MASON CITY — The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors approved $358,840.73 in county claims, transferred $96,246 into a nature center endowment fund and scheduled a public hearing on proposed speed limit changes during its regular meeting Monday, November 2, 2026.
Chairman Casey Callanan, Vice Chairman Carl Ginapp and Supervisor Chris Watts attended the meeting, which began at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:10 a.m. All recorded motions passed unanimously.
Supervisors transfer $96,246 to nature center endowment
Supervisors adopted Resolution 2026-70, authorizing a $96,246 transfer from the Nature Center Fund to the Nature Center Endowment Fund, effective November 2. The transfer was made under Iowa Code Section 331.432, and the auditor was directed to adjust the books and notify the treasurer.
The board had established a separate Nature Center Endowments account at its October 12 meeting, when it also moved $2.6 million between other county accounts, as previously reported by NorthIowaToday.com. The November 2 transaction moved money between county funds and was not itself an additional payment to an outside vendor.
Speed limit hearing set for November 16
Supervisors scheduled a public hearing for 10:20 a.m. Monday, November 16, on proposed speed limit changes on Thrush Avenue and 300th Court. The November 2 minutes do not give the current or proposed limits or identify the exact road segments. NIT previously reported on the county’s proposed reduction from 60 to 45 mph on two roads.
County Engineer Brandon Billings provided an update, but the minutes do not describe his remarks.
Claims total $358,840.73
Supervisors unanimously approved the county claims register, consisting of 98 listed entries. The largest was $103,375.96 to Larson Contracting C for building construction. Other major claims included $84,000 to Wellmark Blue Cross for purchased services, $26,299.44 to Sign Solutions USA for signs, $15,768.40 to Mason City Shopping for rent and $11,445 to Tierney South LLC for rent.
The register also lists $10,605.60 for culverts from Metal Culverts, Inc., $9,061.03 to Cole Excavating LLC for building construction, $8,824.50 to BMC Aggregates LC for granular materials and $8,666.78 to Lutheran Services in for Early Childhood Iowa home visitation. The abbreviated claims listing does not provide detailed project descriptions for many expenditures.
For comparison, NIT covered the October 19 meeting with $423,739 in claims and a private well oversight agreement and the October 5 meeting featuring solar drainage questions and $377,447 in claims.
Other county business
The board approved its agenda and the minutes from October 26. A public comment period was held, although the official record does not identify speakers or summarize the remarks. The board adjourned at 10:10 a.m. Meeting records and recordings are available on Cerro Gordo County’s supervisors website.
Complete claims approved November 2, 2026
The following reproduces all 98 entries in the county’s claims report, including separate entries for repeat vendors. Vendor names and expense categories retain the county’s abbreviations; the numbers in parentheses show the count of items grouped in each entry.
- Ahlers & Cooney PC — labor relations — $270.00 (1 item)
- Ahlers & Cooney PC — legal — $3,243.00 (3 items)
- All About Eyes — outpatient — $105.00 (1 item)
- Alliant Energy — utilities — $8,585.01 (7 items)
- Amazon Capital Servi — supplies — $486.06 (2 items)
- Association of ECI A — Administration ECI — $946.00 (3 items)
- Batteries Plus Bulbs — supplies — $240.00 (1 item)
- Bice Electric LLC — repair — $950.00 (1 item)
- BMC Aggregates LC — granular — $8,824.50 (1 item)
- Bob Barker Company I — cloth/dry goods — $254.06 (1 item)
- Bob Barker Company I — equip — $319.37 (1 item)
- Brothers ACE 3 LLC — repair — $36.99 (1 item)
- C.H. McGuiness Co In — repair — $1,105.71 (1 item)
- CallTower — telephone — $150.01 (1 item)
- CDW Government, Inc. — equip — $305.57 (1 item)
- Cert Werks — Program Carryforward ECI — $350.74 (1 item)
- Charles City Press — public ed — $6,924.83 (1 item)
- City of Mason City — purch serv — $100.00 (1 item)
- City of Mason City — utilities — $1,117.19 (1 item)
- Clear Creek Preschoo — Program Carryforward ECI — $120.00 (1 item)
- Clear Lake Telephone — online info — $959.31 (2 items)
- Clear Lake Telephone — telephone — $670.57 (1 item)
- Cole Excavating LLC — building construct — $9,061.03 (1 item)
- Column Software PBC — publication — $87.39 (1 item)
- Consolidated Energy — fuels — $1,919.05 (1 item)
- Dang, TuyAnh — zoning board — $411.55 (1 item)
- Edgefield County She — serve notice — $15.00 (1 item)
- Eocene Environmental — training — $900.00 (1 item)
- Frontier Communicati — telephone — $141.01 (1 item)
- Galls LLC — uniforms — $30.01 (1 item)
- Glen’s Tire Service — repair — $249.95 (1 item)
- Glen’s Tire Service — tires/tubes — $72.00 (1 item)
- Hahn, Heather — printing — $15.00 (1 item)
- Hancock County Coop — fuels — $4,208.84 (1 item)
- Heartland Asphalt In — asphalt — $55.38 (1 item)
- Hy-Vee Accounts Rece — supplies — $8.61 (1 item)
- Ingersoll Water Cond — repair — $83.00 (1 item)
- Iowa Dept of Transpo — training — $150.00 (1 item)
- Iowa State Medical E — autopsies — $2,100.00 (1 item)
- Johansen Welding — parts — $18.60 (1 item)
- Johnson, Lon — purch serv — $8.01 (1 item)
- Kleen Sweep Construc — repair — $1,150.00 (1 item)
- LabSource Inc — supplies — $675.09 (1 item)
- Larson Contracting C — building construct — $103,375.96 (1 item)
- Lutheran Services in — Home Visitation ECI — $8,666.78 (2 items)
- Martin Brothers Dist — equip — $83.61 (1 item)
- Martin Brothers Dist — food/provisions — $584.37 (1 item)
- Mason City Family YM — Program Carryforward ECI — $305.00 (1 item)
- Mason City Public Ut — utilities — $758.05 (1 item)
- Mason City Red Power — parts — $73.59 (1 item)
- Mason City Shopping — rent — $15,768.40 (1 item)
- Mason City Tire Serv — repair — $169.77 (2 items)
- McKesson Medical-Sur — supplies — $171.94 (2 items)
- Mediacom — online info — $236.90 (1 item)
- Meier, Rick — repair — $128.00 (1 item)
- Menards — equip — $49.43 (1 item)
- Menards — parts — $10.18 (1 item)
- Menards — repair — $47.38 (1 item)
- Menards — supplies — $636.95 (2 items)
- MercyOne North Iowa — hosp treat — $82.55 (1 item)
- Metal Culverts, Inc — culverts — $10,605.60 (1 item)
- MidWest Wheel Compan — parts — $139.69 (1 item)
- NAPA Auto Parts — parts — $146.12 (1 item)
- NAPA Auto Parts — repair — $111.98 (1 item)
- Nassco Inc — supplies — $530.84 (2 items)
- North Iowa Mercy Cli — outpatient — $103.06 (1 item)
- North Iowa Transitio — custodial — $144.00 (1 item)
- NuWay-K&H Co-op — fuels — $98.69 (1 item)
- Petro-Blend Corp — parts — $28.73 (1 item)
- Pit & Septic Cleaner — repair — $515.00 (1 item)
- Polk County Sheriffs — serve notice — $37.60 (1 item)
- Pritchard Ford of Cl — parts — $36.84 (1 item)
- S and K Trailers — parts — $2,275.00 (1 item)
- Sign Solutions USA — signs — $26,299.44 (1 item)
- Staples Business Adv — equip — $149.93 (1 item)
- Staples Business Adv — printing — $76.76 (1 item)
- Staples Business Adv — supplies — $1,620.76 (1 item)
- Stellar Truck & Trai — parts — $1,854.94 (1 item)
- Summit Fire Protecti — repair — $2,023.00 (1 item)
- Summit Food Service — food/provisions — $7,155.96 (1 item)
- The River Register — brd proceed — $302.41 (1 item)
- The River Register — publication — $532.64 (1 item)
- Tierney South LLC — rent — $11,445.00 (1 item)
- Titan Machinery Inc — parts — $285.82 (1 item)
- Truck Center Compani — parts — $4,157.16 (1 item)
- ULINE Inc — furn — $707.13 (1 item)
- VanWall Equipment In — parts — $524.86 (1 item)
- Vinyl Addictionz — equip — $700.00 (1 item)
- Vinyl Addictionz — repair — $550.00 (1 item)
- WageWorks, Inc. — purch serv — $3,034.53 (1 item)
- Webster County Publi — Program Carryforward ECI — $1,560.00 (1 item)
- Wellmark Blue Cross — purch serv — $84,000.00 (1 item)
- Wells Fargo Financia — supplies — $262.82 (1 item)
- Worth Co Public Heal — Program Carryforward ECI — $3,978.88 (1 item)
- Zero9 Holsters — equip — $769.20 (1 item)
- Ziegler Inc — parts — $1,613.08 (1 item)
- Ziegler Inc — repair — $1,440.00 (1 item)
- Zoro Tools Inc — supplies — $450.96 (1 item)
GRAND TOTAL: $358,840.73