11-02-2026 Morgan County Board of Commissioners

At the November 2, 2026 Morgan County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioners reviewed claims totaling $6,395,780.49 and opened bids for three-year farm leases on county-owned parcels. Bids included Boil’s Brothers Grain’s offer of 33% of the hay crop value for the Leonard Road parcel and cash-rent offers for other parcels; no bid was received for one parcel. No lease awards were clearly recorded, and commissioners discussed contacting the previous lessee about the unbid Dilman Road property. Commissioners also approved, on first reading and after waiving a second reading, an ordinance establishing a $360,000 road-use security deposit fund under the county’s agreement with Woodland Caribou LLC/Google to cover road restoration obligations near the data center.

The board approved applications for several grants: the sheriff’s DUI enforcement and school-bus stop-arm safety programs; a $35,500 Emergency Management Performance Grant salary-reimbursement application; and CASA grants requesting $31,404 in matching funds and $13,465 for capacity building. A separate finance discussion considered whether to allocate bank interest to the Redevelopment Commission’s fund, which was described as holding nearly $10 million; commissioners discussed retaining interest in the general fund amid future budget pressures, but no final allocation action was evident in the transcript. The meeting also referenced roughly $85 million in capital improvements and a $2 million cooling-system replacement, without a new procurement award recorded.