Henry County Supervisors Meeting Agenda 09/19

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 at 9:49 am CDT

Henry County Supervisors

100 E Washington St  Ste 202

Mt Pleasant IA  52641

Fax:  319-385-3601

 

Chad White, Member            Marc Lindeen, Vice-Chairman        Greg Moeller, Chairman    

           319-385-0759                                 319-385-0760                                  319-385-0761________                       

AGENDA

September 19, 2024

1.Approve Agenda

2.Approve Minutes

3.Approve Claims

4.Jake Hotchkiss Engineer Weekly Update

Motion – Approve & Execute Addendum to IDOT Agreement

5.Mike Norris, SEIRPC Hershey TIF URA Contract

Approve Resolution to Appoint Compensation Board

Discuss & Accept the Planning & Zoning Recommendation

    For Alternative Energy Overlay District

8.Public Comments

Other County Business as time allows

Supervisors Sub-Committee Updates

Motorcycle Pursuit ends with Multiple Charges for Burlington Man

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 at 9:20 am CDT

On September 14, 2024, at approximately 1:19p.m. Des Moines County deputies attempted to stop a motorcycle for a registration violation at Oak St. and Ashmun St. The motorcycle failed to pull over and accelerated as deputies activated their emergency lights and sirens. Deputies pursued the motorcycle through the north side of Burlington.

The pursuit continued until the suspect pulled into a drive in the 1200 block of Washington St. and lost control of the motorcycle, laying it down. The suspect, identified as Littlewill Tucker Minton, 40, of Burlington, attempted to flee on foot and was shortly taken into custody. A check of his driving status showed he was revoked, and a registration check on the motorcycle revealed it was stolen out of Burlington in 2021.

A search of Minton was conducted, and law enforcement located multiple baggies of suspected crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana as well as a large sum of cash. Minton was transported to Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center to check on injuries he sustained during the pursuit. He was later transported to the Des Moines County Correctional Center and charged with fail to display registration plate, eluding 2nd or subsequent offense, driving while revoked, reckless driving, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine, possession with intent to deliver marijuana, failure to affix a drug tax stamp, and theft 2nd.

Henry County Planning and Zoning Meeting Tonight – Rules and Information

By Yorke Prough · Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 at 9:09 am CDT

The Henry County Planning and Zoning Commission is holding a public hearing over the alternative energy ordinance this evening at 6:00 p.m. This will take place in the Henry County courthouse in the 3rd floor courtroom. The courthouse doors will open for the meeting between 5:30pm and 5:45pm. The building will close at 4:30pm, like usual, and so any individual arriving to the meeting prior to 4:30 will be asked to leave. This meeting is open to the public, but there are rules, as there are at any meeting.

1.Individuals who desire to comment during the public hearing, must add their name and address to list of people desiring to speak. Each person on the list will be recognized by the Chairperson when it is their turn to speak.

2.Before speaking, please stand up (if physically able), state your name, address, and/or corporation you represent.

3.You will have three (3) minutes to present comments.

4.Time limit may be extended an additional three (3) minutes at the discretion of the Chairperson.

5.Questions must be directed to the Chairperson. At the Chairperson’s discretion, the questions may be directed to appropriate people.

6.Comments shall be related to the agenda item under discussion. Please do not repeat previously discussed topics unless you have additional information to present.

7.Do not interrupt other speakers.

8.Disruptive behavior; interruptions, applause, signs, placards, etc. will not be permitted.

9.Vulgar, derogatory, or insulting comments will not be permitted.

10.Anyone breaking the rules shall forfeit their right to speak.

11.If order cannot be maintained the meeting will adjourn and all remaining business will be tabled.

12.The board will not debate with members of the public.

13.The board may ask questions from the public at their discretion

Sports, September 17th

By Slaten Swords · Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 at 6:30 am CDT

High School Football

Mt. Pleasant will take on Burlington on the road on Friday, September 20th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm. Head coach John Bowlin knows there will be pressure put upon his defense in this week’s matchup,

“It’s gonna be a game in the trenches. I’m sure you know, they run the ball. They, you know, are kind of similar to us. They want to pound it. So, we’re going to be able to step up and play physical. We need our D-line to have a huge game and our linebackers to step up and just be assignment sound on what we’re doing. That’s kind of what we preach, you know, be confident and play fast with everything you do, and good things will happen. That’s when turnovers happen.”

West Burlington/Notre Dame will host Mid-Prairie at 7:30 pm on Friday. 

WACO will hit the road to face off against HLV on Friday at 7 pm.

Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Montezuma on Friday at home at 7 pm. 

New London will travel to Central City on Friday at 7 pm.

Fairfield will play Keokuk on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road. 

Danville will take on Louisa-Muscatine on Friday at 7 pm on the road. 

Van Buren County will look for their first victory against Wapello on Friday at 7 pm on the road. 

Central Lee will compete against Davis County on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road. 

Mediapolis will travel to Albia on Friday at 7:30 pm. 

Columbus will attempt to get back in the win column on Friday at 7 pm against Pekin.

High School Volleyball

Mediapolis will travel to take on Holy Trinity Catholic tonight at 7 pm.

Mt. Pleasant will get a rematch against Burlington on the road tonight at 7:15 pm.

Van Buren County will face off against West Burlington tonight at 7:30 pm on the road. 

Fairfield will compete against Washington tonight at home at 7:15 pm. 

Winfield-Mt. Union will travel to Wapello tonight at 7:30 pm.

WACO will look to get back on track tonight at 7:30 pm against Columbus at home.

Burlington Notre Dame will compete against Central Lee on the road at 7:30 pm tonight.

New London will square off against Holy Trinity Catholic on Thursday, September 19th, at 7:30 pm at home.

Danville will look to get back in the win column on Thursday against Burlington Notre Dame on the road at 7:30 pm.

High School Cross Country

Danville will run at Oskaloosa tonight.

Central Lee will host a meet tonight with Winfield-Mt. Union and Van Buren County making the trip. 

WACO and Wapello will run tonight at Knoll Ridge Country Club at 5:40 pm.

Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Winfield-Mt. Union, Fairfield, New London, Van Buren County, Danville, Central Lee, and Holy Trinity Catholic will run at Rodeo Park Trail on Thursday, September 19th. 

High School Cross Country Rankings

The Iowa Track Coaches Association released their latest individual rankings yesterday and after a week of competitive racing the rankings have been shuffled.

For the boys’ Class 2A rankings, Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis fell from #7 to #13 in this week’s rankings. The sophomore raced against three other ranked runners last week twice and finished in 3rd place in both races with his best time being 15 minutes and 55 seconds. 

West Burlington/Notre Dame’s Kaitlyn Kipp made her first appearance in the top 30 for the season at #29 in Class 2A. The Falcon finished in 5th place at the Fairfield Invite with a time of 21 minutes and 9 seconds. 

Looking at the boys’ rankings in Class 1A, Jackson Shacklett of Danville closed the game on Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge as both runners climbed up the rankings. Bainbridge gained one spot to be ranked #6, while Shacklett leapfrogged six runners to enter this week at #7. 

Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom tumbled back seven spots to be ranked #17. Ty Muniz of Columbus kept his spot in the top 30 at #29. 

Lastly, Danville’s Alaina Gourley enjoyed a successful week of running with a 2nd place finish at Van Buren County and Fairfield–she finished behind #14 Marie Yoder of Hillcrest Academy at Fairfield. However, she still fell in the rankings, rounding out the list at #30. 

Southeastern Community College

The volleyball team will host Northeast Community College tomorrow, September 18th, at 7 pm. 

College Football

Iowa will start Big Ten play on Saturday, September 21st, at 6:30 pm against Minnesota. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast.

#20 Iowa State will host Arkansas State on Saturday at 1 pm. The call will be on KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130.

This Day in Sports History

1920 – National Football League is born in Canton, Ohio; 12 teams pay $100 each to join the American Professional Football Association; renamed the NFL in 1922.

1931 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb sets the single season record with 65 en route to 67 doubles.

1981 – Fernando Valenzuela sets the NL rookie record with his 8th shutout of the season.

Prep Cross Country: Two Local Runners Find Themselves Ranked in the Top 10

By Slaten Swords · Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 11:46 pm CDT

Prep Cross Country- The Iowa Track Coaches Association released their latest individual cross country rankings today–their fourth of the season–and after a week of competitive racing the rankings have been shuffled.

Class 3A

In Class 3A, for the first week of the season Washington and Fort Madison do not have an athlete ranked within the top 30. Washington’s Tyler Alderton and Fort Madison’s Avery Rump were ranked last week at #27 and #11, respectively.

Class 2A

For the boys’, Will Schmidgall of Mediapolis fell from #7 to #13 in this week’s rankings. The sophomore raced against three other ranked runners last week twice and finished in 3rd place in both races with his best time being 15 minutes and 55 seconds. 

West Burlington/Notre Dame’s Kaitlyn Kipp made her first appearance in the top 30 for the season at #29 in Class 2A. The Falcon finished in 5th place at the Fairfield Invite with a time of 21 minutes and 9 seconds. 

Class 1A

Looking at the boys’ rankings, Jackson Shacklett of Danville closed the game on Van Buren County’s Lincoln Bainbridge as both runners climbed up the rankings. Bainbridge gained one spot to be ranked #6, while Shacklett leapfrogged six runners to enter this week at #7. The two traded 1st-2nd place finishes with Shacklett winning the Van Buren County meet and Bainbridge taking the meet at Fairfield.

Winfield-Mt. Union’s Kohlby Newsom tumbled back seven spots to be ranked #17. The senior finished behind the trio of runners ranked in front of him last week with his best time being 16 minutes and 3 seconds at the Van Buren County meet.

Ty Muniz of Columbus kept his spot in the top 30 at #29. 

On the girls’ side of the rankings, Marie Yoder of Hillcrest Academy enters this week ranked #14 after being ranked #10 last week. She took 1st place at Fairfield with a time of 20 minutes and 21 seconds.

Lastly, Danville’s Alaina Gourley enjoyed a successful week of running with a 2nd place finish at Van Buren County and Fairfield–she finished behind #14 Yoder at Fairfield. However, she still fell in the rankings, rounding out the list at #30.

Next Rankings

Team rankings will be release tomorrow, September 17th, and individual rankings will be updated next Monday, September 23rd.

ATV vs. Car Results in No Injuries

By Yorke Prough · Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 3:46 pm CDT

On Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 5:14pm, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a vehicle collision in the 2900 block of Graham Avenue, near Mount Pleasant between an ATV and a car.  Upon arrival, it was determined that a 1995 Buick Riviera driven by David McSparen, 43, of Salem, collided with a 2023 Can Am UTV driven by Craig Hoyer, 35, of Winfield.  There were no injuries reported.  Both vehicles were totaled.  Both vehicles were removed from the roadway and arrangements made for their removal.  After an investigation at the scene, McSparen was charged with Driving While Suspended, Failure to Provide Security Against Liability-Accident Related, and No Registration.

$50,000 Estimated Damage after Rollover in Henry County

By Yorke Prough · Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 3:44 pm CDT

On September 14th, 2024 at approximately 9:02AM, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a single vehicle rollover crash in the 1700 grid of Franklin Avenue.  An investigation into the report determined Jeremy Lee, 25, of Mt. Pleasant was traveling southbound in his 2019 GMC Sierra truck when he lost control and entered the ditch.  The truck rolled over and also damaged a utility trailer he was pulling.  The truck is presumed totaled and damage is estimated at $50,000.  No injuries were reported.  Lee was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.

Illinois Man Falls Asleep Behind the Wheel in Lee County

By Yorke Prough · Monday, September 16th, 2024 at 3:42 pm CDT

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle rollover late Saturday evening. A vehicle driven by Diego Vasquez of Decatur, Illinois, was traveling south on 360th Avenue and 180th St intersection when he fell asleep behind the wheel. The vehicle continued through the intersection, struck a fence, and rolled one time, landing right side up with no air bag deployment. Estimated damage is $8000. The driver was not harmed and was given a ride to a hotel by Dunkins towing.