MASON CITY — Cerro Gordo County supervisors endorsed a state funding application for new road-work safety equipment, approved four employee pay changes and designated three publications as the county’s official newspapers during a brief meeting Monday, August 10, 2026.
Chairman Casey Callanan convened the meeting at 10 a.m. Vice Chairman Carl Ginapp and Supervisor Chris Watts were also present.
Road-worker protection sought
County Engineer Brandon Billings provided an update before supervisors unanimously adopted Resolution 2026-57, supporting an application to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety Improvement Program.
The county is seeking possible state funding to acquire truck-mounted attenuators for use during road maintenance.
An attenuator is a crash-absorbing device mounted on a work vehicle to help protect road crews and motorists when a vehicle enters a work zone and strikes the maintenance truck.
Supervisors said the equipment would improve safety for county employees and the traveling public. The resolution commits Cerro Gordo County to accepting and maintaining the attenuators if the funding application succeeds.
Secondary Roads projects have generated substantial county activity this summer. In July, supervisors approved a $1.73 million bid for a new Secondary Roads building in Rockwell.
Four pay changes approved
Supervisors unanimously approved the following hourly pay changes:
Lindy Harris, Auditor’s Office — $24 per hour, effective August 10
Mikeal Meyer, Sheriff’s Office — $25.90 per hour, effective August 20
Eric Pals, Sheriff’s Office — $25.90 per hour, effective August 24
Jakob Washington, Sheriff’s Office — $33.23 per hour, effective August 24
The resolution directs the county auditor to make the necessary payroll adjustments.
Three official newspapers selected
The board designated the Globe Gazette, Clear Lake Mirror Reporter and River Register as Cerro Gordo County’s official newspapers for 2026.
The publications will carry Board of Supervisors proceedings and other county legal notices as required.
The Globe Gazette is published in Mason City, the Clear Lake Mirror Reporter is published in Clear Lake and the River Register is published in Mason City.
Claims approved during the meeting included $532.15 for publishing board proceedings in the Clear Lake Mirror Reporter and $676.56 to Column Software for board proceedings.
Other county business
Supervisors approved Iowa Department of Natural Resources National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System annual fee invoices for Meservey and Swaledale.
The board also approved the sheriff’s and clerk’s monthly fee reports.
A manure management plan update for the Karl Benjegerdes operation, site No. 63823, was accepted and forwarded to the Iowa DNR.
Supervisors approved $865,573.50 in county claims. Major payments included $291,518.45 to Cole Excavating for building construction, $103,270.28 to Tyler Technologies for software, $84,000 to Wellmark Blue Cross, $80,000 to North Iowa Corridor and $36,645.12 to Shipman Gutters.
The claims total follows several other significant spending packages this year, including more than $1.26 million approved at the board’s May 18 meeting and $428,176 approved July 13.
The August 10 meeting adjourned at 10:10 a.m.
COUNTY CLAIMS AND EXPENSES
Absolute Waste Removal — Sanitation disposal — $432.30
Ahlers & Cooney PC — Legal — $13,466.77
Alliant Energy — Utilities — $4,243.99
Amazon Capital Services — Supplies — $886.76
AMR Ambulance Charles City — Tax and fee disbursement — $42.00
APCO International — Software — $4,000.00
Arnold Motor Supply — Parts — $172.24
B-Three Solutions Inc. — Consulting — $18,825.00
Belmond Ambulance Service — Tax and fee disbursement — $510.60
Bergland & Cram Architects — Consulting — $5,950.00
Blazek Electric Inc. — Repairs — $776.87
Brad’s Auto Repair — Repairs — $422.95
Brush & Weed Control — Tile lines — $9,112.20
Butler County EMS — Tax and fee disbursement — $587.18
Cerro Gordo County Recorder — Legal — $32.00
Cerro Gordo County Sheriff — Legal — $32.02
CDW Government Inc. — Equipment — $1,830.33
CDW Government Inc. — IT hardware — $4,663.40
CDW Government Inc. — Supplies — $383.00
Center for Evaluation — Freight — $3,500.00
CenturyLink — Telephone — $375.83
Cerro Gordo County organization — Dues — $45.00
Chase Cardmember Services — Magazines and books — $39.99
Chase Cardmember Services — Meals and mileage — $92.39
Chase Cardmember Services — Rent — $11.50
Chase Cardmember Services — Software — $12.81
Chase Cardmember Services — Telephone — $80.02
Chemsearch Inc. — Supplies — $1,140.35
Chickasaw Ambulance — Tax and fee disbursement — $1,053.88
Chickasaw County Emergency Management — Tax and fee disbursement — $1,957.25
Chickasaw County Public Health — Tax and fee disbursement — $1,156.82
Cintas — Supplies — $134.22
City Laundering Company — Supplies — $81.60
City of Clear Lake — Tax and fee disbursement — $3,462.50
City of Mason City — Utilities — $1,117.19
City of Thornton — Utilities — $67.88
CJ’s Auto Inc. — Repairs — $243.16
Clarion Ambulance Service — Tax and fee disbursement — $4,699.20
Clear Lake Mirror Reporter — Board proceedings — $532.15
Clear Lake Telephone — Telephone — $332.77
Cole Excavating LLC — Building construction — $291,518.45
Column Software PBC — Board proceedings — $676.56
Connections Inc. — Purchased services — $733.73
Consolidated Energy — Fuel — $9,184.43
Control Print Creative — Supplies — $12.00
Core & Main — Tile lines — $1,161.00
Cresswell Repair — Repairs — $91.80
Crysteel Truck Equipment — Parts — $94.00
Dan Corbin Inc. — Consulting — $5,051.00
Cole Despenas — Supplies — $144.56
Eagle Grove Ambulance — Tax and fee disbursement — $494.19
Electronic Engineering — Repairs — $163.08
Fareway Stores Inc. — Food and provisions — $55.04
Fastenal Company — Safety items — $1,089.70
Five Points Infrastructure — Software — $801.08
Matthew Fjone — Supplies — $253.98
Floyd & Leonard Electric — Equipment — $2,113.39
Floyd County Public Health — Tax and fee disbursement — $2,006.21
Forest City Ambulance — Tax and fee disbursement — $800.25
Franklin County Auditor — Autopsies — $2,047.00
Franklin County Auditor — Medical examiner — $471.75
Franklin County Public Health — Tax and fee disbursement — $2,921.55
Franklin General Hospital — Tax and fee disbursement — $455.00
Frontier Communications — Telephone — $519.80
Glen’s Tire Service — Repairs — $37.38
Goodnature Work Stop — Supplies — $189.97
Grainger Inc. — Repairs — $179.90
Grainger Inc. — Supplies — $1,096.74
Greenbelt Home Care — Tax and fee disbursement — $5,771.70
Hancock County Cooperative — Fuel — $6,047.92
Hancock County Health System — Tax and fee disbursement — $356.76
Hancock County Sheriff — Legal — $41.60
Tim Hitchcock — Meals and mileage — $41.04
Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel — General transportation — $823.00
Huber Supply Company Inc. — Chemicals and gases — $20.15
Huber Supply Company Inc. — Medical equipment — $43.12
Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home — General transportation — $1,100.00
ICEOO — Training — $275.00
Iowa Communications — Software — $1,100.00
Iowa Workforce Development — Data processing — $1,850.40
Jim Hunt Electric LLC — Repairs — $94.38
Joy Supply Company — Public education — $500.00
Kossuth County EMS — Tax and fee disbursement — $3,781.85
Kossuth Regional Health Center — Tax and fee disbursement — $4,853.40
Kwik Trip Business Plus — Meals and mileage — $177.79
Landfill of North Iowa — Cybersecurity — $82.00
Lehmann Family Dental — Outpatient services — $122.82
Linahon Electric Inc. — Repairs — $170.00
Marco Inc. — Office-equipment lease — $148.84
Mason City Fire Department — Tax and fee disbursement — $5,160.00
Mason City Fire Department — Training — $45.00
Mason City Lumber Company — Wood — $19.95
Mason City Tire Service — Repairs — $111.58
Mason City Tire Service — Tires and tubes — $793.30
McKesson Medical-Surgical — Supplies — $78.93
Mechanical Air Systems — Air conditioning — $1,100.98
Menards — Equipment — $97.83
Menards — Fuel — $71.88
Menards — Parts — $16.44
Menards — Repairs — $11.99
Menards — Supplies — $123.97
MercyOne North Iowa — Hospital treatment — $48.52
Metal Storm Manufacturing LLC — Repairs — $1,945.00
Mitchell County Home Health — Tax and fee disbursement — $5,972.93
NAPA Auto Parts — Parts — $171.06
Nelson Septic Service — Supplies — $75.00
Spencer Nielsen — Supplies — $36.04
Nora Springs Ambulance — Tax and fee disbursement — $2,100.45
North Iowa Corridor — Contribution — $80,000.00
North Iowa Mercy Clinic — Outpatient services — $7.59
North Iowa Reporting — Legal — $356.50
Northwood Fire and Rescue — Tax and fee disbursement — $270.61
NuWay-K&H Cooperative — Fuel — $10,936.15
Omnitel Communications — Telephone — $575.08
Petro-Blend Corporation — Parts — $479.90
Derek Pike — Air conditioning — $1,575.00
Pitney Bowes Global — Office-equipment lease — $376.95
Payton Plagge — Mowing — $4,680.00
Plumb Supply Company — Supplies — $49.54
Charles Pollock — Supplies — $155.04
PowerPlan — Lubricants — $92.41
PowerPlan — Parts — $446.37
Progress Software Corporation — Software — $1,708.10
Robert’s Quick Lube — Repairs — $100.73
Rockwell Cooperative Telephone — Telephone — $406.19
Rockwell Fire Department — Equipment — $283.05
Briana Roszell — Purchased services — $475.00
Todd Rothove — Mowing — $600.00
Router12 Networks LLC — Online information — $50.00
Ben Schutz — Supplies — $140.07
ScriptSourcing LLC — Medicine — $788.37
Iowa Secretary of State — Printing — $30.00
Shipman Gutters LLC — Freight — $36,645.12
SkyBlue Solutions — Online information — $195.88
Summit Food Service — Food and provisions — $6,853.63
The Shredder — Purchased services — $132.00
Thomson Reuters-West — Magazines and books — $978.52
Tierney Main Street — Rent — $3,400.00
Tierney South LLC — Rent — $11,445.00
Total Response — Software — $9,475.85
Tractor Supply Credit — Judgment and fine — $33.90
Tractor Supply Credit — Parts — $34.98
Lisa Trask — Repairs — $875.00
Truck Center Companies — Parts — $1,921.59
Truck Center Companies — Repairs — $990.00
Two B’s Lawn Care Inc. — Mowing — $1,540.00
Tyler Technologies Inc. — Software — $103,270.28
United States Postal Service — Mailing — $1,990.00
US Cellular — Telephone — $783.10
USA Today LocaliQ — Service notice — $61.00
Ventura Telephone Company — Telephone — $193.58
Verizon Wireless — Online information — $366.44
Verizon Wireless — Telephone — $2,453.58
Vigilnet America LLC — Repairs — $474.50
Visa — Concrete — $132.00
Visa — Dues — $399.00
Visa — Food and provisions — $507.04
Visa — Fuel — $219.69
Visa — Furniture — $1,900.14
Visa — IT hardware — $179.99
Visa — Legal — $117.11
Visa — Licenses and permits — $355.00
Visa — Mailing — $422.46
Visa — Meals and mileage — $1,755.19
Visa — Public education — $1,016.56
Visa — Repairs — $100.34
Visa — Software — $856.36
Visa — Supplies — $1,159.24
Visa — Training — $1,225.00
Visual Edge IT — Office-equipment lease — $264.70
WageWorks Inc. — Consulting — $188.73
WageWorks Inc. — Purchased services — $3,034.53
Wellmark Blue Cross — Purchased services — $84,000.00
Wells Fargo Financial — Repairs — $185.66
Wells Fargo Financial — Supplies — $149.67
West Payment Center — Data processing — $2,211.87
West Payment Center — Magazines and books — $128.78
WEX Bank — Fuel — $8,495.77
Winnebago County Public Health — Tax and fee disbursement — $479.31
Winnebago Cooperative Telephone — Telephone — $232.27
Blayne Woltjer — Supplies — $134.71
Woodbury County Sheriff — Service notice — $38.00
Worth County Public Health — Tax and fee disbursement — $2,101.59
Wright County Public Health — Tax and fee disbursement — $3,791.49
Ziegler Inc. — Parts — $1,774.92
Ziegler Inc. — Repairs — $3,067.50
TOTAL CLAIMS: $865,573.50