(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors have passed resolutions pertaining to a FY23-24 Budget Amendment and FY24-25 County Budget. (A link to the Budget Presentation can be found HERE.

Montgomery County Engineer Karen Albert presented to the Board a 10-year, 28-E Agreement with Mills County, for the sharing of Portable Temporary Traffic Signals, which Mills County will pay for through a $60,000 Iowa Department of Transportation TSIP (Transportation Safety Improvement Program) grant.

Engineer Albert also updated the Board on current projects, including the L Avenue and 250^th Street Bridge projects.

She spoke also about the Highway 34 project that is currently underway. Construction crews, she said, have closed the southern half of the intersection of 34 and 4th Street, to prepare for the widening of Highway 34.

In other business, the Montgomery County Supervisors approved a merit increase of 63-cents per hour for Maintenance Director Dan Wright, and they set May 7^th at 8:45-a.m., as the date and time for a Public Hearing on vacating an unimproved alley in the unincorporated town of Stennett, between East Depot and Wayne Streets.

They also passed a resolution regarding elected officials compensation, with a 15% decrease in the Compensation Board recommendations as follows, effective July 1, 2024. Vice Chair Charla Schmid…

The Board’s next regular meeting is April 30^th at 8:30-a.m.