Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Good morning. We'll come to order. It's 9 a.m. Today is Thursday, October the 22nd, 2026. This is a formal meeting of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. Roll call, please.

All right. With all five supervisors present participating, we have quorum. Next, the chair would seek unanimous consent to approve the agenda as presented. I see no objection. It's so ordered. Item C, business from the public. C1 this morning is to acknowledge correspondence from the public. Any comments from supervisors? C, none. Item C2 is public comment. Is there any public comment this morning? Any public comment? Any public comment?

Thank you. Ma'am yeah can you leave your written comments that would be really if you so we can answer the questions that you have is there contact information on there one is probably yeah that's fine thank you thank you is there any additional public comment any additional public comment any additional public comments seen none we'll move on to item d or consent agenda the chair would seek a motion to approve the consent agenda items including payment of claims totaling $17,478,505.62, including discharge of a Johnson County bond in the amount of $16,134,450 in principal and $220,235.24 in i

Aye. Motion carries 5-0. The consent agenda items are approved. Item E is our formal meeting business. Item E1 this morning is to consider the statement of work for Government Advisory Services Consulting with I. Bailey Advisory LLC in an amount not to exceed $148,100 for financial services consulting. It's been moved by Green-Douglas, second by Remington. Discussion? Call.

Motion carries 5-0. That statement of work is approved. Item E-2 is to consider a resolution setting a public hearing on zoning and planning applications for November 19, 2026, 9 a.m. in the third floor boardroom 301 of the Health and Human Services Building and authorize the auditor to publish the notice. Moved by Green-Douglas. Second by Remington. Discussion?

Just to note, John, that this is not the usual second Thursday.

Yes, this is the 19th, and it's at 9 a.m. Any additional discussion? Roll call, please.

Aye. Motion carries 5-0. The resolution is adopted. Item F, Supervisor Reports. Supervisor Fix-Morais.

Yeah, this week, actually, it's been quite busy. I had two University of Iowa classes reach out to me to speak to their class. One was undergrads talking about a panel, or they had a panel I was a part of from Leading from the Margins, which was fantastic. I love speaking with our students and listening to them and their questions, also a public relations journalism class, which I almost felt bad because I think that they really wanted to hear my public relations and how I do community outreach. And on the local level, it's very different than the national level. We don't have communication te

Thank you. Chair's report this morning is, of course, early voting is well underway. Made a small adjustment to traffic flow in the HHS ramp. And I would just encourage employees to review the guidance and on that, just trying to de-conflict traffic coming and going out of the HHS ramp wall. We have a lot of folks who are not necessarily as familiar with our campus passing through each day during drive-through voting and using that as a catalyst, I have reached out to Kent Ralston at the Metropolitan Planning Organization to inquire about the possibility of asking MPO to do just a campus circu

For all the time, but also if there's any special recommendations for during drive-thru voting. And additionally, as a reminder, during drive-thru voting, the CarQuest lot is open if you're comfortable parking there. That concludes the chair's report. Supervisor Green-Douglas.

Thank you. I didn't know about CarQuest being open. I was like, what's happening? I love it. It's my favorite spot to park. All right. Joint entities was mentioned, and what wasn't mentioned was at the end when we We're really off topic, actually, but heard about what is happening with the Iowa City School District, or a little bit about it. People are interested in that. There's been prairie seed collections sponsored by the conservation. Those are really great ways. If you don't know, prairie seed costs an incredible amount of money. the return to what it does for the soil and water quality

Thank you. Supervisor Sullivan. Thank you. Let's see. Joint entities at the school district has been mentioned. As mentioned board members have been spending a lot of time this week in particular on department head evaluations I had the opportunity To attend the Iowa City Human Rights Awards breakfast this week. That's always a great event wonderful folks being recognized for all their wonderful work and Congrats to all them and thank you to the city of Iowa City for continuing that tradition and We had our systems of care meeting on Tuesday. This meeting focused heavily on substance abuse rec

Yes, I began the next program in the Professional Development Academy leadership courses. I met with, sorry, I attended the Food Policy Council meeting. They elected their leadership for this next year and are also working on planning for the 12th annual forum. Also been doing work with the field mediation team. Training will be starting in November. They are Narrowing down specific dates with Iowa Mediation Services right now, but that will be next month. Also working on performance reviews. Supervisor Fix-Morris mentioned our meeting with Oklahoma City Councilor Jo Beth Hammond. And wanted t

Thank you, Supervisors. We've reached the conclusion of our agenda. Is there anything else for the good of the order this morning? Seen none. As a reminder, I will be absent for a wedding this weekend, and so any emergencies are canceled. But if anyone disregards those orders, please reach out to Lisa. The next meeting of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors is Wednesday, October 28th at 9 a.m. in the space when we will sit for a general business work session. Until such time, we shall stand adjourned.