Discuss GCDC goals, Nueve Vida ~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline At the meeting of the Greene County board of supervisors on Jan. 5, Riley Gibson, representing Summit Carbon Solutions, updated the supervisors on the carbon dioxide-capturing pipeline proposed to be constructed through a portion of Greene County. Gibson reported 90.82 percent of the necessary easements through farmland in Greene County…
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Compensation board suggests 6.5 percent salary increase for elected officials, 13.5 percent for sheriff
Editor’s note – The original post included an incorrect figure for the attorney’s salary. That number has been corrected. Greene County elected officials were true to the conservative fiscal attitudes with which they approach county funds when the compensation board met Jan. 3. The compensation board, which meets each year to recommend salary increases for county elected officials, considered a…
Read MoreCounty supervisors organize for 2023
Also discuss animal shelter and hear funding request from Bell Tower Community Foundation The Greene County supervisors held their 2023 organizational meeting Jan. 2. John Muir was elected by the board to begin his second decade as board chair. Dawn Rudolph was re-elected as chair pro tem. Meeting times remain unchanged. Regular meetings will be held Mondays at 8:30 am,…
Read MoreApplications due Jan. 13 for Iowa’s cover crops crop insurance discount program
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig reminds farmers and landowners who planted cover crops this past fall to apply for the state’s crop insurance discount program. Eligible Iowans can receive a $5 per acre discount on spring crop insurance premiums. The deadline to apply is Jan. 13. In its sixth year, the program has helped increase cover crop acreage across the…
Read MoreGCNO recaps 2022
Perhaps the best news of 2022 – certainly the most impressive monetarily, was the news received in January that Alice Walters, who died in June, 2021, at the age of 104, left in her will nearly $500,000 to the Greene County Community Foundation and an equal amount to the Jefferson-Scranton Community Schools Foundation. Walters’ donation to the Community Foundation went…
Read MoreRural property valuations up, urban values down
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline County officials elected or re-elected in the November election were given the oath of office prior to the Greene County board of supervisors meeting on Dec. 27. Deputy auditor and notary public Billie Jo Hoskins administered the oath to supervisors Dan Benitz and Dawn Rudolph, county recorder Deborah McDonald, county treasurer Katlynn Mechaelsen, and county…
Read MoreGrCo school board adopts goals
Approves purchase of Stopfinder geo alerts for busses, roof replacement at middle school The Greene County Schools board approved strategic priorities at its Dec. 21 regular meeting. The goals were first discussed at a Nov. 30 work session with Lou Ann Gvist, Iowa Association of School Boards development director. The board has set priorities the past several years. An effort…
Read MoreZellweger appointed to Scranton city council
Gale Zellweger was unanimously approved by the Scranton city council to fill a vacant seat at their Dec. 15 meeting. He was the only applicant and will be sworn in at the January meeting. Zellweger has previous experience as a council member, serving several years ago. He will replace David Dideriksen who resigned at the Nov. 8 council meeting. Zellweger…
Read MoreSupes take next step in borrowing for communication tower, radios
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County board of supervisors at the Dec. 19 meeting adopted a finance plan presented by Heidi Kuhl representing Northland Securities to finance the acquisition and installation of peace officer communication equipment and other emergency services communication equipment and systems, including towers and radios for essential county purposes, and to pay associated costs. The…
Read MoreCompensation board to meet Jan. 3
The Greene County compensation board will meet Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 at 2 pm in the boardroom of the Greene County courthouse. The compensation board recommends any salary increases for county elected officials to the county supervisors for consideration in the budget process. Compensation board members are appointed by elected officials. Comp board members and the official they were appointed…
Read MoreCentennial Block, other properties designated as ‘historic’
Christmas arrived just a bit early for several downtown Jefferson building owners. Why Not Us, the investment group that owns the Centennial Block building received notification Nov. 22, 2022, that the property, constructed in 1876, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Nov. 15, along with the Funky Zebras Jefferson Boutique building at 205 N. Wilson owned…
Read MoreJeff council okays bonds for sewer plant
Council hires search firm for new city administrator; Palmer is retiring in July The Jefferson city council at its Dec. 13 meeting held a public hearing and then approved a resolution approving up to $21 million in sewer revenue bonds to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant. Estimated cost of the project is $19.75 million, and that’s the amount of debt…
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