The Hamilton County supervisors met Tuesday morning, with only Chairman Rick Young and Mary Clausen in attendance. Citing the absence of April Ely, who was out of town, the subject of the Briggs Woods Conference was immediately tabled.

But that did not prevent comments from those in attendance.

The supervisors answered questions to explain as much as possible.

“We’ve been approached by several entities who have some interesting ideas,” said Young. “It will be business as usual until July 31.”

Young said they have been contacting the booked events to assure them there is no reason to cancel events.

“We will have the facility open after that and will be reaching out to talk to other groups,” he said.

Young said it would be on the next county supervisor agenda.

“We have two lawyers looking at this now,” he continued. “I have had a lot of input from people in my district.”

Each of the supervisors represents approximately 5,000 people. With Ely’s absence, he said he wanted a chance for her to talk with her people.

Don Seamonds expressed concern on the length of time. “Two weeks is too long,” he said.

Others in the room agreed that something should be happening in these two weeks.

“When April gets back, we can have a special meeting,” said Clausen.

In other business, the county approved a 28E agreement with Webster County to allow their assistant county attorney to be shared with Hamilton County.

They also approved an office at the Sashi Station for a state public defender to use and approved a resolution for the Bridge Farm Addition, a subdivision being developed south of Webster City.

In addition, Dawn Mark was appointed to the Williams Public Library.

A public hearing was also set for June 23 at 9 a.m. for the 2026 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.

The next meeting of the supervisors will be at 9 a.m. on June 23.