(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors met today (Wednesday) in Greenfield, and approved an ISAC (Iowa State Association of Counties) Wellness Agreement, and an agreement with Tenex for election equipment. They also approved an agreement with Richland Township, with regard to a FEMA project. Auditor Mandy Berg…

The Board received a county employee insurance renewal update from Ryan Berven, with Assured Partners. No decision was made on the information presented. Berven said they’ll probably start the Open Enrollment period in April. The Adair County Supervisors heard also from Jayne Lents, with regard FY 26 Compensation Board recommendations, which essentially amount to a five-percent increase for most County officers.

The Board took no action on the recommendations during their meeting, with the exception of the County Attorney’s salary. They heard from County Attorney Melissa Larson with regard to the status of her position, and presented a resolution for the Board to consider with regard to making the position full-time and a related salary adjustment. Larson has been serving as part-time County Attorney and is stepping away from her private practice. As a full-time County Attorney, Larson would be prohibited under Iowa law, from having a private practice. She said last month that since the County Attorney’s position won’t be up for election until the General Election in 2026, there won’t be any interference with that process.

After some discussion, the Board today (Dec. 18th) voted to make her position full-time and adjust her salary by $10,000 when she becomes full-time, effective at the beginning of the fiscal year, on July 1, 2025.

Larson will forgo the Comp Board recommendation for a 5-percent raise, in exchange for the salary adjustment. In other business, the Board approved an Interim County Engineer Agreement to continue sharing Adair County Engineer Nick Kauffman’s services with Adams County for another 180 days.

The Adair County Supervisors also passed a resolution awarding the W12 Harrison (Township) Box Culvert Project in the amount of $195,790 to Gus Construction. The engineer’s estimate for the project was $209,000. The Board passed a resolution awarding the IN6 Summerset (Township) Bridge Replacement Project in the amount of $322,821 to Murphy Construction. Kauffman said there were three bids for that project, with the lowest bid from Murphy. The original engineer’s estimate was $344,000.