(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors will conduct a canvass of the June 4th Primary Election in the County, as part of their regular meeting, Tuesday, June 11th, which begins at 8:30-a.m.  Following a canvass of the results of the election, the Board will hold a Public Hearing on a proposed FY23/24 Montgomery County Budget Amendment, and action on adopting the amendment as presented.

The Board will also hear from an update from Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman, with regard to County Communications, and efforts to repair the infrastructure, following the tornadoes last month that took out one communications tower and left another damaged.

The full (Tentative) agenda is shown below:

Montgomery County Board of Supervisors
Courthouse Board of Supervisor’s Meeting Room
Regular Meeting, 8:30 A.M., Tuesday June 11, 2024
**Following the Canvass of the 2024 June 4th Primary Election**
Tentative Agenda
1. Call meeting to order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll call of members
4. Approval of Agenda – Order at discretion of Chairman
5. Read minutes as presented. Chairman to call for any additions/corrections to said minutes.
6. Board chairman will ask the audience for any comments, limited to two minutes per person.
7. Supervisors: Weekly committee/assignment updates
8. Canvass of June 04, 2024, Primary Election
9. Secondary Roads Update
10. EMA -Brian Hamman: Communications update with action as necessary
11. 8:45 p.m. – Public Hearing – Proposed FY23/24 Montgomery County Budget Amendment
a. Public comment (Must state name and address when addressing the Board.
b. Resolution 2024-23, Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Amendment Adoption
12. New Business
a. Approve claims payable for Wednesday June 12, 2024, in the amount of $426,129.14
b. Approve Recorder’s Report of Fees in the amount of $16,095.90
c. Approve Sheriff’s Report of Fees in the amount of $5,871.84 for the month of May
d. Approve Treasurer’s Semi-Annual Report ending fund balance for May 31, 2024 in the
amount of $11,781,409.87
e. Approve FY24/25 Public Library contracts for financial support:
1. Red Oak – $17,820
2. Stanton – $6,020
3. Elliott – $6,020
4. Villisca – $7,645
f. Approve Resolution 2024-22 Right-to-Use “subscription-Based Information Technology Arrangements” GASB-96
13. Discuss and start agenda items for next meeting
14. Announcements – The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 8:30 a.m.
15. Adjournment
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(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery Auditor Jill Ozuna reports the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors may be attending the annual inspections of the Red Oak/Stennett Creek structures along with the Montgomery Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Commissioners, on Tuesday June 11, 2023, at 9:00-a.m.

The inspections will take place following the regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, which begins at 8:30-a.m.

Jill Ozuna says “There is a possibility that there will be a quorum [during the inspections]. No official county business will be acted upon during that time.”

(Red Oak, Iowa) — Police in Red Oak report a woman was taken into custody Saturday afternoon. 20-year-old Adriana Rose Monreal, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 12:40-p.m.,for Violating a No Contact Order.  Her arrest took place in the 600 block of Skyline Drive. The police report said Monreal was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

(Humboldt, Iowa) [updated 6/10] – Two people died in northern Iowa’s Humboldt County Saturday evening, when a pickup and a Utility Terrain Vehicle collided north of Humboldt. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2021 Polaris UTV operated by 43-year-old Theodore “Ted” Joseph Prenger, of Dakota City, was traveling south on Michigan Avenue at around 5:18-p.m., Saturday, when the machine failed to yield the right-of-way at the intersection with 170th Street (Highway C-26), and was struck on the passenger side by the pickup.

Theodore Prenger and his passenger, 56-year-old Teresa Ann Prenger, also of Dakota City, died at the scene. The driver of the pickup, 63-year-old Terry Dean George, of Hardy, was injured in the crash, and transported by private vehicle to the hospital in Clarion. Reports say Ted Prenger was a city councilman in Dakota City.

The accident remains under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol, who  was assisted at the scene by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and Humboldt Fire/EMS.