MASON CITY — Cerro Gordo County supervisors approved more than $565,000 in county claims Monday while also reviewing a manure management plan involving a local farm and receiving an update on county road and engineering matters.
The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors met September 28 at the courthouse with Chairman Casey Callanan, Vice Chairman Carl Ginapp and Supervisor Chris Watts in attendance.
The board unanimously approved claims totaling $565,240.56.
Among the largest expenditures was $174,061.02 to Wellmark Blue Cross for purchased services. The county also listed an $85,406 contribution to Cerro Gordo County Emergency Management.
Other significant claims included $50,000 to the Mason City Family YMCA, $43,920 to Elderbridge Agency on Aging and $14,788 to the Iowa State Medical Examiner for two autopsy-related claims.
The county paid $13,998.90 to Delta Dental of Iowa for insurance and $12,632.31 to Alliant Energy for utilities.
A number of local organizations and programs also received county contributions.
Those included $10,000 to Visit Mason City, $5,850 to Habitat for Humanity, $2,500 to Northern Lights Homeless Shelter, $2,250 to Community Kitchen of North Iowa, $2,000 to Francis Lauer and $2,000 to the NIACC Alumni Association.
Other contributions included $1,875 to the Mason City Youth Task Force, $1,750 to Crisis Intervention Service, $1,500 to Best Buddies Iowa, $1,250 to the Kinney Pioneer Museum, $1,250 to the NIACOG Housing Trust Fund, $1,250 to North Iowa Area Community Action Organization, $1,000 to Mason City Senior Activity Center, $950 to Charles City Foster Grandparents and $300 for AppleFest.
Supervisors also unanimously approved the county payroll register for the period ending September 19.
Cerro Gordo County Engineer Brandon Billings provided an update to the board, although the official minutes do not provide details of his report.
The supervisors also considered an environmental matter involving Indigo Family Farms.
The board unanimously approved a report from the county Environmental Health Service Manager concerning a manure management plan update for Indigo Family Farms, identified in county records as Ashley’s Farm.
The report will be forwarded to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
The board held a public comment period but the official minutes do not describe any comments made during that portion of the meeting.
The September 28 meeting was brief. Callanan called the meeting to order at 10 a.m., and supervisors adjourned at 10:08 a.m.
Cerro Gordo County claims approved September 28:
- Action Target Academy — Supplies: $311.19
- Airgas USA — Medical equipment: $117.30
- Airgas USA — Repair: $629.58
- Alliant Energy — Utilities: $12,632.31
- Amazon Capital Services — Supplies: $51.06
- AppleFest — Contribution: $300.00
- Azar International — Equipment: $199.65
- Best Buddies Iowa — Contribution: $1,500.00
- Courtney Billings — Meals/mileage: $1,038.79
- Bob Barker Company — Clothing/dry goods: $261.70
- Bob Barker Company — Equipment: $106.70
- Brad’s Auto Repair — Repair: $36.39
- Brock Specialties — Building construction: $1,060.00
- Bruening Rock Products — Granular materials: $5,992.03
- Cerro Gordo County Emergency Management — Contribution: $85,406.00
- Cerro Gordo County Recorder — Legal: $32.00
- Carrier Access IT — Telephone: $209.82
- Jon Caspers — Zoning board: $376.83
- CenturyLink — Telephone: $122.56
- Cert Werks — ECI program carryforward: $397.15
- Charles City Foster Grandparents — Contribution: $950.00
- Chickasaw County Sheriff — Legal: $65.36
- City of Mason City — Animal control: $225.00
- City of Mason City — Utilities: $578.16
- Civia Inc. / GovAI — Software: $3,125.00
- Clear Lake Mirror Reporter — Board proceedings: $424.76
- Cluck Oink Moo — Food/provisions: $2,400.00
- Column Software — Board proceedings: $906.28
- Community Kitchen of North Iowa — Contribution: $2,250.00
- Control Print Creative — Supplies: $60.50
- Country Landscapes — Repair: $260.00
- Crazy Minnow Co. — Supplies: $31.50
- Crisis Intervention Service — Contribution: $1,750.00
- Delta Dental of Iowa — Insurance: $13,998.90
- Denco Highway Construction — Asphalt: $5,910.00
- Dr. Bill’s Handyman — Mowing: $2,560.00
- Elizabeth Eck — Refund: $325.00
- Elderbridge Agency on Aging — Contribution: $43,920.00
- EMC National Life — Purchased services: $391.20
- Family Connections — ECI home visitation: $9,728.71
- Fastenal — Signs: $276.82
- Fidelity Security Life — Insurance: $2,056.95
- Terry Flick — Equipment: $845.00
- Francis Lauer — Contribution: $2,000.00
- Franklin Rural Electric — Utilities: $94.53
- Frontier Communications — Telephone: $143.67
- Galls — Uniforms: $643.07
- Goodnature Work Stop — Uniforms: $84.98
- Habitat for Humanity — Contribution: $5,850.00
- Hancock County Sheriff — Serve notice: $124.15
- David Hepperly — Meals/mileage: $532.24
- Hilton Garden Inn — Meals/mileage: $924.20
- Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapel — Funeral: $1,500.00
- Hogan Bremer Colonial Chapel — General transportation: $823.00
- Hy-Vee — Food/provisions: $64.48
- Hy-Vee — Printing: $114.80
- Interstate All Battery — Parts: $401.10
- Iowa State Medical Examiner — Autopsies: $14,788.00
- Iowa Workforce Development — Unemployment: $153.05
- ISAC — Training: $275.00
- ISACA — Training: $825.00
- ISCTA — Training: $100.00
- ISU Extension and Outreach — Training: $360.00
- J & J Machining Welding — Parts: $159.72
- K & N Construction — Freight: $6,000.00
- Kinney Pioneer Museum — Contribution: $1,250.00
- Lehmann Family Dental — Outpatient: $1,206.06
- Logan Contractors Supply — Parts: $396.63
- Lutheran Services in Iowa — ECI home visitation: $1,011.24
- Mason City Family YMCA — Contribution: $50,000.00
- Mason City Public Utilities — Utilities: $1,990.69
- Mason City Senior Activity Center — Contribution: $1,000.00
- Mason City Tire Service — Repair: $806.60
- Mason City Tire Service — Tires/tubes: $3,863.83
- Mason City Youth Task Force — Contribution: $1,875.00
- McKesson Medical-Surgical — Supplies: $198.92
- Mediacom — Online information: $560.80
- MedTech — Supplies: $497.50
- Menards — Equipment: $75.77
- Menards — Parts: $127.95
- Menards — Repair: $65.32
- Menards — Signs: $41.58
- Menards — Supplies: $142.19
- MH Equipment Company — Other services: $673.08
- MidAmerican Energy — Utilities: $650.42
- Nassco — Equipment: $271.98
- Nassco — Supplies: $1,580.40
- Neapolitan Labs — Consulting: $250.00
- NIACC Alumni Association — Contribution: $2,000.00
- NIACOG Housing Trust — Contribution: $1,250.00
- North Central Iowa Regional — Contribution: $750.00
- North Iowa Area Community Action Organization — Contribution: $1,250.00
- North Iowa Area Community Action Organization — Rent: $235.90
- North Iowa Area Community Action Organization — Supplies: $945.00
- North Iowa Transition Center — Custodial: $192.00
- Northern Lights Homeless Shelter — Contribution: $2,500.00
- O’Reilly Automotive — Repair: $78.69
- Chelsey Ostermeier — Meals/mileage: $1,161.79
- Pathology Associates — Medical examiner: $2,916.66
- Petro-Blend Corp. — Lubricants: $4,448.10
- Petro-Blend Corp. — Parts: $905.21
- Derek Pike — Repair: $3,220.00
- Pitney Bowes Global — Rent: $1,153.08
- Pitney Bowes — Supplies: $161.01
- Pitney Bowes Purchase Power — Mailing: $502.25
- Plastic Recycling of Iowa — Signs: $742.75
- Plumb Supply Company — Supplies: $10.05
- Prairie Energy Cooperative — Utilities: $218.12
- Precision Tree Service — Tile lines: $1,800.00
- Professional Office Services — Mailing: $1,758.13
- Professional Office Services — Printing: $398.45
- Reliance Standard Life — Purchased services: $7,199.28
- Robert’s Quick Lube — Repair: $119.95
- Roto Rooter — Repair: $150.00
- Router12 Networks — Online information: $90.00
- Router12 Networks — Telephone: $90.00
- Sanofi Pasteur — Medicine: $499.00
- Shred Right — Printing: $78.36
- Staples Business Advantage — Equipment: $91.55
- Staples Business Advantage — Printing: $271.44
- Stellar Truck & Trailer — Parts: $382.70
- Stellar Truck & Trailer — Safety items: $631.98
- Stellar Truck & Trailer — Tires/tubes: $744.75
- Summit Fire Protection — Purchased services: $107.50
- Summit Food Service — Food/provisions: $7,046.58
- Tell Construction — Freight: $4,800.00
- The Spectrum Group — Printing: $148.63
- The Spectrum Group — Supplies: $180.19
- Transamerica Employee Benefits — Purchased services: $2,166.06
- Truck Center Companies — Parts: $1,712.95
- Truck Center Companies — Repair: $675.00
- Truck Center Companies — Safety items: $716.24
- Veenstra & Kimm — Consulting: $661.08
- Verde Environmental — Evidence-based data collection: $1,768.00
- Verizon Wireless — Telephone: $966.65
- Vinyl Addictionz — Repair: $1,585.00
- Visa — IT hardware: $713.90
- Visa — Repair: $99.00
- Visa — Software: $18.25
- Visa — Training: $50.00
- Visit Mason City — Contribution: $10,000.00
- Visual Edge IT — Office equipment lease: $269.73
- Wellmark Blue Cross — Purchased services: $174,061.02
- Wells Fargo Financial — Repair: $174.46
- Winnebago County Sheriff — Serve notice: $34.50
- Worth County Public Health — ECI program carryforward: $7,321.63
- Ziegler — Parts: $1,454.78
- Ziegler — Repair: $1,246.06
The approved claims totaled $565,240.56.