GARNER — Hancock County supervisors dealt with nuisance properties, bridge weight restrictions, county maintenance purchases, election business, fireworks permits and nearly $600,000 in claims during a series of meetings from May 26 through June 15.
The meetings picked up where supervisors left off May 18, when the board approved a county budget amendment, opioid-fund spending for sharps containers, maintenance garage purchases and more than $686,000 in claims. NIT reported on that Hancock County meeting here.
Supervisors Florence “Sis” Greiman, Gary Rayhons and Osmund “Bud” Jermeland were present throughout the five meetings.
The stretch began May 26, when supervisors continued equipping the county’s Maintenance/Storage garage. The board approved a $262.40 quote from Spencer Steel LLC for a workbench top and another $1,297.08 for assorted tools, including a battery charger, extension ladder, vise, air hose kit, drill bits, pry bars and punch set.
The board also ordered an abatement notice under Hancock County Nuisance Ordinance No. 7 for property at 2822 Otto Avenue in Garner.
Supervisors recessed at 11 a.m. that day for an exempt session under Iowa Code section 21.9 and reconvened at 1:32 p.m. The minutes provide no additional details about the exempt session.
Nuisance enforcement and bridge restrictions
More nuisance-property action followed June 1.
Supervisors approved serving an abatement notice on the owner of 1430 234th Street in Britt. Greiman and Rayhons voted for the action, while Jermeland abstained because of a relative.
The board also directed that a reminder letter be sent concerning property at 1441 234th Street in Britt and granted extensions involving nuisance cases at 2865 Oak Avenue and 2857 Orr Avenue in Garner.
One of the largest actions at the June 1 meeting was approval of Resolution 2026-021 updating bridge weight-limit postings throughout Hancock County following inspections of secondary-road bridges.
Most bridges on the county’s lengthy list remained posted as legal, but several carried specific restrictions. Those included a 3-ton limit on Echo Avenue between 120th and 130th Street; 15 tons on 140th Street between Deer and Echo avenues; 16 tons on Deer Avenue between 140th and 150th streets; 12 tons on Quail Avenue between 180th and 190th streets; 16 tons on Crane Avenue between 190th and 200th streets; 19 tons on Urban Avenue between 270th and 280th streets; and 25 tons on Birch Avenue between 280th and 290th streets.
Other structures were listed for special truck sign series or one-lane traffic restrictions. The resolution directed the county engineer to erect or maintain required signs and superseded previous county bridge-posting resolutions.
Bridge restrictions have surfaced elsewhere in North Iowa as counties respond to inspection findings and aging infrastructure. Earlier in the spring, Floyd County supervisors reduced posted limits on a deteriorating county bridge. NIT reported on the Floyd County bridge action here.
The June 1 board also authorized claims payments, with the minutes noting that the complete listing of June claims would be published with the June 15 proceedings.
$25,000 dehydration system, fireworks and opioid-funded sharps service
On June 8, supervisors approved continuing Hancock County’s membership in the Iowa Communities Assurance Pool and authorized a public July 4 fireworks display for Save the Lake at Crystal Lake, with rain dates extending through July 8.
The board approved a $25,000 quote for installation of two RenoDry USA dehydration units beginning in the new fiscal year and a $1,782.50 quote from Summit Fire Protection for two Halotron fire extinguishers.
Supervisors also approved a Stericycle service agreement for sharps containers at two Hancock County locations at $139.98 per month. The service is to be paid from the county’s Opioid Fund.
The move followed the board’s May 18 approval of $1,679.76 annually in opioid settlement funds for sharps containers at the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and Wagner Drug in Britt. NIT previously reported on that opioid-fund decision.
Another $471 invoice from Summit Fire Protection for two extinguishers for the Maintenance/Storage garage was also approved.
Primary election canvassed
Supervisors returned June 9 for the official canvass of the June 2 primary election.
No Democratic candidates were nominated for the two county supervisor seats, county treasurer, county recorder or county attorney positions listed in the canvass.
Republican nominees were Greiman and Rayhons for the two Board of Supervisors seats, Linda Juhl for county treasurer, Tracy L. Marshall for county recorder and Rachel Martinez for county attorney.
County supervisors elsewhere in North Iowa were conducting similar canvasses following the June 2 election. NIT reported on the Cerro Gordo County primary canvass here, while Winnebago County’s election canvass was covered here.
Election matters continued June 15, when the Hancock County board certified the cost of the June 2 primary election at $22,037.01 and filed the post-election audit and auditor certification.
Supervisors also approved a fireworks application for a private Trulson Family display July 3 at 1875 Iowa Avenue and formally designated locations at the Hancock County Courthouse for posting public meeting notices.
County approves $596,428.03 in claims
The June 15 minutes contain the complete claims listing covering June 1 through June 15. The total was $596,428.03.
Among the largest payments were $184,023.02 to Hancock County Medical Benefit for July medical premiums, $51,632.43 to Hancock County Coop Oil Association for diesel, $49,015.90 to Stivers Ford Lincoln for a vehicle, $30,580 to North Central Iowa Service for work involving the Britt building and heaters, $19,113.63 to Bauer Built for tires, $16,081.88 to WEX Bank for gas, $13,970 to the Winnebago County Jail for inmates, $12,223.03 to Motorola Solutions for vehicle and body cameras, $11,922.82 to Visual Edge IT for printers, licenses and contract base rates, and $11,390.20 to Mid Country Machinery for parts.
The full claims approved were:
ABSOLUTE WASTE REMOVAL — Disposal — $440.89
AHLERS & COONEY P C — Professional services — $1,000.00
ALLIANT ENERGY — Utilities — $9,484.58
AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES — Supplies — $8,206.35
ANDY BRUGGEMAN — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
ANN HINDERS — Mileage — $33.23
ANN TENDALL — Cleaning Community Health — $400.00
ARNOLD MOTOR SUPPLY — Truck battery — $203.18
AT & T MOBILITY — Data plan for laptops/cell phone bill — $427.49
BARBARA A TRULSON — Primary Election 26 — $302.32
BARBARA E PAUK — Primary Election 26 — $269.50
BARBARA K SCHAEFER — Primary Election 26 — $380.96
BAUER BUILT INC. — Tires — $19,113.63
BELINDA RASMUSON OULMAN — Medical examiner — $208.64
BETH RASMUSSEN — Primary Election 26 — $298.08
BLACK HILLS ENERGY — Utilities — $96.02
BMC AGGREGATES LC — CLP rock — $383.10
BOLTON & MENK INC — Professional services — $280.00
BOMGAARS SUPPLY INC — Sprayer parts — $243.93
BRAD’S PEST CONTROL — Insect control — $70.00
BRENDA L HANSON — Primary Election 26 — $274.80
BRENDA STEEN — Primary Election 26 — $70.00
BRIAN ROBERTS — Medical examiner — $140.00
BROTHERS ACE HARDWARE — Supplies — $307.66
BRUSH & WEED CONTROL SPEC INC — Weed control JDD 120-7 — $127.30
BUSINESS FORMS & SYSTEMS CO — Tax statements/envelopes — $942.50
CALHOUN-BURNS/ASSOC INC — Design work — $5,761.50
CAMPBELL SUPPLY CO INC — Tool combo kit — $1,285.22
CAPITAL COURT REPORTING LLC — Deposition — $88.15
CARD SERVICES — Food plot disc/patch management/AV/hotel/training — $4,493.07
CAROL NIEWALD — Primary Election 26 — $327.56
CATALDO FUNERAL HOME INC — Transport — $800.00
CEMSTONE CONCRETE MATERIALS LLC — Concrete — $3,130.00
CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING, INC. — Custodial supplies — $2,827.00
CENTURY LINK — Phone — $33.95
CHAD LANG — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
CHASE ULVEN — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
CHERISH CARLSON — Campsite refund — $50.00
CHRIS HEYER — Mileage — $486.21
CINDY WACKER — Primary Election 26 — $325.52
CITY OF BRITT — Sewer and water — $113.55
CITY OF CRYSTAL LAKE — Water/sewer fees — $184.45
CITY OF GARNER — Water and sewer — $250.54
CITY OF GOODELL — Sewer and water — $85.00
CITY OF KLEMME — Sewer and water — $58.36
CLARION DISTRIBUTING LLC — Miscellaneous supplies — $79.75
CLEAR LAKE SANITARY DISTRICT — ESP water testing — $44.00
CODY WITTE — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
COMMUNICATIONS 1 NETWORK — Internet/phone — $1,001.96
CONNIE SWANSON — Primary Election 26 — $303.54
CONNIE R PRICE — Primary Election 26 — $161.20
CORE & MAIN — Tile supplies — $1,690.50
CORWITH MUN UTILITIES — Utilities — $148.55
CROSSROADS TRAILER SALES & SERVICE INC — Parts — $3,951.84
CULLIGAN MASON CITY — Rental service — $76.60
DAVID BOOGERD — Primary Election 26 — $286.60
DAVID L PADDERUD — Primary Election 26 — $264.54
DEANNA KELLY — Board of Review — $296.40
DEBORAH L STROMER — Primary Election 26 — $279.60
DEBRA MARIE HILL — Primary Election 26 — $300.68
DENISE L JAKOUBEK — Primary Election 26 — $385.60
DIANA LOU DEIBLER — Primary Election 26 — $337.16
DIANA PEARSON — Primary Election 26 — $107.06
DIANE KAY DEIBLER — Primary Election 26 — $259.00
DONNA BANTA — Primary Election 26 — $298.32
DONNA J MARTIN — Primary Election 26 — $318.92
DORIAN GOLL — Board of Review — $274.00
DOUG WEILAND — Board of Review — $288.00
DOUG’S SMALL ENGINE SALES & SERVICE — Grasshopper parts CLP — $5.98
DUNCAN HEIGHTS INC — Payee services — $627.00
ELECTIONSOURCE — Voting booths/parking signs — $346.44
ELECTRONIC SPECIALTIES INC — Monthly radio service — $174.00
ELIZABETH MULLENBACH — Mileage — $44.18
ELIZABETH TVEITEN — Primary Election 26 — $303.38
ELLEN TUSHA — Primary Election 26 — $263.37
GALLS LLC — Uniforms — $502.19
GARNER LEADER — Legals — $1,379.95
GARNER LUMBER & SUPPLY CO — Wood for bench/Maintenance-Storage — $224.00
GINA PROHASKA — Primary Election 26 — $301.42
GOLD-EAGLE COOPERATIVE — Fuel — $201.66
GREATAMERICA FINANCIAL SVCS — June billing — $178.98
H & K PLUMBING INC — Tile repair — $441.25
HANCOCK COUNTY AUDITOR — Postage reimbursement DD — $26.64
HANCOCK COUNTY COOP OIL ASS’N — Diesel — $51,632.43
HANCOCK COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM — Grants/screening — $2,652.48
HANCOCK COUNTY MEDICAL BENEFIT — July 26 medical premiums — $184,023.02
HANCOCK COUNTY RECORDER — Record legal documents — $112.20
HANCOCK COUNTY SECONDARY ROADS DEPARTMENT — Lau Wildlife Area improvement/DD #7 Sec. 5 tile — $5,356.16
HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF — Party served — $129.20
HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF — Serve notice — $61.40
HEARTLAND POWER COOP — Utilities — $10.00
HEARTLAND TIRE INC. — Tires — $820.00
HOFFMAN FILTER SERVICE LLC — Filter — $75.00
HOLLAND TIRE & SERVICE — Tire repair — $25.00
INTAB LLC — “I Voted” stickers — $117.50
IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK — Network services — $538.50
IOWA COUNTY ATTORNEY CASE MANAGEMENT PROJECT — Data processing services — $10,450.00
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY — LE licenses — $300.00
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION — Paper — $210.24
IOWA DEPT OF REVENUE — Cabin tax — $52.74
IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY — Training — $500.00
IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES — Signs — $2,297.90
IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE — NCOA — $73.90
IOWA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES — ISAC annual conference — $550.00
ISCTA — ISCTA dues — $304.00
JACK HACKMAN — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
JAMES FRANCIS — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
JAMES H HILL — Primary Election 26 — $266.00
JAN E LIBBEY — Primary Election 26 — $369.81
JANE SWENSON — Primary Election 26 — $284.08
JANICE KIRSCHBAUM — Primary Election 26 — $407.90
JASON HEJLIK — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
JAY LARKIN — Board of Review — $281.00
JEN OSTERKAMP — Primary Election 26 — $289.78
JILL L OLSON — Primary Election 26 — $299.22
JOHN BOWMAN — Primary Election 26 — $381.20
JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL — Parts — $3,712.44
JOHN MADSON — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
JOHNSON, MULHOLLAND, COCHRANE — Legal DD — $600.00
JORDAN PAULSEN — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
JOSEPH DAVID PETERSEN — Medical examiner — $100.00
JUDY ALLEN — Primary Election 26 — $375.66
JULIE GOLL — Primary Election 26 — $285.46
JULIE JASS — Primary Election 26 — $42.00
KAREN PRIEBE — Primary Election 26 — $231.19
KATHLEEN SCHAEFFER — Primary Election 26 — $259.00
KIESLER’S POLICE SUPPLY INC — 9mm ammunition — $950.12
KIMBERLIE DECAMBRA — Campground host — $167.74
KOSSUTH COUNTY AUDITOR — Kossuth County portion of weed control JDD 120-7 — $35.90
LAKESIDE ENVIRONMENTAL INC. — Seed — $2,500.00
LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES INC — Interpretation — $25.20
LEANNE SHIPLER — Primary Election 26 — $354.10
LINAHON ELECTRIC, INC — Britt shed — $5,489.87
LINDA JUHL — Mileage/meal — $163.51
LINE-X OF CLEAR LAKE-MASON CITY — Fender flares installation — $636.99
LOIS B SONIUS — Primary Election 26 — $343.10
LYNN M. PATTERSON — Primary Election 26 — $266.90
MARCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC — Copier — $79.83
MARIANNE WELSCH — Mileage/phone/continuing education — $451.80
MATT BRANDT — Safety boots FY26 — $140.95
MAUREEN ELLEN ABELS — Primary Election 26 — $257.38
MCNEESE TIRE LC — Tire installation — $188.50
MENARDS — Cabinet/jack/toolbox/power washer/air compressor — $4,750.01
MID COUNTRY MACHINERY INC — Parts — $11,390.20
MIDLAND POWER COOPERATIVE — Utilities — $5.34
MIDWEST WAREHOUSE SOLUTIONS, INC — Parts — $669.82
MIDWEST WASTE LLC — Rural recycling — $5,800.00
MIDWEST WHEEL COMPANIES — Parts — $471.62
MILLER PHARMACY — Inmate medications — $509.58
MONARCH WATCH SHOP — Monarch tags — $30.00
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC — Vehicle and body camera — $12,223.03
MYRA K BOWMAN — Primary Election 26 — $120.16
NANCY JASS — Primary Election 26 — $293.36
NEW COOPERATIVE INC — Herbicides — $353.85
NEXT GENERATION TECH LLC — License — $144.90
NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ASSR — Dues — $550.00
NORTH CENTRAL INTERNATIONAL — Parts — $5,923.43
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA SERVICE, LLC — Britt building/heaters — $30,580.00
NORTH IOWA TURF & IRRIGATION — Dirt and seed work — $1,575.00
NUSS TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT — Parts — $339.87
OLLENBURG MOTORS INC — Vehicle service — $4,413.11
P & P ELECTRIC INC — Annual generator maintenance — $805.81
PAUL BUNS — Rent payment — $550.00
PETROBLEND CORPORATION — Oil — $1,137.04
PITNEY BOWES BANK INC RESERVE ACCOUNT — Postage — $5,500.00
PITNEY BOWES GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC — Postage meter lease — $914.49
POSTMASTER — 10 rolls of stamps for absentees — $780.00
POWERPLAN — Parts — $7,492.85
PRAIRIE ENERGY COOPERATIVE — Utilities — $1,344.12
PRITCHARD AUTO COMPANY — Vehicle service — $2,185.45
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SERVICES — MV renewal notices — $553.18
REBECCA J CRONE — Primary Election 26 — $293.69
REBECCA VITEK — Primary Election 26 — $37.04
RELIABLE GLASS SOLUTIONS LLC — Parts — $872.19
ROUTER12 NETWORKS LLC — Internet supplies — $100.00
RSVP OF NORTH CENTRAL IA — 2025-2026 budget allocation — $5,000.00
SCHLEUSNER DIRT WORKS LLC — Repair DD — $3,314.48
SHAWN M HUINKER — Primary Election 26 — $297.50
SHELLEY L WITTING — Primary Election 26 — $284.00
SHERYL CHIZEK — Mileage — $25.14
SHIELD TECHNOLOGY CORP — Maintenance agreement — $7,187.50
SHIRLEY OLSON — Primary Election 26 — $305.08
SHIRLEY TEGTMEYER — Primary Election 26 — $264.24
SIGNS & DESIGNS BY LIZ — No parking sign — $35.00
SKYBLUE SOLUTIONS — Phone bill — $943.77
SPENCER STEEL LLC — Top of workbench — $262.40
STATE HYGIENIC LABORATORY — Well water testing — $1,587.50
STIVERS FORD LINCOLN — Vehicle — $49,015.90
SUMMIT FIRE PROTECTION — Fire extinguisher — $2,253.50
SUSAN I KADUCE — Primary Election 26 — $380.14
SUSAN J BRUXVOORT — Primary Election 26 — $59.10
SWENSON’S HARDWARE — Seed and fertilizer — $3,155.85
TANNER THOMPSON — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
TED HALL — Primary Election 26 — $249.97
TERRI PLOEGER — Primary Election 26 — $259.00
TERRY FLICK — Shop tools — $993.95
THE CTK GROUP — Training — $525.00
THE FLOWER CART — Flower planters — $80.00
THOMAS E MARTIN — Primary Election 26 — $308.00
TIM SMITH — Campground host — $279.97
T-MOBILE — Telephone — $1,930.03
TRACY L MARSHALL — Meeting mileage — $61.56
TRANE U.S. INC. — Service agreement — $1,010.00
TRUCK CENTER COMPANIES — Parts — $939.21
TRULSON AUTO PARTS — Parts — $441.35
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC — Software annual subscription — $500.00
US ASSURE INSURANCE SERVICES OF FLORIDA, LLC — Insurance — $1,313.00
USCELLULAR — Data plan — $40.81
VANA R KRUGER — Primary Election 26 — $259.90
VANGUARD APPRAISALS INC. — Web — $2,887.50
VERIZON — Cell phone service — $165.16
VESTIS — Miscellaneous supplies — $144.39
VISUAL EDGE IT — Printer/licenses/contract base rates — $11,922.82
VISUAL EDGE IT — Xerox lease — $83.23
WAYLON MORRIS — Safety boots FY26 — $150.00
WEBSTER COUNTY SHERIFF — Civil process fee — $38.00
WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL LEASING — Printer lease — $369.56
WEST PAYMENT CENTER — Software subscription — $461.00
WEX BANK — Gas — $16,081.88
WINNEBAGO COOP — Phone — $581.27
WINNEBAGO COUNTY JAIL — Monthly inmate — $13,970.00
WRIGHT COUNTY AUDITOR — Wright County levy JDD 73-139 MOD — $1,082.42
ZIEGLER INC. — Parts — $12.01
TOTAL — $596,428.03
The board adjourned June 15 and was scheduled to meet again June 23.