by Joe Moses
The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, June 10 to address a short agenda of items including Public Comment and Department Head Updates, among other routine matters. The meeting was called to order by Board of Supervisors Chairperson Dan Byrnes with Supervisors Mark Reiser and Dennis Keatley present.
The meeting moved into Public Comment with Tom Clark, the lone candidate on either the Republican or Democrat ballot in the June 4 Primary Election, providing an updated phone number to the Supervisors and County Auditor Denise Beyer. Clark won the Republican nomination in that June 4 Primary for the Board of Supervisors seat up for election in November’s General Election, seeking to replace Supervisor Mark Reiser, who opted not to seek re-election to that seat.
Byrnes discussed attending the Our Postville Community Heart and Soul Program event Thursday, June 6 at the Postville High School Fine Arts Center which included a 30-plus minute video premiere documenting the Heart and Soul process and community stories. Byrnes commended Community Developer Crystal Duffy for her work and leadership in addition to the work and involvement of committee and community members that were part of this process.
Clark, who also attended the Thursday, June 6 video premiere, echoed similar thoughts in addition to noting that the Our Postville Community Heart and Soul video is available on YouTube. As of the Supervisors meeting date, the video was not immediately searchable on YouTube’s website but could be found via a direct YouTube link on the Our Postville Community Heart and Soul Facebook page.
County Auditor Denise Beyer noted that resurfacing work on the municipal parking lot across the street to the southwest of the courthouse, located behind Hartig Drug in Waukon, is anticipated to start late in the week as topsoil work is completed on the storm sewer outlet project near TNT Gymnastics in south Waukon. Beyer briefly discussed employee parking relating to those working at the County Courthouse and the availability of handicapped parking spaces. Head of Courthouse Maintenance John Roe advised that there are three handicapped parking spaces on the street with one handicapped parking space in the southwest courthouse parking lot with Beyer adding that there are none in the north parking lot with stairs leading from that lot into the courthouse not being conducive to handicapped use.
Byrnes advised that the availability of adequate handicapped parking will be a priority with the usage and need for these parking spaces to be monitored during the parking lot resurfacing project. Reiser advised that an additional handicapped parking space could be added to the southwest parking lot if needed with Beyer noting that temporary or mobile signage exists and has been previously used during elections.
Byrnes further advised that courthouse employees have the option to park a distance away but cannot be required to do so. Keatley provided a brief overview of tentative plans relating to the municipal parking lot resurfacing project. He noted that the project is anticipated to take six to eight weeks for completion with alley access for business deliveries to be allowed during much of the project.
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