Jim Irwin Jr.

Made the motion to spend up to $55,000 of opioid settlement money on a van for the Rediscover Recovery Center. The board passed it 3-0.

March 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Made the motion to budget 3% raises for most county elected officials, no raise for the auditor, and 1.5% for supervisors. It passed 2-1.

April 20, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on a $40,000 county contract with the Keep Iowa Beautiful Hometown Pride program, saying he was looking at budget cuts. It passed 2-1.

August 19, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on larger pay raises for county road workers that the county engineer asked for. The motion failed 1-2.

June 3, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes to hire Valley Construction for a $3,839,000 remodel of the county office building. It was the second-lowest bid, chosen for its work schedule. It passed 2-1.

March 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on a plan for federal pandemic relief money. It raised the YWCA homeless project pledge to $500,000 and added $800,000 for county office building repairs. It passed 2-1.

February 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes to reaffirm a $500,000 county pledge to the YWCA for an apartment project for homeless and low-income people. It passed 2-1.

October 16, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes to start county projects paid for with federal pandemic relief money. They included a courthouse elevator, two dump trucks, and new road sheds. It passed 2-1.

January 18, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to raise pay increases for county workers from 2% to 3% for the year starting July 2021. The board passed it 3-0.

June 14, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes to give most county elected officials a 3% pay raise and supervisors a 2% raise for the year starting July 2021. It passed 2-1.

March 22, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to give the YWCA a special $15,000 county grant to house homeless people right away. The board passed it 3-0.

February 8, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes to reaffirm a $500,000 county pledge to the YWCA for an apartment project for homeless and low-income people. It passed 2-1.

October 16, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted yes to give the YWCA more time to buy county land for a housing project for homeless people. It passed 2-1.

June 19, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted yes on a plan for federal pandemic relief money. It raised the YWCA homeless project pledge to $500,000 and added $800,000 for county office building repairs. It passed 2-1.

February 5, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes to reaffirm a $500,000 county pledge to the YWCA for an apartment project for homeless and low-income people. It passed 2-1.

October 16, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes to give the YWCA more time to buy county land for a housing project for homeless people. It passed 2-1.

June 19, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Made the motion to give the YWCA a special $15,000 county grant to house homeless people right away. The board passed it 3-0.

February 8, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes to hire Valley Construction for a $3,839,000 remodel of the county office building. It was the second-lowest bid, chosen for its work schedule. It passed 2-1.

March 25, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted yes to start county projects paid for with federal pandemic relief money. They included a courthouse elevator, two dump trucks, and new road sheds. It passed 2-1.

January 18, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted yes to adopt a new county wind turbine law with bigger setbacks and fire safety rules. It passed 2-1.

December 15, 2025

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Made the motion to require new wind turbines to stand at least 1,750 feet, or three times their height, from neighbors not in the project. It passed 2-1.

December 8, 2025

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Voted no on a pause on new applications for large solar farms. The pause failed 1-2.

March 10, 2025

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Abstained when the board voted on hiring his wife as a temporary election worker in the county auditor's office. The hire passed 2-0 on a second vote.

October 7, 2024

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Voted yes to stop taking applications for large wind farms until September 30, 2024, while the county updated its wind rules. It passed 2-1.

June 10, 2024

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Voted yes to rezone county land near Low Moor and Camanche for a solar power project. It passed 3-0.

January 8, 2024

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Voted yes to hire a contractor to spray weeds along county roads, with half the miles blanket-sprayed. Supervisor Erin George voted no and asked for spot spraying only. It passed 2-1.

January 23, 2023

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Was elected chair of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors for 2023.

January 3, 2023

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Made the motion to have the county's human resources office form a group to write a policy letting workers donate paid leave to coworkers. It passed 2-1.

July 1, 2021

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Voted yes to adopt the Clinton County budget for the year starting July 1, 2021. It passed 2-1.

March 22, 2021

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