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RAINFALL FLOODED SOME HOMES. AC UNITS. A MEETING THIS MORNING IN MADISON COUNTY TRIGGERED THE FRUSTRATIONS OF RESIDENTS. A FEW AGENDA ITEMS AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING LED TO SOME TENSE EXCHANGES. ����vlog MARCUS MCINTOSH JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THE HOT BUTTON ISSUES AND THE DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD MADE. IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE MADISON COUNTY ANNEX BEHIND ME HERE IN WINTERSET, WHERE TWO TOPICS OF DISCUSSION DREW SOME HEATED DEBATE. AFTER YOU POSTED A NOTICE OF VACANCY FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. EXACTLY WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO. NO, YOU DID NOT. A TENSE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. CHAIR. THIS STEMMED FROM WHO TOLD THE BOARD TO PUBLISH A VACANCY ON THE COUNTY AUDITOR POSITION, A MOVE THAT WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER A TEMPORARY AUDITOR WAS IN PLACE. THROUGH MORE DISCUSSION, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE IS A COUNTY AUDITOR. I’M GLAD THAT WE CAME TO RESOLUTION TODAY. MATT SCHWARTZ IS TEMPORARILY APPOINTED UNTIL A SPECIAL ELECTION. THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS AUGUST 26TH. THE PUBLIC WANTS TO HAVE A VOTE THEMSELVES, SO WE DON’T TRUST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PUT FORTH CANDIDATES THAT ARE IN THE INTEREST OF THE CONSTITUENTS. ANOTHER ITEM DRAWING A LOUD RESPONSE, THE APPROVAL OF A $100,000 PAYMENT TO TURNING POINT EVALUATION INCORPORATED MONEY FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT. WE’RE NOT GOING TO WRITE A $100,000 CHECK TO SOMEBODY. WE ARE WE AREN’T WRITING A CHECK. DIANE. DIANE, WILL YOU PLEASE LET ME FINISH? THE POINT IS, IS THAT THIS IS $100,000 THAT WE ARE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS THE BOARD, AS THE BOARD. SO, NO, YOU’RE NOT. THIS IS NOT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE ALLOCATION OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT CONTINGENT UPON A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STAKEHOLDERS. NOW, THEY EXPECT THIS COULD BE DONE BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING IN TWO WEEKS IN WINTERSET. MARCUS MCINTOSH, ����vlog EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. AND THE NEXT MADISON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH. THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR COUNTY AUDITOR HAPPENS AUGUST 26TH. THE BATTLE OVER THE AUDITOR SPOT BEGAN IN MAY, WHEN FORMER COUNTY AUDITOR TERRY KOSINSKI POSTED HER RESIGNATION LETTER TO FACEBOOK. IT COMES AFTER KOSINSKI TRIED TO FIGHT THE BOARD’S DECISION TO NOT HIRE HER CAMPAIGN MANAGER, LESLIE BECK, FOR A POSITION IN THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE. THAT CASE HAS SINCE BEEN DISMISSED. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPOINTED MATTHEW SCHWARTZ AS THE NEW AUDITOR EARLIER THIS MONTH. SHORTLY AFTER A PETITION BEGAN CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THAT POSITION, AND THAT LED TO A COMPLAINT AGAINST COUNTY SUPERVISOR HEATHER STANSELL. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF VOTER INTIMIDATION BASED ON A COMMENT SHE MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE POSITION. THE PETITION. ON JULY 16TH, STANSELL FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST SHERIFF JASON BARNES OVER H