By Joyce Wiese Tama County Supervisors Larry Vest, Kendall Jordan and Dan Anderson passed a resolution Monday morning adopting the Tama County Multi-Jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan. The Board of Supervisors authorized the development of a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan that was prepared in compliance with Hazard Mitigation Planning requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 provided by the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division. All meetings of the Tama County Planning Committee were open to the public. The municipalities within Tama County that participated in the multi=jurisdictional plan process will each pass their own resolution to approve and adopt the plan. Lyle Brehm, county engineer, was present stating fences near Gladbrook were being redone. Also work on the approach to a bridge near Elberon is nearly completed. Bob Etzel from the County Conservation office was present to request a resolution to support creation of the Middle Cedar River Watershed Management Authority of which Tama County is a part. This runs from Iowa Falls southeast to Cedar Rapids. Tama County Supervisors are charged with providing programs and services to help improve quality of life of Tama County citizens. In 2010 Iowa lawmakers passed legislation authorizing the creation of Watershed Management Authorities (WMA) A WMA is a mechanism for cities, counties, Soil and Water Conservation Districts and stakeholders to cooperatively engage in watershed planning and management. Therefore, Tama County Supervisors determined that water quality and flood mitigation are important to the health and well being of citizens and property owners of Tama County. Tama County has experienced serious flooding in regions of the Middle Cedar River Watershed . Tama County supervisors have a vested interest in reducing flooding risks and improving water quality in Tama County. Supervisors realizes the benefits of partnering with other agencies and private citizens to reduce flooding and improving water quality and support the creation of the Middle Cedar River Watershed Management Authority. Roger Wacha Jr. a taxpayer from rural Toledo was present and asked about a driveway to land he is farming in Highland township. Wacha said the driveway had been taken out, and not by him. Wacha asked for the driveway to be replaced as it was. He was advised to go to the County Engineer’s office and discuss this with the Engineer. Another Tama County taxpayer present was Luke Squiers from near Tama. Squiers owns a campground in section 29 of Tama township and says he has several campers who stay through the winter. He requested the road to the campground be kept up all winter as campers need to get out. Claims approved for the past week came to $79305.59