Tama County Board of Supervisors (l-r) 1st District Larry Vest, Dinsdale, 2nd District Kendall Jordan, Toledo and 3rd District Dan Anderson, rural Tama. News-Herald file photo

The Tama County Board of Supervisors hearing dates for public hearings on a changes in hazardous materials storage requirements.

On Monday, Aug. 28. Tuesday, Sept. 5 and Monday Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. each day, in the Supervisors Boardroom a hearing will be held to make changes to Ordinance No. V.l which states “An Ordinance Relating to Hazardous Substances and Waste requiring Persons Responsible for the Storing, Handling and Transportation of Such Substances To Clean Up Spills At Their Own Cost, and Providing Remedies For Tama County To Clean Up Such Spills If the Persons Responsible Fail To Do So and Providing Penalties for the Violation”.

This is to account for the changes in references in the Code of Iowa and to clarify definitions of entities listed in the ordinance. A copy of the ordinance is available for public inspection at the Tama County Auditor’s office.

Changes in Ordinance No. V.1. include numbers in the Code of Iowa as well as Section 2. Definitions: “Authorized Person” is the Tama County Emergency Manager or his or her duly appointed designee, The Emergency Manager or his or her duly appointed designee may also appoint one or more Fire Chiefs or Assistant Fire Chiefs of any municipality or Fire District as his or her temporary deputy, or may delegate the duties of Authorized Person to one or more such Fire Chiefs or Assistant Fire Chiefs, in his or her discretion.”

Under Section 3 Clean Up Required, under “d” “If the costs of cleanup or treatment is beyond the capacity of the County to finance it, the authorized person shall Immediately Seek any Other Funding Sources.”

Under Section 5. Notifications, (a) Any person, manufacturing, storing, handling, transporting, or disposing of a hazardous substance or waste shall notify the Tama County 911 Center, who shall then notify the appropriate agency of the occurrence of a hazardous situation immediately. Emergency Manager or the Assistant Emergency Manager shall immediately notify Waterloo Fire Rescue/Northeast Iowa Response Group, as well as the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. (b) Any county or municipal employee or member of a law enforcement agency, city or township fire department, or ambulance service who discovers a hazardous condition shall immediately notify the Tama County 911 Center and upon receipt of such notification the sheriff shall proceed in the manner provided in Section 5a of this ordinance.

In other business the supervisors:

appointed Bruce Lenhart, rural Tama, to serve on the Compensation Board for the Board of Supervisors. The Compensation Board meets once a year to discuss salaries and make a recommendation for the elected offices of Tama County.

approved claims totaling $182,201.