While the budget hasn’t been finalized, Supervisor Mark Campbell, who is the chairman of the Board of Supervisors, said the county has put together a “wish list” of projects they would like to see completed.

A lot of that, he said, will depend on how much the planned clock tower replacement project ends up costing.

The county is planning to make repairs to the clock tower atop the Webster County Courthouse in fiscal year 2020.

Engineers from Shuck-Britson, of Des Moines, part of the Snyder & Associates family, were hired by the county in September as part of a study to repair the courthouse’s iconic clock tower.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Workers from Snyder & Associates examine the Webster County Courthouse clock tower on a crane from McGough Inc. Shuck-Britson, of Des Moines, an affiliate of Synder & Associates, was hired to perform an examination of the clock tower including physical measurements, a 3-D scan, and photos taken by drone. Crews will be here for about a week.

The plan included use of a 3-D scanner, using the crane to obtain measurements and details of the copper dome, and images taken with a drone.

He said the clock tower project is at the top of the list of projects to get done.

“Depending on what the bids come in for that, we may have to bond for it,” Campbell said.

Most recently, in early December, a crew from Snyder and Associates, of Ankeny, were doing structural integrity testing on the 106-year-old clock tower.

While the clock tower is high on the priority list, it’s not the only major project the supervisors hope to tackle.

One of the projects, that Campbell said Supervisor Nick Carlson has taken charge of, is replacing the skylight on the courthouse.

“Those are a polycarbon plexiglass panel rather than glass, and a much more lightweight panel,” Campbell said. “(Carlson) is working with Johnson Controls to see what can be done.”

Two other major projects the supervisors would like to see completed involve the county-owned bank building, 723 First Ave. S.

This includes a major upgrade of the heating system.

“We are continuing to update and improve the heat pumps in the bank building,” Campbell said.

Over the years, different walls have been put up to divide up different areas, and he said this caused different components of the heating system to become separated. One part of it may be on one side of the wall, while the other part is on the other side.

“We’re going to try to get that corrected,” he said.

Campbell added the county is looking to repave the south parking lot of the bank building. McClure Engineering, of Fort Dodge, has been handling that project for the county, and Campbell said he expects bids for that project will go out “real soon.”

In the current fiscal year, the supervisors are planning on replacing the bank building’s skylight. A decision awarding a contract for that project was tabled until next week’s meeting.