Worth County Board adopts Resolution 2026-12 to amend FY2025/2026 budget, reallocating sheriff, roads and capital funds
May 26, 2026 | Worth County, Iowa
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The Worth County Board of Supervisors on May 26 unanimously adopted Resolution 2026-12 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Worth County budget, approving a series of revenue and expenditure adjustments that shift funding to the sheriff’s office, secondary roads and capital projects.
Auditor Jacki A. Backhaus summarized the proposed amendment during a brief public hearing the board opened at 9:00 a.m.; there was no public comment and the hearing closed at 9:02 a.m. The board then voted on the resolution. The roll call on Resolution 2026-12 was recorded as AYE: Mark Smeby, Aaron Stone and Enos Loberg; the motion carried.
The resolution’s published adjustments include a $127,295.50 increase in reimbursements to the County Sheriff for safety and protective supplies and a $6,900 addition for secret investigations; conservation received a $4,224.08 increase for food and provisions. The Secondary Roads budget shows a $250,000 increase for construction and maintenance. Capital-project lines were adjusted to add $5,000,000 to buildings while reducing other capital outlay by $5,500,000; fiscal agent fees of $48,400 and a $12,000 increase for legal and court-related services also appear in the document. The amendment had been published in the Northwood Anchor and Manly Junction Signal on May 13 and May 14, 2026, per the resolution text.
The board opened the meeting with routine business and several consent items before the hearing. Motions carried to approve the agenda and May 18, 2026 minutes and to accept a change order (Change Order Quotation #1) for Cresco Building Services Inc. on the Secondary Roads Maintenance Facility. The board approved claims totaling $304,578.25, which included an $89,666.80 payment to Cresco Building Services and a $45,622.06 payment to Madsen Construction, among other vendor payments for road work, sheriff services and county facilities.
Supervisors also approved the auditor’s quarterly report and acknowledged receipt of the FY25 audit from the North Iowa Area Council of Governments. The board approved a tax suspension under Iowa Code 427.9 for Parcel #11-21-427-010 owned by Patricia J. & Leslie P. Ray; an amended bid from North Iowa Custom Seamless Guttering was approved to include $2,087.66 for lift rental (total $6,287.66). The board accepted landscape bids from Chad and Landen Nelson for courthouse and Public Health/EMA/VA building work totaling $3,550 (itemized as $3,000 for rock removal/replacement, $275 for trimming and $200 for edging).
The meeting recessed for the budget-hearing portion and then reconvened to adopt the amendment. The board adjourned at 9:03 a.m.
Next procedural steps: the resolution text lists the line-item adjustments and is effective as adopted; no public follow-up or additional hearings were recorded at the meeting.
Auditor Jacki A. Backhaus summarized the proposed amendment during a brief public hearing the board opened at 9:00 a.m.; there was no public comment and the hearing closed at 9:02 a.m. The board then voted on the resolution. The roll call on Resolution 2026-12 was recorded as AYE: Mark Smeby, Aaron Stone and Enos Loberg; the motion carried.
The resolution’s published adjustments include a $127,295.50 increase in reimbursements to the County Sheriff for safety and protective supplies and a $6,900 addition for secret investigations; conservation received a $4,224.08 increase for food and provisions. The Secondary Roads budget shows a $250,000 increase for construction and maintenance. Capital-project lines were adjusted to add $5,000,000 to buildings while reducing other capital outlay by $5,500,000; fiscal agent fees of $48,400 and a $12,000 increase for legal and court-related services also appear in the document. The amendment had been published in the Northwood Anchor and Manly Junction Signal on May 13 and May 14, 2026, per the resolution text.
The board opened the meeting with routine business and several consent items before the hearing. Motions carried to approve the agenda and May 18, 2026 minutes and to accept a change order (Change Order Quotation #1) for Cresco Building Services Inc. on the Secondary Roads Maintenance Facility. The board approved claims totaling $304,578.25, which included an $89,666.80 payment to Cresco Building Services and a $45,622.06 payment to Madsen Construction, among other vendor payments for road work, sheriff services and county facilities.
Supervisors also approved the auditor’s quarterly report and acknowledged receipt of the FY25 audit from the North Iowa Area Council of Governments. The board approved a tax suspension under Iowa Code 427.9 for Parcel #11-21-427-010 owned by Patricia J. & Leslie P. Ray; an amended bid from North Iowa Custom Seamless Guttering was approved to include $2,087.66 for lift rental (total $6,287.66). The board accepted landscape bids from Chad and Landen Nelson for courthouse and Public Health/EMA/VA building work totaling $3,550 (itemized as $3,000 for rock removal/replacement, $275 for trimming and $200 for edging).
The meeting recessed for the budget-hearing portion and then reconvened to adopt the amendment. The board adjourned at 9:03 a.m.
Next procedural steps: the resolution text lists the line-item adjustments and is effective as adopted; no public follow-up or additional hearings were recorded at the meeting.
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