsolley at the end of August, 2020. He was told Union County has apparently lined-up their own engineer, now, and will have no further need for Kauffman’s services when the agreement concludes. The Board thanked Kauffman for be willing to work with the neighboring county in interim.

Kauffman concluded his report to the Board with an update on various bridge and other projects. And, he’s hiring for two openings in the Adair County Secondary Roads Department. In other business, the Adair County Board of Supervisors approved the renewal of an Amended 28-E agreement for the County Land Record Information System with Iowa Land Records, which was originally signed in 2005.

Recorder Janelle Schneider said the agreement is being amended due to some technical corrections discovered as a result of a State Audit. One of the corrections is to remove direct references to the Iowa County Recorders Association. The Board Wednesday, also held a Public Hearing on an FY21 Budget Amendment, during which there were no comments. The Board subsequently voted to pass a Resolution to that effect. And, a hearing was held with regard to the FY 22 Maximum Property Tax Dollars. Adair County resident Greg Cooper questioned what was being done and why. County Auditor Mandy Berg…

Cooper said he was under the impression wind turbines in the County would lower property taxes. Supervisor John Twombly explained it will be a few years before the levy goes down.

The last order of business, was setting March 17 at 9:15-a.m., as the date and time for a Public Hearing on the FY22 Adair County Budget.