The Greene County supervisors at their May 27 meeting approved amendments to the current fiscal year budget following a public hearing at which no one spoke.
The amendment showed an increase in revenues of $480,579. Of that, $350,000 is interest earned on investments and $100,000 is sale of property by the secondary roads department. Insurance payments for damaged sheriff’s vehicles accounts for $17,000 and $13,766 was grant funds from Grow Greene County for drones.
Expenditures also increased, but only $174,000. The largest portion is $100,000 in the secondary roads budget for engineering services. Another $25,000 was the purchase of a utility tractor for use at the courthouse. Smaller expenditures in the amendment were $15,000 for juvenile detention; $15,000 for sheriff’s department vehicle repair; $11,000 for drone purchases; and an increase of $8,000 in the state annual audit.
County engineer Wade Weiss updated the supervisors on roads projects. The last concrete has been poured on the Grimmell Road bridge. The pavement will be grooved the second week in June and then painting will be done. The last of the riprap on the shore can’t be placed until July 31 or after because Topeka shiners have been found in the river. The bridge will be opened, though, before the riprap is finished.
The deck of the Ralston bridge project (shared with Carroll County) will be poured the end of the week. Work there can be completed because there are no Topeka shiners in the creek.
Paving will begin at the south end of the P-46 project the second week of June. He said pavers will complete about one-half mile per day.
He also shared that Highway 30 will be closed between Beaver and Ogden starting June 16 for resurfacing. Click here for the detour route.
The supervisors approved a resolution requiring all county employees who report directly to the board of supervisors to document the time they spend on work-related work tasks on a daily log. The logs are to be submitted with their biweekly time sheets to the auditor’s office.
Board chair John Muir said that after receiving information from Multicultural Family Resource Center director Sarah Huddleston that showed the percent of her time she spends on each of her various areas of service, he realized how helpful that information would be from county employees.
He said the intent isn’t to micromanage employees, but to have a clearer understanding of what they do, particularly when they’re not in their offices. Michelle Fields is both the IT/GIS manager and drainage clerk. Chuck Wenthold is sanitarian and the head of zoning and environmental health. “We want to have a clearer picture of work, particularly in split positions,” Muir said.
“We want to be sure we’re treating positions fairly and compensating fairly,” supervisor Dawn Rudolph said.
The courthouse custodians will also be affected by the new policy.
The supervisors approved a resolution to withdraw from the Central Iowa Community Services (CICS) 28E agreement. With the reorganization by the state of mental/behavioral health services, Greene County will be aligned with Polk and other counties rather than the central Iowa counties in CICS. The resolution is effective June 30, 2026. The supervisors approved a Class C retail alcohol license for Apres Bar Co LLC, located at The Era Wedding and Event Center northwest of Scranton where John 15 Vineyard was previously located.
