ServePro tabbed to clean Humboldt County polling locations following election

By: Donovan W. Mann – [email protected]

Dakota City, IA – The Humboldt County Auditor is bringing in a third party cleaning service to have all polling places properly cleaned following the election.

During a recent meeting of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Auditor Peggy Rice told the board she has found a cleaning service to come in and sanitize all polling places. She says the company ServePro will be going to every polling place in the county on Wednesday, Nov. 4 to perform the service.

The auditor told the board she really wanted to make sure they returned to the polling places to peak cleanliness. A lot of cities have been generous enough to allow the county to use locations in the city for no cost. She says “the least we could do” is return it in as good of, if not better, condition than before the election.

Rice also says there has been a few changes in polling locations. There is no longer a polling place in Thor and Thor residents will have to come to Dakota City to vote at the VFW. In Bode the polling place is not going to be at City Hall but instead it is now at the community center. In the City of Humboldt those who normally vote at City Hall will go to the community center, located in the old Senior Center.

The quote from ServePro for the cleaning and sanitation of the polling locations is for $1,743.80. The cost for the service will be completely covered by grants received by the Humboldt County Auditors Office.

All polling places in Humboldt County will open up at 7 am tomorrow, Tuesday, and be open until 9 pm.