Worth County supervisors enter closed session to interview facilities maintenance coordinator applicants

The Worth County Board of Supervisors voted July 16 to enter a closed session at 9:00 a.m. to interview applicants for the county’s Facilities Maintenance Coordinator position, citing Iowa Code 21.5(1)i. The motion to enter closed session was moved by Supervisor Mark Smeby and seconded by Chair Enos Loberg; the roll-call vote recorded ayes from Smeby and Loberg and listed Supervisor AJ Stone as absent.

Chair Enos Loberg called the special meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. at the Worth County Courthouse. Auditor Jacki A. Backhaus and Treasurer Jake Hanson were recorded as present. Earlier in the meeting, Smeby moved and Loberg seconded approval of the meeting agenda; that motion carried.

The minutes state the closed session began at 9:00 a.m. and concluded at 12:23 p.m., when Smeby again moved and Loberg seconded a motion to end the closed session. The motion to end the closed session carried; Chair Loberg adjourned the meeting at 12:23 p.m. The record contains no public vote or final hiring decision; the stated purpose of the closed session was to interview applicants at their request.

The board cited Iowa Code 21.5(1)i as the legal authority for the closed session. No further actions or votes were recorded in the published minutes of the special meeting.