The Dallas County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Tuesday.
At the meeting, payroll change notices were approved for the public health department and sheriff’s office.
A public hearing was set for 9:30am on November 3rd in regards to a supplemental food program memorandum of understanding.
A memorandum of understanding with Story County for inmate housing was then approved. Sheriff Chad Leonard says Polk County has increased the amount of money they charge the County to house inmates that are over the amount that fit in the local jail to $90 per day. Story County has agreed to an amount of $55 per inmate per day. As of Monday, there were 85 Dallas County inmates being housed in other area jails.
A advertisement for bids for the F-31 paving project was then approved. Engineer Al Miller says this is for a six mile stretch of road from Minburn to R-22. The Iowa Department of Transportation will likely have a bid letting in January with a late start date of July 1, 2016. Andy Case with the roads department says this will be a 26 foot wide paved road with standard 11 foot wide lane striping. He says this will be quite an improvement over the current state of the road and much safer.
A resolution in regards to a $10,000 grant from the DOT toward the purchase of a used tandem axel hydro-seeder truck for the Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program was then approved. The current truck the County uses is a 1998 vehicle that is showing its age. $10,000 tandem axel truck current is ’98.
A Wetland Credit Purchase from the City of West Des Moines was then approved. This is for 2.68 acres of land for wetland mitigation. Conservation Director Mike Wallace says this leaves a balance of around 8-9 credits available.
Next a furniture request from community services was then discussed. The public health and mental health departments, along with the Department of Human Services is in need of additional furniture to outfit their new offices at the human services campus. The Board asked the departments and Facilities Director Eric Rose to come to them with a number after things are adjusted for moving costs and the price of the additional office furniture.
The Board then talked about the dispatch center at the human services campus. Architect Jerry Purdy presented a cost estimate to the Board. Communications Supervisor Terry McClanahan says tapping into the geothermal system will likely be a more economical option compared to conventional heating.