(Red Oak, Iowa) — Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday (Feb. 18th), unanimously approved a resolution increasing the weekly hours County Veterans Affairs Executive Director Curtis White is allowed to work, from 25 to 28 hours, retroactive to July 1st, 2024 through June 30th of this year. The supervisors also unanimously approved 28 hours per week for next fiscal year, beginning July 1st. Their action followed a request last week by the county’s veterans affairs commission.

The veterans affairs commission previously gave White a $2 per hour merit pay increase. Though White’s office is budgeted for 1,300 hours, Montgomery County Auditor Ozuna says he only spent under 1,200 hours in the previous fiscal year. That left the Board with the option of reducing White’s hours so he doesn’t go over his budget, or increasing the hours and have a budget amendment so they the hours fall within his budget.

In other business, the supervisors approved a 28-E agreement for Highway Bridge Competive Program (HBCP) funding for bridge projects on 250th Street west of Villisca and 270th Street east of M Avenue.

The grant encompasses 28 county bridges across 20 different counties in Iowa.