(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, today (Tuesday), received a complaint from Tracy Hill, with the Animal Alliance Rescue/Shelter. Tracy Hill spoke with regard to semi tractor-trailers blocking the shelter’s driveway, and being disrespectful.

Hill, along with her mother, run the shelter.  She requested some kind of a sign, that would make it clear parking is not allowed in front of the shelter’s driveway. Sheriff Jon Spunaugle, she said, is supportive of the move.

She said Red Oak’s mayor is also behind the No Parking restrictions. The County’s Secondary Roads Department has agreed to post signs, with the Board’s approval, which was granted. In other business, the Montgomery County Supervisors acted to approve/ disapprove Homestead and Military Credit Applications, as presented. Zoning Administrator Barry Byers provided a Secondary Roads Department update, standing-in for County Engineer Karen Albert.

And, during the public comment portion of the meeting, the Board heard from Montgomery County resident Jan Norris, with regard to an ordinance for a proposed carbon-capture pipeline. Norris thanked the Board for making the hazardous pipeline ordinance an agenda item last week, “as you have been asked to do for months.”  Norris said “Through the process, Summit has discouraged and intimidated the multiple counties who sought to adopt local zoning ordinances. Unfortunately, the law is vague and multiple jurisdictions are potentially involved.”

“Summit,” Norris said, “Was granted the injunction filed in district court. Based on the ruling, county attorneys did their job to advise supervisors. If ordinances are passed with setbacks greater than what Summit wants to comply with, we could also expect to end up in court.”

Norris said “It is unfortunate that counties have been put in an impossible position. Unfortunate that norms are being broken, unfortunate that current safety regulations are not up to speed on this new and unprecedented project, unfortunate that big corporations that stand to make BILLIONS have spared no expense in buying influence.” She concluded with….