At a glance: Linn County Board approves minutes, claims, appointments and two preliminary budgets
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Summary
At its Jan. 6 meeting the Linn County Board of Supervisors approved amended minutes, claims, board and staff appointments and committee liaisons for 2025, preliminarily approved the FY26 CIP and approved the FY26 "Board Other" appropriations and revenues. The board also approved payroll authorizations and adjourned after budget presentations.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors recorded several formal approvals on Jan. 6 during routine and budget business. Votes recorded in the meeting transcript included:
- Amended minutes (Jan. 2, 2025): The board amended language in the Jan. 2 minutes (correcting the end date for reappointed township trustees to Jan. 1, 2029) and approved the minutes as amended by voice vote.
- Claims approval: The board approved claims dated Jan. 3, 2025, including payroll deduction checks of $10,090.83, ACH of $22,637.80, an EFT wire of $26,119.14 and a Ceridian ER funds trust wire of $2,197,911.93, for a meeting‑reported total of $2,256,759.70. The motion passed unanimously by voice vote.
- Board and staff appointments and committee liaisons for 2025: The board approved the slate of supervisor appointments and staff liaison assignments for calendar year 2025, including primary and alternate assignments across multiple local and regional boards and commissions; the motion carried by voice vote.
- Payroll authorizations: County payroll authorizations that had been signed were approved by the board.
- Preliminary approval of FY26 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP 1, FY26–FY30): The board gave preliminary approval to the five‑year CIP, which funds $1.2 million for FY26 projects; staff will return with final appropriation recommendations during budget deliberations.
- Approval of FY26 Board Other budget appropriations and revenues: The board approved appropriations of $23,259,952 and revenues of $18,496,049 for the Board Other budget, which houses items including ARPA funds, E‑911 payments, and several county allocations. Presenters noted $15,000,000 of ARPA funds remain reflected in the proposed FY26 budget line for Board Other.
All motions were approved by voice vote; the transcript does not record a roll‑call style tally for these items. Where the transcript provided specific dollar figures (claims and budget totals), those are reported here as read into the record; items with no numeric detail in the transcript are noted as "not specified."