{"id":3922,"date":"2021-09-22T15:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/2021\/09\/22\/supervisors-discuss-audit-proposals-excess-dirt-roads\/"},"modified":"2021-09-22T15:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:03:23","slug":"supervisors-discuss-audit-proposals-excess-dirt-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/2021\/09\/22\/supervisors-discuss-audit-proposals-excess-dirt-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Supervisors discuss audit proposals, excess dirt for roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GRUNDY CENTER- The Grundy County Board of Supervisors discussed the process of soliciting quotes from private firms for audit services and possible uses for 12,000 yards of extra dirt as a result of the Grundy Road project during Monday morning&rsquo;s regular meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Due to frustration with the State Auditor&rsquo;s office and complaints of higher costs and delayed results, Supervisor Vic Vandehaar led a conversation on seeking out bids from other firms. Fellow Supervisor Barb Smith then asked if the county should wait to see how this year&rsquo;s audit goes now that the State Auditor&rsquo;s office is aware of the concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How do you know what a fair price is unless you take bids? And that&rsquo;s not to say we won&rsquo;t stay with the state,&rdquo; Vandehaar said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The supervisors added that they would like to hire a firm with previous experience if they do choose to go in a different direction, and preferably one that&rsquo;s relatively local or at least within Iowa. No official action was taken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>County Engineer Gary Mauer reported that a representative from PCI had approached him about the aforementioned dirt that could be used to improve some shoulders around the county. Mauer also noted that a county vehicle had been damaged recently and estimated that it could be repaired for about $2,000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>County Custodian Butch Kuester provided updates on the sprinkler system at the sheriff&rsquo;s office and the possibility of an inspection and\/or replacement as well as the courthouse bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN OTHER BUSINESS, <\/strong>the board:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:72.5pt;\">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Approved a low fuel quote from AgVantage FS of Grundy Center and Waverly for the Dike and Pleasant Valley shops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:72.5pt;\">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Approved a request from the Grundy Center Chamber-Main Street for the use of the courthouse grounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:72.5pt;\">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Approved an Interstate Power Company\/Alliant Energy Utility Permit application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRUNDY CENTER- The Grundy County Board of Supervisors discussed the process of soliciting quotes from private firms for audit services and possible uses for 12,000 yards of extra dirt as a result of the Grundy Road project during Monday morning&rsquo;s regular meeting. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due to frustration with the State Auditor&rsquo;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5972,1],"tags":[5511,5512,4157,3855,103],"class_list":["post-3922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2","category-uncategorized","tag-auditproposals","tag-dirt","tag-garymauer","tag-grundycountysupervisors","tag-roads",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}