Tama County Administration Building, 104 W State St., Toledo, Iowa. TELEGRAPH FILE PHOTO

TOLEDO – The biggest thing on the agenda for the Oct. 23 meeting of the Tama County Board of Supervisors was the discussion of the Tama County Historical Society’s lease on their building. Or was it? The original lease for the building, drafted in 1973, was good for 50 years which would have ended this year.

However, County Attorney Brent Heeren attended the meeting to inform us that that was not the case. Back in 2000, he said, things were redone so that when the original lease ended this year, it would be automatically extended another 50 years. So, after Heeren informed everyone of this, nothing had to be done.

Other business

The Tama County Engineer reported that the blades are working and preparations are being made for winter. The Toledo Deer Creek bridge is nearing completion with the next step being the pouring of the approaches. A bridge is being removed on K Avenue this week, and another bridge on I Avenue is getting finished up. The supervisors had two utility permits to sign and voucher.

The auditor’s quarterly report was approved as well as the Veteran Affairs quarterly report.

Claims totaling $469,694.07 were approved.