**These minutes were prepared by the Linn County Auditor’s Office**

MINUTES OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE LINN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

MAY 6, 2004

*Condensed

The Board met informally.  Present: Chairperson Barron, Vice Chairperson Langston and Supervisor Houser.  Board members voting “aye” unless otherwise noted. 

The Board met with Linn County Elected Officials to discuss various issues.  Present: Harold Denton, County Attorney; Mike Stevenson, County Treasurer, Sheriff Zeller and Joan McCalmant, County Recorder.  Also present: Mike Goldberg, Admin. Services and Gordon Thompson, Deputy Auditor.*

The Board recessed at 9:30 a.m. and reconvened at 4:30 p.m. for the Public Leadership Summit held at the Howard R. Green Co. Conference Room 8710 Earhart Lane SW, Cedar Rapids.

Present: Linn County Board of Supervisors Lu Barron, James Houser, and Linda Langston.  Johnson County Board of Supervisors Terrence Neuzil, Sally Stutsman, Carol Thompson, Mike Lehman, and Pat Harney.

Also Present: Mayor Paul Pate, Cedar Rapids; Mayor Rick Elliott, Mt. Vernon; Mayor Randy Fouts, Robins; Mayor Paula Freeman-Brown, Center Point; Mayor Tom Patterson, Hiawatha; Mayor John Nieland, Marion; Mayor Don Gray, Central City; Mayor Darwin Harmening, Bertram; Mayor Dale Stanek, Ely; Mayor Ernie Lehman, Iowa City; Mayor Jim Fausett, Coralville; Mayor Gloria Jacobson, University Heights; Mayor Clair Mekota, North Liberty; and Shueyville Council member Tom Carver.

Chairpersons Barron and Neuzil welcomed everyone and introductions of attendees were made.

Nancy Quellhorst, Iowa Environmental/Education Project, gave a presentation regarding Coralville’s rain forest and the economic impact.

Helen Arnold-Olson, Arnold-Olson and Assoc., presented components of Cedar Rapids’ Cedar Bend project.

Doug Elliott, East Central Iowa Council of Governments ECICOG) and Jeff Davidson, Johnson County Council of Governments (JCCOG), discussed current areas of cooperation.

Carol Thompson reviewed 28E and other cooperative agreements.

Charlie Rohde, Priority One Chairman, discussed the technology corridor and labor shed study.

Jim Halverson facilitated open discussion among those present to identify action items that could be accomplished regionally.  Two items that were of interest to everyone included connecting Linn and Johnson Counties with recreational trails and addressing public safety/homeland security.

The next meeting was set for June 22, 2004 to be hosted by Johnson County at the same facility.

Adjournment at 6:00 p.m.

 Respectfully submitted,

LINDA LANGENBERG, Linn County Auditor and Secretary to the Board of Supervisors By Rebecca Shoop, Deputy Auditor

Approved by: LU BARRON, Chairperson Board of Supervisors