Primghar, Iowa — The O’Brien County Board of Supervisors has given the OK to sharing their engineer with Osceola County temporarily — until Osceola County can find and hire a replacement engineer.
Aaron Holmbeck resigned as the previous Osceola County engineer Wednesday, June 10th. Dickinson County Engineer Dan Eckert shared his services with Osceola County for about four months, until the Dickinson County Board of Supervisors decided it was time to have Eckert’s services full-time again.
Under the 28E agreement between O’Brien and Osceola counties, O’Brien County Engineer Scott Rinehart will remain a full-time employee of O’Brien County. Osceola County may hire him for no less than 20 hours per week, paying O’Brien County for his services as billed by O’Brien County. Osceola County will also pay one-half of Rinehart’s benefits.
Each county will provide office space, telephone, supplies, equipment, technical support, etc.
The agreement is to begin on December 6th, and will continue until terminated by either board, with 30 days’ notice.
