The Butler County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 16 voted to set a public meeting for 9 a.m. Oct. 7 in the courthouse Emergency Operations Center in Allison to consider a series of proposed general obligation bond measures for county projects. County Auditor Leslie Groen presented the proposals and the board approved resolutions to publish notice of the hearings.

The motions scheduled hearings for six bond measures described in the published resolutions: Resolution No. 46-2025 (not to exceed $610,000) to fund a conservation shed and paving at the emergency management/public health facility; Resolution No. 47-2025 (not to exceed $750,000) for courthouse parking lot and landscaping work; Resolution Nos. 48-2025, 49-2025 and 50-2025 (each not to exceed $700,000) for secondary roads shed projects; and Resolution No. 51-2025 (not to exceed $500,000) for Rolling Prairie Trail improvements under the Butler County Logistics Park Urban Renewal Plan. The published notices state estimated annual property tax increases for a residential property with an actual value of $100,000 as follows: Res. 46 — not to exceed $3.06; Res. 47 — not to exceed $2.91; Res. 48/49/50 — not to exceed $2.64 each; Res. 51 — not to exceed $2.15.

Each resolution cited the Code of Iowa and the statutory procedures required before issuing bonds. The resolutions reference Section 331.443 of the Code of Iowa for general obligation bonds; Resolution No. 51-2025 additionally cites Chapters 331 and 403 and Sections 403.12 and 331.306 regarding urban renewal bonds and the right to petition for an election. The auditor was directed to publish the notices in a legal newspaper as required by the Code of Iowa and to follow the specified publication windows in the notices.

The board approved each resolution by roll call after motions from supervisors. For every bond resolution the roll-call vote was recorded as AYES: Wayne Dralle, Rusty Eddy, Greg Barnett; NAYS: none; ABSENT: none. The board did not take further action on issuance at the Sept. 16 meeting; the Oct. 7 meeting will allow the board to receive and consider oral and written objections and then either take additional action to issue bonds or abandon the proposals.

No public comments were received at the Sept. 16 meeting on the bond items, and the items were approved solely by formal motion and roll-call votes. Publication notices attached to each resolution explain that bonds may be issued in one or more series and that finance authority established by the hearing could be combined with additional authority, which could increase the eventual tax impact beyond the estimates provided.

The board’s action on Sept. 16 set procedure and public notice only; any decision to issue bonds will depend on further board action after the Oct. 7 hearings and compliance with the statutory petition process for urban renewal bonds if a petition is filed.