WEBSTER CITY-The Hamilton County Supervisors on Tuesday morning faced a busy agenda. The board approved the hiring of Dalton Mourlam and Jesse Klein as two new deputies for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department. The resignations of Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputy Ryan Rupiper and sheriff’s office member Tracy Queen Runnenberg were both accepted by the supervisors. A change of status for Amanda Kalkwarf as the fulltime director of the Hamilton County VA Office and with Kelly Blair and Amanda Whitney in the Hamilton County Public Health office were approved.
A contract with Tyler Technologies for software for the county courthouse and other county offices was approved to take affect July 1,2026. This will replace the contract with Solutions Technology that has provided computer software for Hamilton County for several years. The contract with Solutions will expire at end of June in 2026.
There was the approval of temporary and permanent easements for two road and bridge projects. One of the projects involves Tollman Avenue near Randall and the second one at the box culvert bridge in Scott Township with work to the bridge built in 1947. Both project will take place in 2026.
The date of August 26 was set for a pubic hearing for the disposal of county property in Jewell near the Hamilton County Secondary Road shed. Hamilton County Conservation director Brian Lammers was named as an alternate to serve on both the South Skunk and Ioway Creek Water Management Authority. Dave Russell was appointed to serve as a Williams Township Trustee. He will replace Wes Sweedler who died on July 21st.
Today’s meeting of the Hamilton County Supervisors was held in their board room of the courthouse due to the recent flooding of the downstairs conference room. It is hoped the board will meet again in the courthouse conference room at their next scheduled meeting on August 26th.