Monona County Board of Supervisors Packet Summary — 2026-08-18
Meeting: Board of Supervisors Meeting
Scheduled time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: Supervisors Office, Monona County, Onawa, Iowa
The tentative agenda for the August 18 meeting includes scheduled time for public comments, Secondary Roads and drainage matters, along with a proposed private-water-well permitting agreement and several routine county business items.
Key Items on the Agenda
Private Water Well Permitting Agreement
At 10:30 a.m., Zoning Administrator Sandy Bubke is scheduled to present a proposed 28E Agreement between the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Monona County Board of Supervisors regarding private water well permitting.
The Board is scheduled to consider authorizing the chairman's signature on the agreement. The agenda does not provide additional terms or details about the proposed agreement.
Secondary Roads
The agenda reserves a 9:00 a.m. appointment for Secondary Roads. No specific projects, expenditures, contracts, or proposed actions are identified in the packet.
Drainage
A 10:00 a.m. appointment is scheduled for drainage matters. The agenda does not identify specific drainage districts, projects, claims, assessments, or proposed Board actions.
Routine County Business
The Board is scheduled to consider or receive several administrative and financial items:
- Consider approval of minutes from previous meetings.
- Consider approval of claims payments.
- Receive reports on committee meetings attended.
- Address miscellaneous Board appointments.
- Consider approval of a general ledger journal entry.
- Consider approval of Sheriff Department wage change forms.
- Acknowledge receipt of the Monona County Clerk of Court report of fees collected for July 2026.
- Acknowledge receipt of the Monona County Sheriff's report of fees collected for July 2026.
The agenda does not provide dollar amounts, individual wage changes, journal-entry details, or fee totals for these items.
Veterans Affairs Policy Changes
The agenda calls for the Board to acknowledge changes to the Veterans Affairs Policies & Procedures Manual. Unlike the items scheduled for Board consideration, the agenda states that these changes were previously approved at a March Monona County Veteran Affairs Commission meeting.
The packet does not describe the individual policy changes or identify a new approval action for the Board of Supervisors.
Public Participation and Meeting Process
Public comments are scheduled for 8:35 a.m., shortly after the Board convenes at 8:30 a.m. and considers approval of the agenda as proposed or amended.
The agenda notes that business not listed on the agenda may be discussed, but any Board action on such business will be scheduled for a later Board meeting.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The most specifically described proposed action in the packet is the 28E Agreement with IDNR for private water well permitting, including whether the Board authorizes the chairman to sign it.
The Secondary Roads and drainage appointments could also involve substantive county matters, but the packet provides no details about what will be presented or whether specific actions will be requested. Other items to watch include the proposed Sheriff Department wage changes, general ledger journal entry, and miscellaneous Board appointments, for which the agenda provides no additional detail.
This packet summary is based on the official publicly available meeting materials of the Monona County Board of Supervisors.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials.
