Fayette County Board of Supervisors Packet Summary — 2026-08-21
Meeting Title: Board of Supervisors Meeting
The attached agenda is headed Monday, August 24, 2026, at 9:00 A.M., while the Civic Translator meeting/config pipeline identifies this packet with the authoritative meeting date 2026-08-21. The agenda includes routine county business, an emergency medical services tax election resolution, two bridge replacement contracts, a proposed public hearing concerning county property, departmental updates, and a possible closed session.
Key Items on the Agenda
Emergency Medical Services Tax Election
The Board is scheduled to consider Resolution #616, which would set the date for an election on the imposition of certain emergency medical services taxes in Fayette County. The agenda does not provide additional details about the proposed tax rates, election date, revenue estimates, or how resulting funds would be used.
Secondary Roads and County Engineer Update
County Engineer Joel Fantz is scheduled to meet with the Board for a Secondary Roads update. Three potential actions are listed as part of that agenda item: one involving a proposed public hearing and two involving bridge replacement contracts.
The Board is scheduled to consider:
- Resolution #614 — Would set a public hearing on a request to vacate a public right-of-way and sell real estate.
- Resolution #617 — Would approve Contract 33-CO33-183 for Bridge Replacement Project BROS-C033(183)--8J-33 with Brennan Construction Co. for $153,405.80. The project is located on 78th Street, west of V68.
- Resolution #618 — Would approve Contract 33-CO33-184 for Bridge Replacement Project BROS-C033(184)--8J-33 with Brennan Construction Co. for $178,895.00. This project is located on 78th Street, east of V68.
Major Financial Items
The two proposed bridge contracts with Brennan Construction Co. total $332,300.80. The agenda identifies the individual contract amounts and project locations but does not provide additional financing, funding-source, construction-schedule, or engineering-cost details.
The agenda also includes Approval of Claims as a separate item. No claim totals or individual expenditures are provided in the packet text.
Governance and Administrative Business
The Board's routine business includes approval of the agenda and consideration of the minutes from the Monday, August 17, 2026 meeting. The agenda also provides time for supervisors to share committee updates and for various county departments to provide weekly updates.
Possible Closed Session
At 9:45 A.M., the agenda provides for a possible closed session pursuant to Iowa Code § 21.5(1)(i). According to the agenda, the session concerns evaluating the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered, where the individual has requested a closed session to prevent needless and irreparable injury to the individual's reputation.
The agenda states that the closed session would include a due process (Loudermill) hearing regarding proposed disciplinary action. The packet does not identify the individual or state an outcome, and the disciplinary action is described as proposed rather than completed.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Key potential actions include whether the Board sets an election date concerning emergency medical services taxes, whether it schedules the proposed public hearing on vacating a public right-of-way and selling real estate, and whether it approves the two bridge replacement contracts totaling $332,300.80. The agenda also indicates that a closed session may occur concerning proposed disciplinary action, but it does not document a decision or outcome.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials from the Fayette County Board of Supervisors.
