In the drizzle of the Monday morning, the usual crowd made their way to the Tama County Supervisors meeting to discuss the big issues, which this week mostly concerned the roads department. Starting off the meeting was none other than Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske with his report. He stated that they are doing some ditches over by 260th Street and C Avenue. Also, Iowa Bridge & Culvert has finished up, and they are waiting on the pavement, gravel, and guardrail to be completely finished. PCI has finished the piling and is waiting for the deck to form. The E66 Cold-In-Place is finished. They have also purchased a loader to help with salt, sand, gravel, and dirt at the Garwin shed.

After his report, Daleske went on to go through an extensive equipment plan with the supervisors. After that, they went on to discuss the reorganization of the management structure of the whole department. After much thought, the supervisors decided to move forward with a two foreman structure and approved posting for the positions.

A public hearing to update the Zoning Ordinance Fees in the Tama County Zoning Ordinance of July 7, 1998, was held, and no comments were received.

A work session for the Supervisors and the Tama County Zoning Commission to meet and review or make changes on the recommended Commercial Solar Ordinance was set for Oct. 16 at 6 p.m.

The supervisors also approved removing Supervisor David Turner from the Region 6 Board and appointing Supervisor Mark Doland in his stead.

Claims totaling $77,274.84 were approved.