Muscatine County Board of Supervisors Agenda Explained — August 31, 2026

County Engineer Items

County Engineer Bryan Horesowsky is scheduled to present various utility permits for possible Board approval. The agenda does not provide additional details about the individual permits in the packet text.

August 24 Meeting Minutes

The Board is scheduled to consider approving the minutes of its August 24, 2026 regular meeting. Those minutes document several actions already completed at that earlier meeting; they are included in this packet as the record proposed for approval.

Among the prior actions documented in the August 24 minutes:

• The Board approved plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for Muscatine County Community Services Building Repairs Project Phase 2 after a public hearing. The architect's bidding opinion of probable cost was $307,270.00. The resolution called for sealed bids by September 10, 2026, with bids to be publicly announced at the September 14 Board meeting.
• The Board approved assigning Tax Sale Certificate #CH250001 for Parcel #0825276025 to the City of Muscatine for $10, subject to conditions described in the resolution. The minutes state that $9,579 in taxes, interest, costs and special assessments were owing on the parcel.
• The Board awarded the FM-C070(78)--55-70 project to Metro Pavers, Inc. for $1,980,629.64. The project covers PCC pavement grading and replacement on 230th Street G28 from the Louisa County line to Iowa 70.
• The Board approved a utility permit for Eastern Iowa REC involving new electric service for the Secondary Roads shop near Letts.

These are documented August 24 actions, not proposed August 31 decisions.

Proposed 2027 County Holiday Schedule

The Administration Office is scheduled to seek approval of the 2027 Muscatine County Holiday Schedule. The draft designates eight specific holidays and provides three personal days.

The proposed designated holidays are:

• Friday, January 1 — New Year's Day
• Monday, May 31 — Memorial Day
• Monday, July 5 — Independence Day
• Monday, September 6 — Labor Day
• Thursday, November 11 — Veterans' Day
• Thursday, November 25 — Thanksgiving
• Friday, November 26 — Day after Thanksgiving
• Friday, December 24 — Christmas Eve

The packet explains that county employees receive 11 paid holidays each calendar year. The Board annually selects the observed holidays—typically eight, nine or ten—with the remaining days designated as personal days. It also notes that the 2028 schedule will treat Friday, December 31, 2027 as the New Year's Day holiday.

Public Participation and Other Business

The agenda includes correspondence and committee reports, followed by an opportunity to receive information from County employees. It also includes a separate period to receive comments from the public before adjournment.

What to Watch at the Meeting

The largest scheduled financial action is consideration of the $731,761.05 claims package, with substantial expenditures tied to secondary roads, jail operations and medical services, capital building work, and information technology. The Board is also scheduled to decide whether to approve the proposed 2027 holiday calendar and whatever utility permits are presented by the County Engineer.

The packet does not document outcomes for these August 31 agenda items; they are presented for consideration at the meeting.

Source Information

Official public-body source used for this packet: Muscatine County Board of Supervisors

Official Meeting Source URL: https://www.muscatinecountyiowa.gov/files/meetings/2026-08-31_packet_board_of_supervisors_89743.pdf

Public body's meeting/document listing page: https://www.muscatinecountyiowa.gov/supervisors/meetings_minutes/

Provider: neapolitan-board

Provider Meeting ID: neapolitan-board-document-89743

Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials.

September 8, 2026 · Packet Summary