Muscatine County Board of Supervisors
    Monday, July 23, 2012
    The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 7:00 P.M. with
    Furlong, Howard, Kelly, Watkins and Sorensen present. Chairperson Kelly presiding.
    On a motion by Furlong, second by Sorensen, the agenda was approved as written. Ayes:
    All.
    On a motion by Watkins, second by Howard, the Board approved Resolution #07-23-12-
    01 Renaming the Iowa Highway 61 Bypass to Douglas King Memorial Expressway. Roll
    call vote: Ayes: All. Howard stated that he had an abnormally high amount of contacts
    regarding this matter and all but a couple were in support of the renaming of the Highway
    61 Bypass. Furlong stated he also received overwhelming support for this because of
    Doug King’s heroism. Watkins, Sorensen and Kelly also received a lot of calls and felt a
    lot of pride in being able to be a part of honoring Doug King.
    On a motion by Watkins, second by Furlong, the Board approved Resolution #07-23-12-
    02 Approving Vacation of a Utility Easement of Lot 1, Lake View Estates in Muscatine
    County, Iowa. Roll call vote: Ayes: All.
    On a motion by Furlong, second by Sorensen, the Board approved a preliminary plat of
    the proposed re-plat of Lot 1, Lake View Estates, containing approximately 5.74 acres in
    Bloomington Township. Ayes: All.
    On a motion by Furlong, second by Sorensen, the Board approved Resolution #07-23-12-
    03 Approval of Final Plat of the Replat of Lot 1, Lake View Estates. Roll call vote:
    Ayes: All.
    The Board reviewed a variance granted by the Muscatine County Board of Adjustment
    on July 6, 2012 for the Greiner Subdivision. Jerry D. Murphy, Record Owner, and Claude
    Greiner, Proposed Buyer, requested approval of the preliminary and final plat of the
    proposed one lot agricultural subdivision, Greiner Subdivision. The petitioners also asked
    for a Variance from the minimum standards in an A-1 Agricultural District. They are
    asking to have a 50’ lot width to the back of the property, instead of the required 150’ and
    also and ingress/egress to 277
    th
    Street, since they do not own the property up to the road.
    This property is located in Orono Township, North of 277
    th
    Street, the SW¼ of Section
    31-T76N-R4W, containing approximately 19.51 acres, and is zoned A-1 Agricultural
    District. Furlong stated that he thinks the County needs to look at what Johnson County
    did to control people who just buy acreage to put up a livestock confinement, but have no
    responsibility outside of that acreage. Board consensus was that Zoning Administrator
    Jodee Stepleton should start doing some research and hold some public meetings with the
    Board of Adjustment to discuss options. On a motion by Howard, second by Watkins, the
    Board accepted a Variance for Greiner Subdivision as approved by the Board of
    Adjustment. Ayes: All. Furlong stated that although he disagrees, he is voting for the
    variance because it was filed for within the current rules of Muscatine County.

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    On a motion by Watkins, second by Sorensen, the Board approved a preliminary plat of
    the proposed one lot agricultural subdivision, Greiner Subdivision, containing
    approximately 19.51 acres in Orono Township. Ayes: All.
    On a motion by Howard, second by Sorensen, the Board approved Resolution #07-23-12-
    04 Approval of Final Plat of Greiner Subdivision. Roll call vote: Ayes: All.
    The Board reviewed a variance granted by the Muscatine County Board of Adjustment
    on July 6, 2012. Case #12-07-02 is an application filed by Chad D. Eichelberger, Record
    Owner. This property is located in Lake Township, Parcel D, 1824 205
    th
    Street, West of
    205
    th
    Street, in the NW¼ of Section 28-T77N-R3W, containing approximately 5.62
    acres, and is zoned A-1 Agricultural District. This request, if approved, would allow the
    Zoning Administrator to issue a Variance in order for Mr. Eichelberger to build an
    outbuilding in front of the dwelling and right on the front property line, instead of being
    50 feet back from the front property line. The Board of Adjustment felt that this was the
    only location for the outbuilding due to the rear of the property being located in the flood
    plain, the steep ravine and the existing location of the house. On a motion by Watkins,
    second by Howard, the Board accepted a Variance for Case #12-07-02 as approved by
    the Board of Adjustment. Ayes: All.
    The Board reviewed a variance denied by the Muscatine County Board of Adjustment on
    July 6, 2012. Case #12-07-01 is an application filed by Gary A. Hafner, Record Owner.
    This property is located in Cedar Township, Parcel C, 2678 Echo Avenue, West of Echo
    Avenue in the SE¼ of Section 27-T76N-R4W, containing approximately 7.44 acres, and
    is zoned A-1 Agricultural District. This request, if approved, would allow the Zoning
    Administrator to issue a Variance in order for Mr. Hafner to build an outbuilding in front
    of his dwelling and be 25 feet from the front lot line, instead of the required 50 feet. The
    Board of Adjustment denied the Variance because they felt that Mr. Hafner had several
    other options to locate the structure behind the house or north of the house.
    On a motion by Howard, second by Sorensen, minutes of the Monday, July 16, 2012
    regular meeting and the Wednesday, July 18, 2012 special meeting were approved as
    written. Ayes: All.
    A motion was made by Sorensen, seconded by Watkins, to approve claims dated July 23,
    2012 in the amount of $283,737.41. County Auditor Leslie Soule questioned public
    purpose on a Bancard claim that included a gas receipt in the amount of $36.76 for an
    employee to attend another employee’s parent’s funeral. Furlong stated they have had a
    number of employee family deaths in the past few years and the County has never paid
    expenses to attend a funeral. The Board agreed this should be a personal expense. On a
    motion by Watkins, second by Furlong, the motion was amended to remove $36.76 from
    the Claims Register. Ayes: All. Howard asked for additional information to be provided
    after the meeting regarding a large purchase of toilet paper, but he did not want the claim
    removed from the Claims Register. The claims dated July 23, 2012 were approved as
    amended in the amount of $283,700.65. Ayes: All. The Board directed Soule to contact

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    Sheriff White to obtain a personal check to be included with the claim to pay the
    outstanding balance on the County’s charge card.
    Correspondence:
    Howard was contacted regarding road grading on west end of Bayfield.
    All Supervisors received numerous contacts regarding the possible renaming of
    the Hwy 61 Bypass to Douglas King Memorial Expressway.
    Committee Reports:
    Sorensen attended a Wilton Development Corporation meeting July 18
    th
    .
    Howard and Kelly attended the ISU Extension 100 Year Celebration July 18
    th
    . On July
    23
    rd
    , all Supervisors attended a presentation and tour given by Grain Processing
    Corporation highlighting progress on their efforts to clean air through the construction of
    a new dryer house.
    On a motion by Furlong, second by Howard, the Chair was authorized to execute the
    Iowa/Byrne – Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program/ARRA FFY10 Recovery Act
    Contract in the amount of $79,878 which consists of $59,909 in federal funds with a
    $19,969 local match. Ayes: All.
    On a motion by Watkins, second by Howard, the Chair was authorized to execute a
    Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Planning application and related documents
    including Resolution #07-23-12-05 Local Match for the Hazard Mitigation Grant
    Program in the amount of $55,000 which consists of $41,250 in federal funds, $5,500 in
    state funds and a $8,250 local match. Roll call vote: Ayes: All.
    The Board reviewed the health/dental fund balance as of June 30, 2012.
    The meeting was adjourned at 7:44 P.M.
    ATTEST:
    ______________________________
    ___________________________
    Julie Holliday
    Kas Kelly, Chairperson
    Election/Real Estate Administrator
    Board of Supervisors

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