Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Special Committee of the Whole - 8:00 am
Conference Room 638, 6th Floor, Administrative Center
1. Roll Call: Hancock, Minard, Sunderbruch, Cusack, Earnhardt
2. Discussion with the following Authorized Agencies:
8:00 Community Action of Eastern Iowa
8:30 Iowa at Work
9:00 Quad City Convention and Visitor's Bureau
9:30 Riverbend Transit
10:00 Humane Society
10:30 Bi-State Regional Commission
11:30 Medic - Tour of Medic, 100 S 14th Ave, Eldridge, IA 52748

Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Committee of the Whole - 8:00 am
Board Room, 1st Floor, Administrative Center
1. Roll Call: Minard, Sunderbruch, Cusack, Earnhardt, Hancock
Presentation
2. Discussion of the Conservation Department's planning effort with RDG Planning and
Design.... 8:15 a.m.
Facilities & Economic Development
3. Third and final reading of an ordinance for establishing speed limits on Scott County
Secondary Roads. (Item 3)
4. Support of "National Discovery Trail Act." (Item 4)
5. Annual Re-Adoption of Master Matrix for review of Confined Animal Feeding
Operations. (CAFO) (Item 5)
Human Resources
6. Personnel actions. (Item 6)
7. Discussion of strategy of upcoming labor negotiations with the County's organized
employees pursuant to Iowa Code Section 20.17(3). - CLOSED SESSION
Finance & Intergovernmental
8. Abatement of delinquent property taxes for parcel F0035-39 as recommended by the
Scott County Treasurer. (Item 8)
Other Items of Interest
9. Request to amend the minutes of the December 31, 2013 Board Meeting. (Item 9)
10. Consideration of appointments with upcoming term expirations for boards and
commissions.
Benefited Fire District #2, 3/10/14 Meg Flenker
Benefited Fire District #3 4/01/14 Ann Scherer
Benefited Fire District #4 4/01/14 Donna Furrow
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Regular Board Meeting - 5:00 pm
Board Room, 1st Floor, Administrative Center

Larry Minard, Chairman of the Scott County Board of Supervisors announced today that Scott County has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for Scott County's current FY14 Budget.

Scott County is one of only two Iowa counties (Scott and Linn County) to hold the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. The County has received this award for the last twenty six consecutive years. Only 11 of the 1,488 governmental units in the State of Iowa currently hold this honor.

Larry Minard stated that this award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting. Its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by the elected officials and management of Scott County and reflects their commitment to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting.

In order to receive the award, Scott County had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity's budget serves as 1) A policy document 2) A financial plan 3) An operations guide 4) Communications device. Budget documents must be rated "proficient" in all four categories to receive this award.

For budgets, including fiscal period 2012, the most recent year data is available, over 1,340 governmental entities have received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award nationwide. Award recipients have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide excellent examples for other governments throughout North America.

Larry Minard stated that the Board designates the achievement of this certification as a high priority. The Board expressed their appreciation to Dee F. Bruemmer, County Administrator and to the County's designated budget analysts and support staff for their work and professional guidance in helping the county to obtain this governmental budgeting honor.

The budget analysts and support staff members that developed the 2013 budget are listed below:

• Ed Rivers Health Director
• Pam Bennett Office Administrator, Sheriff's Department
• Chris Berge Administrative Assistant
• Grace Cervantes Operations Manager, Recorder's Office
• Lori Elam Community Services Director
• Tim Huey Planning & Development Director
• Craig Hufford Financial Management Supervisor, Treasurer's Office
• David Farmer Budget Manager
• Roland Caldwell Operations Manager, Auditor's Office
• Kathy Walsh Office Administrator, Attorney's Office

The GFOA is a non-profit professional association serving over 17,800 government finance professionals throughout North America. GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.

For more information on this press release please contact:

David Farmer, CPA, Budget Manager
Scott County Administrative Center
600 West 4th Street
Davenport, IA 52801-1003
563-326-8651

Stephen J. Gauthier
Government Finance Officers Association
180 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601
312-977-9700