On May 14, 2019, at the Benton County Courthouse in Vinton, the Benton County Board of Supervisors met in regular adjourned session with Supervisors Primmer, Bierschenk and Seeman present. Primmer called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Unless otherwise noted, all actions were approved unanimously.

Bierschenk moved/Seeman seconded: To approve the minutes from May 7, 2019 and May 10, 2019. Motion carried.

Bierschenk moved/Seeman seconded: To approve the Class B Liquor license for Blairstown Sauerkraut Days for May 25, 2019. Motion carried.

Seeman moved/Bierschenk seconded: To approve the use of courthouse grounds for Vinton Park and Rec Department for Thursday, June 20, 2019 and Saturday October 26, 2019. Motion carried.

The time of 9:15 a.m. having arrived, and this being the time and date for a public hearing for a change in land use for Cara Eberle, located in Parcel A in SE ¼ SW ¼ and E 8 acres in SW ¼ SW ¼ of 11-86-10. Cara Eberle was present along with her husband and son. Dave Wessling and Charles Patten also in attendance. Marc Greenlee presented the technical information in accordance with the Benton County Agricultural Land Preservation and Use Ordinance. The Eberle’s would like to change the use of 1 acre to construct a new home. The site will need a new well and septic system, and there is an existing driveway that meets all requirements of the county. CSR is a 35 and ground mainly used for pasture and is an old building site. Notices to adjacent land owners were sent out, Greenlee didn’t hear any comments. Primmer had a couple calls of concern. One was if there would be livestock on the ground again and the other concern was the amount of junk that was there in the past. Greenlee reported that the junk has been removed as of Monday May 13, 2019 and he felt everything met criteria. Hearing no further comments the public hearing was closed.

Seeman moved/Bierschenk seconded: To approve the land use change for Cara Eberle in Parcel A in SE ¼ SW ¼ and E 8 acres in SW ¼ SW ¼ of 11-86-10. Motion carried.

Bierschenk moved/Seeman seconded: To approve farm exemption application from Curtis Sloan in part of the NW ¼ of NW ¼ of 2-85-9. Motion carried.

Bierschenk moved/Seeman seconded: To approve Utility Permit(s) for East Central Iowa REC in Jackson and Canton Townships. Motion carried.

Bierschenk moved/Seeman seconded: To approve and sign purchase agreement of .12 acres for $72.00 temporary easement from Jeffrey and Lindy Brown for a bridge project in Polk Township. Motion carried.

Bierschenk moved/Seeman seconded: To give the Engineer approval to move forward and approve advertising for a part-time maintenance worker for Secondary Roads. Motion carried.

The Board relocated the meeting over to the Benton County Service Center to discuss quotes on some electrical and drywall work.

Seeman moved/Bierschenk seconded: To adjourn. Motion carried.