Bremer County Board of Supervisors Packet Summary — 2026-08-25
Regular Meeting — 9:00 a.m.
Bremer County Courthouse, Supervisors’ Office — Lower Level
The Bremer County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet August 25, 2026, with administrative matters, county farmland decisions, and right-of-way agreements for the Bridge 10-6 construction project on the agenda. The meeting notice also provides for public input and states that meetings held in the Supervisors’ Meeting Room are video recorded and published online, except for closed sessions under Iowa Code Section 21.5.
Key Items on the Agenda
Routine Administrative Matters
The Board is scheduled to consider several administrative items, including:
- Approval of minutes from August 18, 2026.
- Approval of claims and authorization for the Auditor to issue checks.
- Personnel additions, resignations, and status or pay changes.
- Review and possible action on a Bremer County Habitat Management Lease between Bremer County and David Rader.
- Board and committee updates.
County Farm Land — Drainage and Lease Decisions
At 9:15 a.m., Auditor Shelley Wolf and County Attorney Darius Robinson are scheduled to join the Board for several decisions involving county farmland.
The agenda calls for the Board to consider putting field drainage tiling out for bid and establishing a timeline for receiving and awarding the bid. The Board is also expected to discuss the terms and conditions of the farm lease.
A separate agenda item calls for setting a public hearing date on a proposal to increase the future farm lease term from 3 years to 9 years. The packet does not state that the longer lease has been approved; the scheduled action is to set a hearing date.
Bridge 10-6 — Right-of-Way Easement Contracts
County Engineer Landon Moore is scheduled to provide his weekly update at 9:30 a.m. The Board is expected to review and potentially act on permanent and temporary right-of-way easement contracts associated with project BROS-CO09(86)—5F-09 and construction of Bridge 10-6.
Two property interests are identified:
- Dahlquist Habitat Acres, LLC — permanent and temporary right-of-way easement contracts.
- Lanalee D. & Randy J. Heidemann — permanent and temporary right-of-way easement contracts.
The agenda describes both matters as proposed purchases of permanent and temporary right-of-way needed for Bridge 10-6 construction. No purchase prices or other financial terms are provided in the packet text.
Public input is scheduled at the beginning of the meeting. Members of the public may address agenda or non-agenda matters, with comments limited to two minutes. The notice states that the Board cannot take official action on an issue during that public-input period, although a matter may be referred to the appropriate department or placed on a future agenda.
The notice states that the meeting is made virtually available to members through a Yealink conference phone under Iowa Code 21.8. It also explains that, pursuant to Bremer County Resolution 25-78, meetings held in the Supervisors’ Meeting Room are video recorded and published on YouTube as a supplemental informational service rather than an interactive substitute for attending the meeting.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The county farmland items could establish the next steps for two separate matters: bidding and timing for field drainage improvements, and a potential shift from a three-year to a nine-year future farm lease. The latter remains at the public-hearing scheduling stage based on the agenda.
For Bridge 10-6, the Board has two property-specific easement agreements scheduled for review and possible action. The agenda identifies the easements as being sought for permanent and temporary right-of-way required for construction.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials from the Bremer County Board of Supervisors.
