(Guthrie Center, IA) — With rising food costs, the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors made it a little easier to feed senior citizens in the county.
The Supervisors today approved an increase in budget spending for Elderbridge which is an organization that provides older citizens a number of different services including meals that can be delivered to the homes. Supervisor Maggie Armstrong
Armstrong says the increase was only slight but were needed because food costs are going up
According to the official report, Elderbridge provided $28.35 of services to seniors in Guthrie County for every one dollar of county funds received. To make up the difference, Elderbridge gets state and federal funding and donations. The Board voted 5-0 to approve the increase.
The Board also approved 50 percent of the appropriations for fiscal year 2025, they have received a letter of engagement from Tim Whipple from the Des Moines law firm Ahlers and Cooney concerning a possible ordinance against the Summit Carbon Solutions Pipeline and the Board will take that up at next week’s meeting. They also are redoing their website and a new design should be out later this week. And the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors have added a Facebook page.
