NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR LEASE OF REAL ESTATE BY CHEROKEE COUNTY, IOWA
Cherokee County Board of Supervisors, Iowa, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, the 20th day of May, 2025, at 9:15 o’clock A.M. in the Board of Supervisors Room at the Cherokee County Courthouse, 520 West Main Street, Cherokee, Iowa, on a resolution to enter into a four (4) year farm (pasture) lease of the following described real estate:
Parcel “B”, a parcel of land described as being a part of Parcel “A” (Doc. #2018-1108, Cherokee County Recorder’s Office) of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter (N ½ NW ¼) of Section Fifteen (15), Township Ninety (90) North, Range Forty-one (41) West of the 5th P.M., Cherokee County, Iowa, further described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter (NW ¼) of said Section Fifteen (15), also being the Northeast corner of said Parcel “A” (the following nine courses are common to said Parcel “A”); thence South 03°28’39” West on the East line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE ¼ NW ¼) of said Section Fifteen (15), a distance of 1338.33 feet to the Southeast Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE ¼ NW ¼) of said Section Fifteen (15); thence South 88°01’10” West on the South line of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter (N ½ NW ¼) of said Section Fifteen (15), a distance of 1668.10 feet; thence North 25°54’54” East, a distance of 579.38 feet; thence North 87°41’13” East, a distance of 324.62 feet; thence North 03°59’46” East, a distance of 279.10 feet; thence South 86°53’34” East, a distance of 87.24 feet; thence North 41°46’38” East, a distance of 77.37 feet; thence North 13°01’45” East, a distance of 551.80 feet to a point on the North line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE ¼ NW ¼) of said Section Fifteen (15); thence South 89°22’32” East on said North line a distance of 3.13 feet; thence South 07°13’51” West, a distance of 374.66 feet; thence South 83°52’32” East, a distance of 290.13 feet; thence South 00°19’49” East, a distance of 129.23 feet; thence South 87°04’32” East, a distance of 455.01 feet; thence North 44°22’52” East, a distance of 159.66 feet; thence North 04°11’23” East, a distance of 432.97 feet to a point on the North line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE ¼ NW ¼) of said Section Fifteen (15); thence South 89°22’32” East on said North line, a distance of 45.29 feet to the Point of Beginning; said described Parcel “B” contains 28.26 acres and is subject to any and all Easements, be they of record or not.
Persons wishing to make written comments may do so by submitting them to the Cherokee County Auditor no later than 8:30 A.M. on Tuesday, the 20th day of May, 2025. Persons wishing to make oral comments may do so at the public hearing at the time and place referenced above.
The Board of Supervisors will consider an offer from Bryan C. Petersen to lease the real estate above described in the amount of $50.00 per acre ($50.00 x 28.26 acres = $1,413) per year for four (4) years. Said annual payment to be due by March 1st each year. Further number of acres and annual lease payment shall be subject to annual review and potential mining of said premises. Any reduction in the number of acres shall reduce the annual lease payment accordingly.
Persons with questions about the lease of real property should contact the office of the County Auditor at the Cherokee County Courthouse at 712-225-6704.
This notice is being published in conformance with Iowa Code Sections 331.361 and 331.305
Kris Glienke
Cherokee County Auditor
Published in the Marcus News on May 8, 2025