Dodge County agendas: 2027 tobacco fees, two road project payments and a Kasson lift station agreement
No votes, dollar amounts or outcomes appear in the meeting records supplied for this week's Dodge County roundup. Every item below comes from agendas. Minutes for the Oct. 7 Planning Commission meeting and the Oct. 13 committee and Board of Commissioners meetings were not published in the records reviewed, so what the county bodies actually decided is not established here. What follows is what they were scheduled to take up.
Board of Commissioners: tobacco fees, road payments, Kasson agreement
The Dodge County Board of Commissioners was scheduled to meet Oct. 13 with an agenda spanning administration, public health and public works. Listed items include approval of 2027 tobacco license fees, final payments for SAP 020-615-022 and SAP 020-601-016, a Public Health stoop and north door replacement, Annex South Entry site improvements, and a lift station maintenance agreement with the City of Kasson. The agenda does not state dollar amounts for the payments or the site work.
Public Works: two final payments and an embankment overrun
The Public Works Committee was scheduled to review final payments on two SAP projects, SAP 020-615-022 and SAP 020-601-016, and to discuss an embankment quantity overrun tied to a road widening project. The agenda gives no figures for the overrun or the payments.
Public Health: 2027 tobacco license fees
The Public Health Committee was scheduled to receive a departmental update from Director Amy Evans and to consider approval of 2027 tobacco license fees. The same fee item also appears on the Board of Commissioners agenda, meaning the committee action would feed into the board's own vote. No proposed fee amounts were included in the records.
Public Safety: Towards Zero Deaths grant
The Public Safety Committee was scheduled to hear a presentation on the 2027 Towards Zero Deaths Grant, with Sergeant Scott Prins listed as presenter. The agenda does not describe the grant amount or what it would fund.
Administration: bills, HR and the Kasson lift station
The Administration Committee was scheduled to review bills and HR Agenda 10/13/2026, approve minutes of its Sept. 22, 2026 meeting, and receive a presentation on a lift station maintenance agreement with the City of Kasson. The Kasson agreement appears on both the Administration Committee and Board of Commissioners agendas.
Committee of the Whole: insurance recommendation, expired permit
The Committee of the Whole was scheduled to review a recommendation from the Insurance Committee, presented by Nichole Farnsworth, and to discuss an expired conditional use permit, #04-15, presented by Jackson Miller. The agenda does not state what the recommendation proposes or what action, if any, was sought on the expired permit.
Planning Commission: Carstensen permit and zoning amendment
The Planning Commission's Oct. 7 agenda called for a public hearing on interim use permit IUP#26-08 for Carstensen and consideration of zoning amendment ZA#26-04, affecting Chapters 16, 17 and 18. The agenda also listed approval of the Sept. 2, 2026 meeting minutes and the public hearing notice. Participation was offered in person, via Microsoft Teams, or through written comments.
About this record
These summaries are drawn from published agendas. Agendas describe what a body intends to consider; they do not record what was approved, rejected, tabled or amended. Vote tallies, contract values and final outcomes will appear in the minutes once published, and the official county documents remain the authoritative record.
Coming up
No upcoming meetings were listed in the records supplied for the next 14 days. Residents should check Dodge County's official meeting calendar and posted agendas for scheduled sessions, locations and remote participation details.