Board of Supervisors Agenda and Minutes - Regular Meeting

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I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING FOR DALLAS COUNTY. Item number two is approval of the agenda. My only change to the agenda is that I'm removing item 10 as it has resolved itself. And I don't have any other changes. Second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passes, excuse me. Please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item four is open forum. Is there anyone here to speak in open forum today? Anyone for open forum? Yes. Please state your name.

My name is Robert Greenway. Greenville, Iowa. Candidate Rozak and myself both discussed last time, you have a asbestos situation in the Wells Fargo building and mitigation was going to run about $107,000. Is there any way to look back on the purchase agreement of any type of nondisclosure or disclosure and whether or not that would be worth some kind of a letter or a challenge to any disclosure of the cost. And it's a legal question.

This is open forums. We'll just take information in. We don't debate or answer questions at this point.

Well, I think it needs to be turned over to the county attorney to at least look at. It's just a suggestion.

Yep, and we'll take that under advisement.

All right, thank you.

Anybody else in open forum? Okay, we move now down to consent agenda.

You had a person.

Oh, I'm sorry. Pardon me. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Please state your name.

John Nelson. Where's the item number 11 on the road construction on the Redfield, 8L road? Where is that located at?

You mean the Raccoon Valley Trail, that item 11? Is that what you're talking about?

Oh, that's what it is? Okay.

It's for the trail. But we'll get to that, John, and they'll explain it. Okay, thank you. Anyone else who speak in open forum? Okay, we'll move down to the consent agenda.

Move approval of the consent agenda.

Second. Is there any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Item six is the supervisor's minutes from 6-9 of 26.

Move approval.

Second. Is there any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Item seven is human resources.

Good morning. First, we have end of employment for an employee in our motor vehicle department, and then the requisition to backfill that position. Then we have the July 1 payroll change form for secondary roads. And then finally, we have a receive and file for a new outreach coordinator starting in conservation.

Move to receive and file for conservation.

Second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries.

I move approval of the balance of payroll change forms presented today.

Second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye.

Aye.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES. PAYPAN REVIEW. AFTER NUMEROUS.

AFTER NUMEROUS. SO AFTER THE CONVERSATION LAST WEEK, I CHANGED THE EXTERNAL MARKET OR EXCUSE ME, THE ANNUAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. back to using the CPI, so I changed all the verbiage from market adjustment back to cost of living adjustment, stated that we would use the consumer price index for the Midwest region data moving forward. I also stated that we would use the third quarter data so we have that information going into the budgeting season.

Any further questions on the pay plan?

I don't think so. I don't either. I'd offer an approval of the pay plan policy as updated and presented today.

Second. Is there any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thank you. Item eight is capital projects. We'll move down to the auditor's office renovations. Christopher.

Good morning.

Good morning.

WE HAVE TURNER CONSTRUCTIONS AMENDMENT ONE, DATED JUNE 16, 2026, FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES RELATED TO THE AUDITOR OFFICE RENOVATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF, SORRY, I THINK IT'S 38,000, GOT TO GET TO THE RIGHT PAGE.

825.

38,825, THANK YOU. We have reviewed and recommend approval. And I believe that Ben has reviewed this document as well.

Yes, yes, authorize the chair to sign. Second. Is there any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Item two, the earth services asbestos abatement contract. So we talked about this last week.

Yes, yep, we awarded last week and we have the contract which has been reviewed by Ben as well. And it's been signed, the copy that I gave Melinda this morning has been signed by the contractor, Earth Services and Abatement LLC. And so we would recommend approval of the abatement contract for $107,000 and recommend the chair sign.

Second.

Is there any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Jamie, can I ask you a question? I thought I read in the update for the courthouse that the steel that we had ordered, is that coming any sooner than anticipated or not? I might have misread that, too.

Yeah, we've been scheduled to come this week.

This week, that it's coming this week.

Yeah, we're finalizing plans and stuff.

I SAW THAT THE DEMO, THE FINAL DEMO BEFORE.

YEAH, THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE FINAL DEMO WRAPPED UP, I THINK, TODAY. OKAY. WE'RE JUST FINALIZING OUR PLANS, OUR PICK PLANS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THIS DEAL IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS WEEK, BUT WE MAY PUSH IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT EFFECTIVE PLANS IN PLACE. THAT WE'RE READY TO GO. YEAH, THAT WE'RE READY TO GO, SO THAT WHEN WE GET IT INTO THE BUILDING, WE CAN GET IT UP INTERACTED. OKAY. If we don't have those plans in place later this week, we should get our plans formalized and finalized this week for a operation next week.

Okay, great, great.

Sorry, I was late to the meeting.

No, no, it's okay. It was okay. Thank you. Anything else for capital projects today? Okay. All right, thank you very much. Thank you. So we'll move down to Item 9, Iowa Primary Care Association Behavioral Health System Introduction and Presentation. We have a presenter today. Yes, hello.

All right, let's see. Do I just plug in? No, you can first. Okay. All right. Am I plugged in the right spot?

And then would you introduce yourself? Yes, yes, I will.

Oh my gosh, it comes up. Well, thanks so much for allowing us to come visit with you today. My name is Betsy Stursema, and I'm the district leader with Iowa Primary Care Association. I'm actually the district leader for District 5, which includes Dallas County. District 5 goes up to Hamilton County, down through Central Iowa, all the way to the border. I also have with me, Amy, do you want to introduce yourself?

Hi, I'm Amy Ramsey. I am the District 5 system manager.

I also have with me, Laura, do you want to introduce yourself? I bring a team.

So here's kind of some of the other leaders that we have and other staff in District 5 specific.

Today, I want to, I know we have a short amount of time, so it might look like a lot, but I want to run through it pretty quickly. Just kind of introducing Iowa Primary Care Association and who we are as the Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization. Also want to have Amy talk a little bit about our system navigation program, want to hit on our district advisory councils, and then be available for any questions. So I also include this slide because in case you've heard any of our other behavioral health leadership speak, I always think it's nice to put a name and a face together and be like, oh, that's who that was. So we're kind of almost a year in now, so this is a little bit outdated. But just a reminder, prior to July 1st, we had the mental health and disability services regions. I actually previously worked with one of the regions. But then on July 1st, Iowa launched the new unified behavioral health system, really realigning how everything worked. Previously, the regions had mental health and disability services, the state had substance use disorder, and then the AAAs had aging services. So kind of realigned how those are organized, creating the behavioral health, which would be the mental health and the substance use, and then also have the disability services going over with the aging, with the disability, with the ADRC, Aging and Disability Resource Centers. So really the reason to do that was trying to streamline access and ensure consistent care. Obviously working with the regions, I talk a lot about like, you could have somebody who lived a mile down the road and they were in a completely different county, a different region, how they got services, what they could get for services could be completely different. So really trying to streamline that and create that consistency. So again, the goal is really to make it easier for all Iowans to get support and services. So a key part of this new system is Iowa Primary Care Association and acting as the Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization. or BHASO because it's a mouthful of ways. So who is Iowa PCA? I'll be honest, didn't know who Iowa PCA was prior to all the bidding at the state and knowing that they were bidding on this contract. But Iowa PCA has been around a long time, founded in 1988, comprised of the 14 community health centers across Iowa, and always been committed to expanding access to quality coordinated care. All right, so why the realignment? I always like to kind of set this up so it's like, why did the state do this? Again, talked about navigating across counties, regions, and systems could be confusing. Again, going back to not only that living the mile down the road, but let's say I struggle with both mental health and substance use disorder. I'm in two completely different systems, and that's really hard to navigate. Which comes first? Was it the mental health that led to substance use, or was it substance use that then led to some mental health issues? So kind of helping streamline those two systems together. Outcomes weren't satisfactory. I talk a lot about at the regional level, we talked a lot about outputs. Rather than outcomes, so how many people got this service, but not did that service actually help the person, right? They could have gotten all the services in the world, but if it didn't really help them, is that really an outcome we want to measure? So looking to do that more with the BHISO. And then a lot of duplicative administrative red tape. So providers, again, if they were in different regions, they had different contracts, had to bill differently, really trying to streamline that to help Iowans get the support they need. All right, so again, here you can actually see the counties in District 5, which I think is helpful. So we are the centralized administrative and coordinating body over all seven behavioral health districts. But I am specific to District 5, so I live in District 5, I've worked in District 5, I think I've lived in District 5 all my life, actually. And worked here most of my life, so. We executed over 128 contracts statewide, and that's really for access and sustainability funding. So we talk a lot about that there's like firehouse models, like mobile crisis. They're never gonna be able to sustain that service by just billing their interactions with people. So we provide that access and sustainability funding to ensure that that service can exist. So the other piece of that too that regions often did before was if I needed to go to therapy and I was uninsured, I could make application to my mental health region, I could go to a provider, they would issue me a notice of decisions saying I was approved to be able to go to a provider to get that therapy. That does not come through Iowa PCA anymore. I always tell everybody that just so it's, it really has been streamlined. which is individuals can now go directly to a Medicaid-approved provider, and that provider now does all of that approval process. So if I'm uninsured, I can call a therapist up if they take Medicaid and get an appointment, and they will help determine my eligibility for that payment. and trying to streamline it for the providers. Because if we don't have providers, we can't do the services. There aren't services to be had. So again, it's a whole lot easier for providers to kind of do all of that in-house versus having to figure out what each region and how they wanted to do that authorization. All right, so the other thing that was really identified through this process was that people just don't know how to get behavioral health services. And so part of what Iowa PCA is doing now since July 1st is our system navigation program. So I think it's always easier when somebody who's doing the service can talk about it. So Amy's gonna talk a little bit about system navigation. All right.

Yes, so system navigation provides crucial direct connection with the individual, and this helps the navigator understand unique needs and provide tailored support and follow-up to build trust and operate with a person-centric model. We, as system navigators, provide extensive information, education and guidance, application assistance for services, identify options to overcome barriers to access, provide support during key transitions, and provide referrals to warm handoffs and warm handoffs to appropriate providers and long-term services. However, we do not provide treatment, medication, counseling, or crisis intervention. A couple of different ways for patients, supporters, and caregivers to access system navigation. You can call, text, or chat Your Life Iowa and request these services. Providers and partners can also directly access system navigation with our direct line there for District 5, 515-505-8988. And that's partners that can include crisis providers, disability access points, law enforcement, jails, managed care organizations. Our system navigators are also in person across the state. No appointments are necessary and walk-ins are welcome. You can scan the QR code to see where all we are at around the state and our locations and hours. System navigation is unique because our navigators are highly trained, knowledgeable, and connected professionals who understand the intricate behavioral health system. And we maintain expertise through community connections, network events, and supported statewide networks. System navigation is designed for short-term support and connections, not long-term case management or ongoing treatment. It complements existing services by guiding individuals, and these services are entirely free with very few eligibility requirements, making them accessible to anyone in Iowa, including individuals, families, caregivers, and professionals. No insurance or income requirements, making it low barrier access for all. System navigation also supports both individuals seeking services directly and the professionals, family members, or other helpers on behalf of others. System navigation finally is designed for rural areas to explicitly bridge the gaps in care, ensuring access regardless of geographic location.

I'm going to jump in here. This is where I always give this feel, which is we understand that there's a lot of already helpers in the system. I know you guys have the navigators in your health department. There's case managers. We really don't want to take over those roles. What we really want to do is help the helpers. human services, social work for a long time. And I know even no matter how many times I've worked with people, there's times where every individual is different and I'll get stuck working with somebody. So what I think is great about system navigation is not only are we there to help the families and the individuals that might need the services, but we can also help the helpers. So we want to come alongside those individuals that are in the community doing this work and when they get stuck, that they can contact system navigation. The nice thing is system navigation, again, is statewide, so they have system navigators all across the state that have a network where they work together. So sometimes if they get, even they themselves get stuck, they can kind of put it into a chat where all of the system navigators across the state, and we've had where it's like, oh gosh, there's this statewide program that's up in Northeast Iowa, and so then it can, they can tell a system navigator about that in Southeast Iowa, which otherwise those local community resources may not have known about that. So again, having that statewide purview is really helpful. and enabling us to really help those helpers that exist in the community.

No, that's fine. That's a great example. We do that a lot, actually. And just a couple situations where system navigation could be helpful. One could be that a rural resident is newly diagnosed with depression and doesn't know what behavioral health services are available in their small town or nearby, and they're worried about stigma. That's where the navigator will step in and help identify those local or telehealth options, help them connect with that care, and ensure that the services are appropriate and accessible while providing reassurance to address stigma. Something else could be that an individual leaves the hospital with a list of outpatient providers with no appointment schedules, feeling overwhelmed, and the navigator can help set up appointments, arrange transportation, and ensure a warm handoff, ongoing care and follow-up.

All right, so I do want to hit on our district advisory councils. I really think it's an opportunity for individuals to be able to engage with Iowa PCA and the BHASO. I know I've had other county officials who are like, we are very involved in the regions, and so how do we continue to be involved in behavioral health and what's going on in the state of Iowa? So I always want to bring up our district advisory councils as an option. Here kind of shows, you can see in District 5 where the different individuals that sit on our District 5 advisory councils exist. So who makes up our district advisory councils? We have three elected public officials, three individuals with lived behavioral health experience, three behavioral health expertise or education, so typically people who are in the field, and then one law enforcement representative. We do have another District Advisory Council coming up, gosh, next week, June 23rd. We always have them online, so they're always virtual, but we are going to do a couple times a year having hybrid, so having the in-person option as well as the virtual option. And June 23rd, we're actually going to be meeting at the Polk County Sheriff's Office. He's on our District Advisory Council, so he'll be hosting this meeting. You can always find out more information on the district advisory councils on our website. Also, if you didn't catch the QR code and you're curious about where our system navigators are on site, that's also on our website. So here's kind of my call to action. Why do I come out and do this? One big thing is we want to spread the word about system navigation. It's a free service that's available to not only the patients and the caregivers, but also the helpers like I talked about. So really want to let people know that that service is available. Also encouraging people to participate in our district advisory council meetings. There's a public comment time, and we really like to hear from others in our district. What's going on? What are your concerns? What are things that are maybe going well also? And then sharing your observations, ideas, and opportunities for collaboration. So part of my role as District 5 leader is not only coming out and talking about it just so people are aware of who we are, what we do, and what exists, but I'm also responsible for assessing our district. What are our strengths? What are our gaps? What are our opportunities? And so although we do that in a formal process, I also like to hear that on the informal level. Informally to you know kind of as you go what happened well. What didn't go well. What questions do you have? And so always feel free to reach out to me directly or you can always go through info at Iowa PCA Right So I know I gave a lot of information quickly and tried to stay on task I'm a fast talker anyways, so then you get me kind of going through and I can keep going any question

Um, it looked like that you had someone from Dallas County on your advisory.

Who is that? So we have, um, so we have an individual with lived experience as well as a provider. Um, and I, you know, honestly, I don't know exactly where everybody's from, so I couldn't give you exactly who that is. Um, I can tell you all who's on it. Maybe you could pick out who the Dallas County folks are, but I'll go to your website. Yeah. That'd be great.

Any other questions for our speakers?

Do you have any kind of a calling program where someone approaches maybe our sheriff's office as an example to let them know what's available?

Yeah, definitely. You can always, so our system navigation, we try to make it very easy for people to know to go to Your Life Iowa. That's why there's not necessarily a separate phone number. So people can always be referred to Your Life Iowa to get connected to our system navigation. But, like, Sheriff, if there's ever a time where you want us to connect directly with somebody, you can always call that partner's number as well. That's a really easy way for people to get them connected. I just received a call, got to me, actually, from one of these presentations. I previously worked in Greene County. It was one of my counties that I covered as a region. The auditor gave a hospital from, I think, I don't remember where it was, but kind of just trying to connect, like, okay, this person really can't fall through the cracks. It got to me. I passed it on to system navigation, and they were able to make contact with that individual. So really, you can come wherever. You can call me directly, email me directly, go through our system navigation, or go through Your Life, Iowa. But I am, I guess I should say, I am the primary contact for District 5 for providers, community partners, if there's anything besides system navigation. Thank you. Yeah, thank you so much for the opportunity. I appreciate it.

We have a few minutes before our public hearing. I'm not going to open up. I'd like to jump down to item 12, if that's okay. That's our second reading of our ordinance for proposed changes to chapter 47, radon mitigation. We had our public hearing last week on this item. So this is a second reading, not a public hearing on this. And we haven't had any further comments from anyone? No one, okay. We have, we've done, I don't think we've done any third weight readings on these. I think we've just done seconds, right? And we waived the third, the last couple times.

This would have a third.

You could, you could, absolutely.

Okay. Well, for our no comments, I would offer to approve the second reading, ordinance 2026-0016, and waive the third reading.

Second. Is there any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. And then let's jump down to item 13, our last operating transfers. So these are the last ops for the fiscal, right?

Yes, correct. So the first one actually was in addition to the next two. Through reviews of budgets before the end of the fiscal year, I determined that the royalty payments that we've been receiving from one of those mines down on Bloomville 90, F90, the royalties that we've been getting are being deposited into the Conservation Conditional Use Fund but when that agreement was made with, I believe it's Hallett Materials, it was supposed to be deposited in the secondary roads fund. So this, because of the work that was done on that approach into the mine, there was an agreement by our secondary roads department, there was an agreement in the conditional use plan, for those royalties to be deposited into the secondary roads fund. So three years, 58,000 was deposited into the conservation conditional use. This is being transferred back to where it's supposed to go into the secondary roads fund.

And the other two.

The other two are the third transfers also to secondary roads, one from general fund and the other one from rural basic fund. And again, the last two are budgeted.

I'll offer approval for Resolution 2026-0080, Resolution 2026-0081, and Resolution 2026

Second. Is there any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thank you. It is now 9.30. We are going to open our public hearing for the cost advisory services contract. And the reason we are having a public hearing is because it crosses fiscal years.

Yep, this is a three-year contract. Cost Advisory Services is the company that reviews the expenses that the county pays on behalf of DHS and is the basis for what is reimbursed back to us through the budgeting process from DHS. So this firm has been doing it for the county for forever. I think they've done, they do not all 99 counties, but almost all 99 counties, 90 or 95 counties in Iowa.

Okay, so we are in public hearing for this. If anyone wants to speak in the public hearing, please go to the podium. Have we received any comments from the public?

No. Not from my office, no. Okay.

Again, we are open. Within the public hearing, please go to the podium if you would like to talk about this specific topic.

I would say too that the county attorney's office and Ben has reviewed this contract and I won't speak for you, but I don't think you have any comments.

I have no comments.

So as I read this, they have an amount not to exceed $6,580 for each annual best allocation plan. So is it an early thing, or how did they come up with the actual fee?

I'm not sure how they come up with the fee, but we always have been billed exactly what has been in the contract. So I don't know if they estimate.

So the cost not to exceed is that's the cost?

Yeah.

Again, any other comments from the board? Questions? John, did you have a comment?

John Nelson. Yeah, I had a question. Reading through all this, I was wondering, what are our department heads getting paid for? Aren't they supposed to do all this evaluation? What purposes is this company providing us that our department heads aren't providing us?

It's a third-party independent review of the expenses that are paid by the county for DHS in the office space that we provide them.

So that's a state agency?

It's a state-required exercise.

Okay.

Move to close public hearing.

Second? Is there any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries.

I would propose to approve the contract to provide professional consulting services to Dallas County by Cost Advisory Services Incorporated. For a three-year term with an annual amount not to exceed $6,580.

Second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Okay, let's go back up to item 11, the RRVT Adel Redfield repairs intersection and the safety study. So two items here.

Good morning. Kurt Cable, conservation director. I also have Rich Volker here with Snyder and Associates to answer any questions you guys may have. And I may, since I drug him all the way here, you might just give an overview of the, which one do we have first on here? I think it's a repair. The intersection safety study. So I'm just going to have Rich give you a quick overview, and then we can answer any questions you might have about this one. And then we'll move to the Adelta Redfield repairs.

So you probably, again, Rich Volker with Snyder and Associates. You probably remember the recent last fall tragic crash on the High Trestle Trail. There was a fatality of a trail user on 44th Street in Polk County. And that's caused us to take a look at, through various committees and some that are involved with the High Trestle Trail, to take a look at some of the intersections along the trail system to see if all the signage is still there. Is there anything of concern in the site triangle as cyclists approach each intersection, mainly looking at the higher speed crossings out in the county, not necessarily looking in the cities proper on like residential streets and things, but really looking at all the crossings on the Raccoon River Valley Trail and the High Dressel Trail to establish kind of the baseline as of 2026. Do the signs all meet the manual on uniform traffic control devices? It's getting on 10 plus years since we've seen some of these intersections, at least from our standpoint, and CURT's folks as they're maintaining the trail can kind of notice when signs are missing, but sometimes a particular sign might go missing and stay missing for a long time and nobody notices it, nobody calls. So what this does, what this project is to, is to go through and do an inventory and develop a report that then after that Curt's staff can kind of take it from there in subsequent years. But it's a good check because things change over time. That crash on, on, 44th Ankeny grew in the time period since the trail was built Ankeny doubled in size So there's a lot more traffic on that road. It's a complete change of what you know was originally designed for that intersection, so It's just a good time to take a look at everything and make sure we are meeting standards This was budgeted and the bike trail fund for this next fiscal year and

So what will your office do with this information, Kurt, once it's completed?

So we will use it when we do our inventory. We kind of go through and we check signs. But what Rich is going to propose is they're going to have the list of signs that we need to have there, and then we'll make sure that we have that and those site triangles that are needed at each intersection. We need to maintain those, so.

And you talked to us through the budgeting process on this too, about this project. Yep, correct.

So looking at this, we've got about 30 sections?

No, there should be more than that.

Yeah, they're all listed in the scope. So there's two columns on the first page of Exhibit A for the North Loop segment, South Loop segment, and then the High Trestle Trail. So it's basically all real correct crossings of all trails in Dallas County.

Okay. So are some of these actually within city limits?

Just one, just one is the highway one 41 crossing of Perry is in the city limits of Perry, but it's one that we definitely wanted on the list to take a look at just because it's a high speed crossing. And, um, the, design when that went in was somewhat dictated by the state, the DOT, and that's a conversation that we would like to have with the current DOT district staff as far as that crossing is, Back in the day, they recommended actual barriers, dismount barriers, such that they were crossing the trail at two different spots, and they were so severe that people with recumbent trikes and things like that literally couldn't get through them, so they were riding around them on the grass. And eventually, I think the county took out Half of them took out one of the barriers, so there's like a half barrier. Are those half barriers still there?

Yes.

And ultimately, those barriers are an obstruction in the trail that someone could hit, especially people riding at night and things like that. So that's definitely one of the crossings that we wanted to take a look at, but it could be eliminated if we want to leave that to the city.

But just in general, asking if the city is participating in the study in some way other than just coming what? Are they financially?

City of Perry, no.

So any others?

All the rest of them are in the county. We're not looking at city streets.

Well, I think it's really important to make our crossings as safe as possible. And we don't want any, not only accidents, but vitalities. I know, we all get going fast on that trail sometimes.

And Ben has reviewed the terms and conditions, too. So those have been reviewed.

I'm ready.

Second. Is there any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye.

Motion carries. So then let's go to your other project.

Yep. The next one we have is a contract with Snyder to review the section between Adel and Redfield and mark out areas for crack filling and areas around the bridges that we need to replace with concrete that have settled over time. This is more of a safety issue that we're trying to take care of. We did budget for this in the bike trail fund for FY27 as well.

It starts on page 11. Yep.

So what we're looking at are a lot of the longitudinal cracks that are running with the trail. So when those start to open up and you're running alongside the trail, that's where those skinny bike tires can get in and we can have some issues there. We'll look to start this project after summer so we're not having another delay on that section. I'm hoping that we can try to have it open on the weekends, too.

Okay. Because I know you did work just west of the brickyards, right, on those first little bridges. So this would be all the way to Redfield, anything between Adel and Redfield.

Correct. Yep.

And when did you say the work would be done, next summer or this summer?

We'll have to see.

Late fall, okay. Any other questions?

Second. Is there any other discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries.

I know it's not on the agenda, but do you want me to give you an update on the bridge? Yes, please. Melinda, can I plug in? I've got some pictures to share with you and just a quick timeline. Okay, so up here I have the schedule that was put out for the bridge project. I know it might be kind of hard to see, but we're on schedule with everything. I crossed out build and pour abutment. They're actually working on that today or should have it poured tomorrow, waiting on approvals for the steel. And the big news is the bridge arrived last night. So I think that was kind of the big thing that we were waiting on to see if we're going to have this project done on time. I mean, still, stuff could come up, but it looks like everything is going to move ahead as planned. Again, just some pictures. We were hoping to get some pictures of the bridge actually being removed, but the guy on site, his phone got destroyed and we weren't able to recover those photos. So that's just shortly after the bridge was removed. That's looking towards Adele from east to west. Driving the H pilings that was done last week, I believe. And that I took this morning before I came. So that is one section of the bridge. They're getting ready to move it down towards the bridge. The other section is down there right now, so. Yeah, it's exciting to see the progress on this project and staying on schedule. I think people are going to be happy if we can get it done on August 7th.

So that is the tentative date, August 7th, for reopening?

Yeah, that's the date we have on the contract. It's a completion date project. Okay, super. Yeah. That's good news. Okay, thank you.

Thank you. Okay, we'll go down our agenda, down to item 15, which is resolution 2026-0079, general assistance manual. Good morning. Good morning. Did a lot of hard work on redoing all this ordinance.

So yeah, this is a continuation after the ordinance that we've passed the last couple of times. Ben, thank you so much for all your help with it. The manual that I sent to Melinda that's attached here does have one comment from Ben that we have resolved. It's just a Scrivener's error where we put the wrong section in there. The major updates, and I've said this before when we were talking about the ordinance, the two biggest things were we got rid of a really convoluted, complicated way of determining eligibility for the income of the person applying for general assistance and went to just straight 150% of the federal poverty level. And then the other thing that we added is if a person is on SRHA, which is housing assistance, they cannot get general assistance for rent, but they would still be able to get general assistance for utilities.

I didn't have anything, I thought it was well written. You guys did a great job on it.

Mm-hmm. All right, I move to approve the resolution 2026-0079.

Second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye, motion carries. We're down to other business. Is there any other business to come before the board today?

I don't either.

I don't either, so I'll take a motion to adjourn. Second. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned, thank you.