Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

good morning we'll go ahead and begin with a roll call hawkins smith here finally here home here mccoy here action on the minutes from the previous meeting move second roll call altering it yes hawkinsmith yes connelly yes home yes mccoy yes any special claims none Action on the bill list is submitted by the county auditor. Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Hawkins-Smith?

No.

Connolly? No. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes. We'll stand 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, At this time, we'll accept public comments from the audience. Anybody wishing to speak can come forward now and welcome.

Good morning, supervisors. My name is Carol Maher. I live in downtown Des Moines. And I would like to thank the auditor and look forward to your approval of the pay raise of $1 per hour that you're giving election workers. As a long-time election worker, I work precinct over at Plymouth. And I enjoy doing that very much, doing my part for democracy. And I also hope that the Polk County Attorney's Office is ready should the feds ever come calling, looking for our names, addresses, emails, personal information, things like that in there. So thank you for supporting us. And then one final thing. It is Bike Month, and I made these special Bike Month buttons for anyone that would like one. I have them for you on the way out. Thank you. Awesome.

Thanks, Carol.

Good morning, Supervisors. Deidre Degere, ooh, what is my name? Deidre Degere, Des Moines, Iowa, and I'm the President and CEO of Oak Ridge Neighborhood. And I just wanted to give you all a much needed thanks for what is on the agenda today for this energy project with Oak Ridge. Many housing developments built in the 50s and 60s were designed to address an immediate need a housing crisis and affordability. Sustainability unnecessarily was not at the central part of these solutions. What has set Oak Ridge neighborhood apart from the developments like Cabrini Green in Chicago and Pruitt-Igoe in St. Louis is simple. over Oak Ridge still stands and one of the reasons that Oak Ridge still stands is because the community community has been steadfast in supporting Oak Ridge neighborhood over time the other reason why it still stands is our sustainability model workforce training services, our highest rated preschool at Oak Ridge neighborhood, and our youth services. When I think about the impact that we've been able to make in the community, $9 million as a result of placing people in jobs was one of our results last year. We also transitioned eight people into home ownership and 36 folks are still in the pipeline. I say all that to say the sustainability model helps people develop stability and you all supporting the Synergy Project is just that. It's another opportunity for us not only to build housing stock in our community, not only to make it affordable, not only to connect it with a model that works, but it's also helping our economy to thrive. And so I definitely appreciate you all's commitment to affordable housing in our community and being a part of change. The Synergy Project is just that and I'm really grateful for your support.

Thank you, Deidre. Oak Ridge is such an asset to our community. We're grateful for the community being such a strong partner in so many ways supporting our community. Thank you. Permit.

Number seven, fiscal year 26-27 application for cigarette, tobacco, nicotine vapor permit for Casey's 3075 located at 6981 Northeast 14th Street, Ankeny. Number eight, renewal application for Class E retail alcohol license for Casey's number four located at 6565 Northwest 6th Drive, Des Moines. And number nine, ownership update for Class E retail alcohol license for Maverick 5283 located at 5050 Northwest 2nd Street, Des Moines.

Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Hockensmith?

Yes.

Connolly? Yes. Holm? Yes. McCoy?

Yes. Resolutions.

Numbers 10 and 11 are resolutions authorizing auditor's office to publish notices of public hearings on May 19th for proposed vacation of platted private electrical easement and for proposed vacation of a platted woodland protection easement at 7786 Northwest 37th Street, Ankeny. Number 12, resolution approving weatherization project in the amount of $16,763.67 to be awarded to an approved contractor. And number 13, resolution approving agreement for vibration monitoring services to Terracon Consultants.

So moved.

Second.

Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Hockensmith?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Number 14, resolution approving Marine Corps League car show lease for the River Place parking lot.

Move. Second. Roll call.

Altringer. Yes. Hockensmith.

Yes.

Connelly. Yes. Holm.

Yes.

McCoy.

Yes.

Number 15, resolution authorizing auditor's office to publish notice of public hearing for May 19th on granting permanent utility and roadway easement to the city of Altoona for roadway improvements on Northeast 70th Avenue and Northeast 56th Street on the Chautauqua Valley Trail.

Move.

Second. Roll call.

Altenger? Yes. Hockensmith?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Number 16, resolution approving memorandums of understanding with Easter Seals Iowa, Employee and Family Resources, Focus, Homeward, and Safe Center of Iowa for the provision of sexual abuse prevention training, and then to the Polk County community as part of the Iowa Child Abuse Prevention Program grant.

Whoop.

Second. Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Hawkins-Smith?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Number 17, resolution approving local public health services contract fiscal year 2027, and number 18, resolution designating Iowa Medicaid signatory authority.

So moved.

Second.

Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Hawkins-Smith?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Number 19, resolution approving pay rates for election worker classifications and numbers 20 through 22 are resolutions approving position modifications included in the fiscal year 26-27 budget in the Board of Supervisors Office and in the Community Family and Youth Services Department.

So moved.

Second.

Roll call.

Altschuler? Yes. Hawkins-Smith?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Numbers 23 and 24 are resolutions approving the recommendations of the Polk County Assessor for disallowance of the homestead tax credit and disallowance of the military service tax exemption. Move.

Second.

Roll call.

Baltinger? Yes. Hawkins-Smith?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Number 25, resolution approving manufactured home abatement.

So moved.

Second.

Roll call.

Altringer. Yes. Hawkins-Smith.

Yes.

Connelly. Yes. Holm.

Yes.

McCoy.

Yes.

Number 26, resolution approving preliminary award to Oak Ridge Neighborhood for synergy and earmarking funds. So moved.

Second.

Roll call. Second.

Altringer. Yes. Hawkins-Smith.

Yes.

Connelly. Yes. Holm. Yes.

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes.

Numbers 27 through 29 are resolutions approving Platinum Sponsorship Awards for Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce, Capital City Pride Des Moines, Iowa Asian Alliance. Number 30, resolution approving Community Development Grant Award for BiDegrees Foundation. And numbers 31 and 32 are resolutions approving Community Betterment Grant Awards and Community Sponsorship Awards.

So moved. Second. Roll call.

Alteringer? Yes. Hockensmith?

Unite.

Connelly. Yes. Holm.

Yes.

McCoy.

Yes. Communications.

Number 33, UnityPoint Health Layoff Notification. And number 34, notice that the Polk County Board of Supervisors will convene as a canvassing board on June 9th to canvass the votes cast for the Polk County primary election held on June 2nd, 2026.

Receive and file.

Number 35, a request for tax abatement for property at 1710 West 1st Street, Ankeny.

Refer to assessor, treasurer, and county attorney.

Number 36, city development board notice of meeting in the matter of the city of Granger voluntary annexation within the urbanized area of the cities of Grimes and Johnston.

Refer to public works and county attorney. Any budget actions? None. Memorandum of appointments. Move.

Second.

Roll call.

Altringer? Yes. Hawkinson?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm? Yes. McCoy?

Yes. Any board member comments?

I'm just going to have one. I was going to ask Frank if we could have a breakdown of all the, I know you sent a good memo the other night about the legislative actions. We could talk about it a little bit at some point, detailed on that.

Yeah, so I'm still reviewing it. I've asked the lobby team to set up a board staff. So I figured they could come in, give a full recap of the legislative sessions, highlight the things that have an impact on the county. I'm hoping to do that maybe in the next couple weeks, depending on your schedules.

OK, good. Thanks.

Hearing no other business to come before us, I'd entertain a motion to adjourn.

So moved.

Second.

Paul? Yes. Hawkins-Smith?

Yes.

Connelly? Yes. Holm?

Yes.

McCoy?

Yes. Thank you. Have a great day.