Boone County Board of Supervisors Packet Summary — 2026-07-22
Meeting: Board of Supervisors Meeting
Scheduled: Wednesday, July 22, 2026, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
The Boone County Board of Supervisors’ tentative agenda includes personnel actions, routine financial and departmental business, county cemetery signage, and a scheduled closed session concerning litigation strategy. The consent agenda is structured for approval by a single motion unless an item is requested for separate discussion.
Key Items on the Agenda
Personnel Actions
Several employment and compensation changes are scheduled for consideration as part of the consent agenda:
- Colby Naeve — Secondary Roads: Pay adjustment to $31.75 per hour, effective August 4, 2026, for a two-year step.
- Brandon Anderson — Landfill & Recycling: Full-time hire at $23.19 per hour, effective July 27, 2026.
- Samuel Rengert — Sheriff’s Office: Part-time deputy hire at $41.69 per hour, effective July 27, 2026.
- Kyle Kilstrom — Engineer’s Office: Job title change to Maintenance Superintendent at $88,000 per year, effective August 2, 2026.
- Jayson Johnson — Jail: Acceptance of his resignation as a PRN jailer, effective July 26, 2026.
These items are proposed actions on the tentative agenda; the packet does not document their approval.
County Home Cemetery Signage
The board is scheduled to discuss and consider signage for County Home Cemetery. The packet provides no additional description of the proposed signage, its cost, or the specific decision being requested.
Financial and Departmental Business
The consent agenda includes several financial and departmental matters for review or approval:
- Consider approval of claims and issuance of warrants.
- Consider approval of drainage claims and issuance of drainage warrants.
- Review and place on file the Sheriff’s Office fees collected for June 2026.
- Review and place on file the Sheriff’s Office Quarterly Report for the fourth quarter of FY2026.
- Review and place on file recovery fines collected for Boone, Calhoun, Greene, and Sac counties for June 2026.
The agenda does not provide dollar totals for the claims, drainage claims, Sheriff’s Office fees, or recovery fines.
Governance and Board Business
The board is scheduled to consider approval of the meeting agenda and previous meeting minutes. The agenda also provides time for reports and discussion of issues that board members need to share with one another.
Items designated for the consent agenda are intended to be handled through one motion without separate discussion unless a request is made before the board votes.
Scheduled Closed Session
At 9:00 a.m., County Attorney Matt Speers and HR Director Katelynn Hensley are listed for a closed-session agenda item pursuant to Iowa Code § 21.5(c).
The stated purpose is to discuss strategy with counsel regarding matters currently in litigation or where litigation is imminent when disclosure would be likely to prejudice or disadvantage the governmental body's position in that litigation. The packet does not identify the litigation or provide additional details about the matter.
Additional Board Activities
The agenda also lists several activities for individual supervisors following the July 22 meeting:
- July 23 at 9:00 a.m. — HIRTA: Longhorn.
- July 23 at 6:00 p.m. — Communications Board: Bryant.
- July 24 at 10:00 a.m. — CIJDC: Longhorn.
- July 24 at 1:00 p.m. — Boone Cluster DCAT: Longhorn.
These entries appear as scheduled activities in the packet and are not presented as actions for approval at the July 22 board meeting.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The agenda's principal action items include the proposed personnel changes, approval of claims and drainage claims, and consideration of County Home Cemetery signage. The scheduled closed session is also notable because it concerns litigation strategy, although the packet does not disclose the underlying matter.
Because this is a pre-meeting tentative agenda, the packet establishes what is scheduled for consideration rather than what the board ultimately approves, rejects, or otherwise decides.
Public Participation and Meeting Access
The packet states that the Board of Supervisors regularly meets on Wednesdays beginning at 9:00 a.m. and may meet in recessed session on Friday if the agenda is not completed. Meetings are open to the public except when a closed meeting is permitted under Iowa law.
The agenda provides Zoom access information and states that members of the public may address the board without an appointment while it is in session if they are willing to wait for an unscheduled agenda time. Agenda appointments are scheduled through the Boone County Auditor’s Office.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials from the Boone County Board of Supervisors.
