Kossuth County Board of Supervisors Packet Summary — 2026-09-08
Meeting: Board of Supervisors Meeting
Date: September 8, 2026
Time: 8:00 A.M.
Location: Kossuth County Courthouse, Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, 114 West State St., Algona, Iowa 50511
The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors is scheduled for a regular session with general county business beginning at 8:00 A.M., followed by drainage matters at 9:00 A.M. The tentative agenda includes county operations, claims, right-of-way construction, a possible closed session concerning an employee performance evaluation, and a public hearing on a drainage improvement project.
Key Items on the Agenda
Routine County Business and Public Discussion
The meeting is scheduled to begin with the Pledge of Allegiance and public discussion. The board is then scheduled to consider approval of the agenda and minutes.
The agenda also includes:
- Discussion with Secondary Road foremen.
- Acknowledgment of transfers made by the Kossuth County Auditor.
- Consideration of handwritten claims.
- Consideration of construction within the right-of-way.
- Discussion with the Kossuth County Engineer.
- Discussion with the Kossuth County Auditor.
- Board discussion and committee reports.
The packet does not provide additional details, amounts, or supporting documents for these items.
The board is scheduled to consider a possible closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) for an employee performance evaluation involving the Planning & Zoning Administrator/Sanitarian/Weed Commissioner.
The agenda identifies the statutory provision and purpose of the possible closed session but does not provide additional details about the evaluation or any proposed action following it.
Drainage Matters
DD 116 Laterals 12 & 14 Improvement Project
At 9:00 A.M., the board is scheduled to hold a public hearing concerning the DD 116 Laterals 12 & 14 Improvement Project.
Following the hearing, the agenda calls for the board to consider the project as modified to best suit the desires of the landowners. The board is also scheduled to consider directing the engineer to prepare final plans and specifications and proceed with bid letting.
The packet does not provide project costs, engineering estimates, bid dates, detailed design information, or the specific modifications under consideration.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The drainage project is the most developed action item identified in the packet. The scheduled public hearing provides an opportunity for consideration of the DD 116 Laterals 12 & 14 project before the board determines whether to move the modified project into final plans, specifications, and bid letting.
Other items to watch include whether the board enters the possible closed session for the employee performance evaluation and what action, if any, it takes on handwritten claims and construction within the right-of-way.
Additional Board Schedule
The agenda states that the Board of Supervisors is scheduled to attend a Department Head Meeting at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 10, 2026, in the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials from the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors.
