(Greenfield, Iowa) – Following a public hearing, during which there were no comments, the Adair County Board of Supervisors, Wednesday morning in Greenfield, voted to pass a Resolution to approve an Ordinance (#28B) re-precincting the County, with regard to Supervisors representation and voting. Details about the changes can be found on the County’s website (The proposed changes prior to the vote and which are now in effect, can be found here https://www.adaircounty.iowa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Public-Notice-ORDINANCE-NO-28B-reprecincting.pdf)

Re-precincting map

In other business, the Board took under consideration for when it comes to their FY 23 budget, a request from Courthouse Maintenance worker Rich Wallace, who wears several “hats” when it comes to maintaining the grounds and interior of the courthouse, aside from cleaning, most of which he does by himself.

Wallace said while others have union or other forms of representation, such as the Conference Board, he feels like as an individual, he’s being “Left out,” when it comes to a wage increase.

The Board agreed he does a great job, and took no issue with determining a revised wage for Wallace when it comes time to formulate their budget, amid other requests and considerations.

In other business, Adair County Treasurer Brenda Wallace discussed computer bids, since her DOT computer ceased to function last week.

She asked four separate companies for bid, but only three responded to date. The other company refused to issue a bid due the changing price structure. Two of the companies said the couldn’t get the DOT specifications in a timely manner. Mainstay was the only company who issued a quote.

Unfortunately, the company couldn’t guarantee a delivery date: It could be as soon as five-weeks or as late as five-months, but the price wouldn’t change. In the meantime, the DOT approved using their program on an InfoMax PC temporarily, until the new computer arrives and is set-up. Infomax will charge $100 to install the program. The Board approved her request to replace the computer at the quoted price.

The Adair County Supervisors also set the date for a Public Hearing on a FY22 Budget Amendment as 9:30-a.m., January 12th. County Auditor Mandy Berg said the total expenditures in the amended budget amount to $78,464, while the revenue is $856,000. The Board discussed and agreed to use part of the American Rescue Plan Act funds – amounting to $142,385 – for COVID relief, to digitize county real estate records. They also discussed the OSHA vaccine and testing machine mandate, but since the County has, by all accounts, less than 100 employees, it does not meet the thresh-hold for the mandate.