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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF IOWA AGENDA
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10:00 AM
June 21, 2021
- Approval of minutes from the Executive Council meeting held on June 14, 2021
- Outside CPA – Page 1
TAB # 1
- Emergency Allocations – Pages 1-2
- Payment of Cost Items – Pages 3-4
- Information Items – Page 4
- Outside CPA Firm
- Request from Rob Sand, Auditor of State to employ the services of outside CPA firms to perform the periodic examinations for the cities listed below for the period ending March 30, 2021.
Firm: Cities: Amount
Rachelle Thompson, CPA Curlew, Dedham, Fostoria, Gruver, Washta $18,000.00
O’Conner Brooks Delhi, Martelle, Monmouth, Spragueville, Toronto $18,000.00
Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn Lidderdale, Ralston, Rodman, Westside, Yale $15,770.00
Rachelle Thompson, CPA Eldon, Luzerne, New Liberty, Oxzford Junction, Westwood $18,000.00
Total $69,770.00
TAB #1
- Emergency Allocations
- Department of Administrative Services is requesting an emergency allocation in the amount of $2,070.99. On January 29, 2021, catalytic converters were stolen from two vehicles. Request is to cover costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed request and recommends allocation, subject to audit of actual invoices.
- Department of Natural Resources is requesting an emergency allocation in the amount of $12,000.00. On October 29, 2018, floods caused damages at Big Marsh WMA in Butler County. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed request and recommends allocation, subject to audit of actual invoices.
- Department of Natural Resources is requesting an emergency allocation in the amount of $215,049.00. On August 10, 2020, a Derecho caused damages to multiple parks. Request is to cover repair costs not covered by FEMA.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed request and recommends allocation, subject to audit of actual invoices.
- Department of Corrections is requesting a supplemental emergency allocation in the amount of $401,529.92. This increases the total allocation to $477,348.82. On December 31, 2019, a fire at the Correctional Release Center caused damages and loss of items.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed this request and recommends allocation and payment of $401,529.92.
- Department of Public Safety is requesting an emergency allocation in the amount of $16,659.07. On November 18, 2020, State Patrol Vehicle #175 was damaged by a deer. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed request and recommends allocation, subject to audit of actual invoices.
- Department of Public Safety is requesting an emergency allocation in the amount of $6,576.00. On March 10, 2021, high winds damaged the Cedar Rapids tower cable. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed request and recommends allocation, subject to audit of actual invoices.
- Iowa Communications Network is requesting a supplemental emergency allocation in the amount $14,193.57. This increases the total allocation to $32,160.00. On November 23, 2020, ICN sustained cable damage due to excessive erosion along 155th Street in Winneshiek County. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed this request and recommends payment. This represents full and final payment.
- Iowa Veterans Home is requesting an emergency allocation in the amount of $43,274.03. On February 13, 2021, diesel fuel was required to run the facility boilers during a natural gas mandatory curtailment due to excessive, unprecedented cold temperatures in February. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed request and recommends allocation, subject to audit of actual invoices.
- Board of Regents – University of Iowa is requesting an emergency allocation in the amount of $30,737.77. On January 21, 2020, a radiator malfunction and caused water damages to drywall at the Bendell Entrepreneurship Learning Lab. Request is to cover repair costs not covered by FEMA.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed request and recommends allocation, subject to audit of actual invoices.
- Payment of Cost Items
- Department of Natural Resources ………………………….……………………$3,250.00
On August 10, 2020, a derecho damaged the Lost Grove Lake Wildlife Management Area in Scott County. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed this request and recommends payment. This represents full and final payment, $1,720.00 will be reverted and this allocation closed.
- Iowa Communications Network ……………………………….……..……..$18,756.13
On July 21, 2020, ICN sustained cable damage due to excessive erosion along I-80 at Mosquito Creek in Pottawattamie County. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed this request and recommends payment. This represents full and final payment, $443.97 will be reverted and this allocation closed.
- Iowa Communications Network ……………………………….……..……..$9,186.54
On October 15, 2020, ICN sustained cable exposure due to washouts along I-80 at 750th Street and 730th Lane in Cass County. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed this request and recommends payment. This represents full and final payment, $3,197.81 will be reverted and this allocation closed.
- Iowa Communications Network ……………………………….……..……..$37,699.02
On November 4, 2020 and November 6, 2020, ICN sustained cable damage due to excessive erosion in Two Locations along Highway 169 in Webster County. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed this request and recommends payment. This represents full and final payment, $7,052.12 will be reverted and this allocation closed.
- Board of Regents – University of Iowa ………………………….…………..$80,455.89
On April 8, 2019, a roof leak caused damages at Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed this request and recommends payment. This represents full and final payment.
- Department of Corrections – IMCC…………………………….….……..$125,825.59
On November 13, 2020, boiler failure in the main facility needed emergency replacement, rental and installation of a temporary boiler. Request is to cover repair costs.
The State Auditor’s Office has reviewed this request and recommends payment. This represents partial payment.
- Richard J. Bennett, Sr..……………………………………………………….$3,546.00
PO Box 65666
West Des Moines, IA 50265
Special Counsel for the Criminal Appeals Division of the Iowa Attorney General’s Office
Jeffrey S. Thompson, Solicitor General, has reviewed this invoice and recommends payment. Payment will be made from the Attorney General’s Office’s Forfeiture Fund.
- Information Items
- The City of Nashua made a prepayment to their Contingency Loan in the amount of $543,190.00. This loan was approved for $754,933.00 on March 8, 2021 and is prorated not to exceed twenty years. Total repayment to date: $543,190.00.
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