(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, today (Wednesday), passed a resolution updating the Sheriff’s Schedule of Inmate Fees at the Jail. The new schedule is as follows:

• Inmate Room and Board/Work Release: $60 per day
• Report requests: $10 per request
• Fingerprints: $20 for the 1st request, & $10 for each additional request
• Sheriff’s sale postponements/cancellations/rescheduling requests: $100 fee to cover administrative costs of rescheduling.

Sheriff Jon Spunaugle – who is on the Montgomery County RAGBRAI Committee, discussed RAGBRAI® camping on the Law Enforcement Center property. He said he expects about 30-to 40 tents to be located on the lawn, and there will be some restrictions in-place

Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meeting (6-5-24) via Zoom

The Board gave its blessing to allowing the use of the lawn for camping during the night of July 21st. In other business, the Montgomery County Supervisors received a regular report from County Engineer Karen Albert.

She also reminded the citizens of Montgomery County about current road closures.

And, Karen Albert was thrilled to report the 250th Street bridge road is open after flooding in 2019 caused heavy damage.

The Board also heard from Marielle Anne Alipio, with the U-S Small Business Administration, with regard to Disaster Recovery/Assistance for the May 20-21, 2024 severe storms that hit Montgomery County.

The Board’s next meeting is on Tuesday, June 11th, at 8:30-a.m.