MINUTES OF THE INFORMAL MEETING OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Ambulance Director Steve Spenler: Progress Report
Information Technology Director Jean Schultz: Progress Report
Executive Assistant Andy Johnson: Buy Local Policy
Reports and Inquiries from Executive Assistant Andy Johnson
Board of Supervisors: Appointments to Various Boards and Commissions for Supervisor Janelle Rettig
Reports and Inquiries from the Board of Supervisors
Chairperson Neuzil called the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to order in the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building at 9:17 a.m. Members present were: Pat Harney, Terrence Neuzil, Janelle Rettig, Sally Stutsman, and Rod Sullivan.
Neuzil said that Ambulance Director Steve Spenler is unable to attend today and therefore is scheduled to present the Ambulance Progress Report at the Formal Meeting on November 12, 2009.
Soil and Water Conservationist Kate Giannini said landowners come in to update their conservation plan because they have either changed their rotation, changed their tillage, want to add something or have a new renter. To prepare conservation plans they need to gather information from the landowner and then determine the most highly erodible soil that will be in that field. A software program generates a T value, the soil loss tolerance value. In Johnson County that is usually three to five tons per acre per year. If they are not going to meet that T value, they have to enter in alternative practices such as buffer strips, filter strips, or wetlands. Giannini said that is when continuous Conservation and Reserve Program (CRP) acres come in play, where they are adding these into the field.
Giannini worked on a number of site surveys to determine if they are actively eroding. Giannini said sites with ten to 20 foot gullies are their priority areas. In Johnson County there are many landowners who are just looking for a pond to fish in. She said they have to measure those, decide what their highest priority will be, and who will be getting that cost share for the year. Giannini helped one of their technicians with one survey and she did two structures herself where she surveyed the layout and did the design.
She said there is an increased interest in wetlands because of the 2008 floods. Most people want to implement these along creek areas and flood plains where they can't farm. Giannini said landowners with expired CRP acres needed a way to meet their T value, so they put in contour buffers. She said they do not cost share the islands in the middle of the ponds; owners are responsible for those. Stutsman asked what they put in the buffers. Giannini said usually a cool season mix, although native grasses are also available, though more expensive.
Giannini said that after the heavy rains last year a lot of people had to reshape and restructure the waterways. Sullivan asked if she is using the County's GIS system to figure out the contours of the ground. Giannini said they have ArcMap software in addition to another for most of their drawing and designing. She uses the County's GIS system with urban projects. Rettig asked how many acres of CRP came out during the period when 150 renewed and there were 600 newly enrolled. Giannini said probably over 1,000. Rettig said that means that the County has lost CRP acres.
Giannini said she took part in a seeding on Sand Road. She also conducted soil investigations, which are a big part of what they do. Giannini said damage survey reports were a result of last year's floods. The Federal Government offered cost share money through an Emergency Watershed Protection Program for government entities. Of the 75 assessed bridges, National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Engineer Nick Schaffer decided which of those bridges were most valuable to the program.
Giannini said Natural Resource Inventory is a national program which tracks how the land use changes over time. Johnson County is unique because of its urban growth. She said most counties have about 40 to 50 points that they track where Johnson County has about 175.
Giannini said she has also been working on some County/City projects. Calls usually come from landowners who are having erosion issues or have wet areas that they want options for what they can do. Giannini said the City of Iowa City will send them plats for evaluation on environmental issues to consider for when they are approving their plats.
Giannini showed pictures of two sites she visited. The first was a picture of a fence that was causing erosion because it was placed wrong. She also showed a picture of a spot where there is no controlled erosion practice. Stutsman asked how deep the gully is. Giannini said it is five to six feet. Rettig asked if the pictures were from construction sites. Giannini said the one on the right is a subdivision and the one on the left is a landowner's backyard. Rettig asked if they were required to have erosion control. Giannini said yes. Rettig asked if there was a better way to inform contractors that they need to have erosion control. Giannini said she works with staff from Planning and Zoning to assess erosion control plans and contractors are supposed to have certain measures in practice. Sullivan asked if neighbors report on each other. Giannini said yes and that sometimes the DNR gets involved. Rettig asked if Planning and Zoning has the ability to enforce penalties for not following erosion control measures. Giannini said yes.
Giannini said she was contacted by Sullivan about different things they could do around the Health and Human Services Building. She and Urban Conservationist Amy Bouska put in a plan for soil quality restoration, bio retention cells, and permeable pavers. Giannini worked with Planning and Zoning on the Sensitive Areas Ordinance and the Soil Erosion Control Plans. Giannini said they had a Development Grant through the State for Rapid Creek Watershed. That ran from March 2008 to March 2009. During that period they did weekly water monitoring and biweekly bacteria testing. She said they also did a Land Use Assessment, a Stream Site Assessment, a video-on-water monitoring, and inventoried the bugs in the water. She submitted a grant for 319 Funds, which are EPA Funds administered by the DNR, but they did not receive this grant due to a new EPA standard. They are now requiring watersheds to have a Watershed Management Plan in order to get funding for 319 Funds. Giannini said the DNR contacted them in August, asking if they wanted to receive a grant to write a Watershed Management Plan. Rapid Creek was one of five selected in Iowa.
Giannini showed a typical Land Use map that they did for Rapid Creek. It shows row crops, CRP, urban areas, grass lands, and timbers. To conduct the stream assessment, she walked Rapid Creek and used a handheld GPS to enter information about gullies, debris, and beaver dams. They also had a camera with a GPS in it so when they could enter pictures in the computer. Giannini said she will be the project coordinator for the Rapid Creek Watershed Management Plan and will actually write the plan. She said when they are done with that they will submit another grant for 319 Funds in the spring of 2011.
Giannini attended two stormwater conferences this year. She attended trainings and meetings during the year, most of which focused on software, design, and survey training. She also attended the Local Foods Task Force Committee meetings and the Women in Ag meeting held by Iowa State University Extension. Giannini organized two yearly staff meetings and was a session leader for the Ag Day for the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Program. This inspired her to apply for the CLP class and she is in it this year.
Giannini is on the Johnson County Pheasants Forever Committee. They hosted a burn for a landowner that didn’t have resources to complete that burn. They also took place in the Iowa Water Snapshot, testing a large amount of water in a small amount of time. She said Johnson County Soil and Water held Ag-related children's programs during the Fair. She said she has been a mentor for the youth hunts over the last two years. Giannini said she has gone back to graduate school part-time in the Urban and Regional Planning Department. She said Johnson County Soil and Water holds a Tree and Plant Sale, which is their biggest fundraiser of the year. She also attended workshops on Invasive Species and Stream and Watershed Integrated Management.
Giannini also works as the volunteer coordinator in the office. Seven volunteers logged 400 hours this past year. She said volunteers provide clerical services, conservation planning, implementation, technical consulting, and outreach. Giannini serves on the following volunteer committees: Aiming for a Cure, Johnson County Pheasants Forever Chapter, the Johnson County Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Committee, City of Riverside Visioning Committee and the Local Foods Task Force Committee. Giannini received the following certificates this past year: IOWATER, Wildland Fire Fighting, and Raingarden Design.
Giannini said some of her goals for this year are the Rapid Creek Watershed Project, creating a Stormwater Ordinance, to become a Certified NRCS Planner, to work with the Soil Commissioners to develop goals for the Local Foods effort, to work with the University of Iowa and Kirkwood College on developing ongoing volunteer projects. She also wants to become more proficient in the design practice when she is doing ponds and basins. Neuzil said Johnson County does fund a portion of her salary and she has shown that those are dollars well spent. He asked her to forward her Power Point presentation to the Board members and also asked if it could be put on the County website. Giannini said she will send it to the Board and also put it on the website.
Johnson County Mental Health/Disability Services Director Kristen Artley said County Attorney Janet Lyness reviewed the contract language and found no issues with the contract. St. Luke's Hospital wants to offer their format rather than the County's because of some legal jargon involved with their business department. Artley said this contract will offer County clients more options. Generally people who are court committed go to the University of Iowa, where the evaluations are cost free to the County. Artley said beds are becoming scarce and having a contract with St. Luke's gives them another option. Polk County was also sending clients to St. Luke's because they were running out of beds in Des Moines.
Artley said Linn County negotiated to freeze the rates, so they are paying based on last years rates. Stutsman asked what the rates are. Artley said the psychiatric services from the date of admission through discharge are $507.80, there is an admission day charge of a physician fee of $160.68, and the doctor's daily care charge is $53.56. She said they also charge $107.12 for the commitment testimony. The initial exam in the emergency room is $160.68. Artley said she has the documents for signature and after St. Luke's signs the contracts they will then be filed in the Auditor's Office.
Artley said they were able to get County Management Information System documents prepared which are due to the State by December 1, 2009. There has been an increase of 370 clients from FY08 to FY09. Artley said the increase has been predominately in the area of chronic mental illness and mental illness.
Information Technology (IT) Director Jean Schultz said they moved, reconfigured, and set up servers and PCs with the completion of the Health and Human Services building and some of the remodeling of the Administration Building. They have done a lot of work in developing a disaster recovery site, which included setting up backup servers and storage area networks. She said they are working on setting up virtual servers using VMware. This will allow for fewer physical servers and for more efficient and cost-effective construction of new servers. Schultz said they set up the Tough Book PCs in all the Sheriff’s patrol cars. They have been working with representatives from the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), Iowa Communications Network, National Guard Armory, City of Coralville, Joint Communications Center, Iowa City, and University of Iowa on a joint fiber optic project. Schultz said partnering with other agencies saves a lot of money plus provides a fiber ring to prevent disruption of service if a fiber cable is cut.
Schultz said they also worked with software vendors from the Sheriff’s Office, Iowa City, and Coralville on changes needed for the new Joint Communication Center. She said they set up a new server for SEATS and installed a new software version. Ambulance is an alpha test site on some software that will give them the capability of updating patient data remotely from the ambulances. Schultz said IT set up a secure file transfer protocol site for a secure exchange of data with other entities. They also ordered and set up new laptops for the Auditor's Office Election Department. She said they continue supporting County users on hardware and software issues and replacing old equipment. Rettig asked if there was a timeline on the fiber optic project. Schultz said it should be completed sometime in the next six months.
Schultz said they have completed the conversion of reports to Reporting Services. Many users have registered positive comments on the new reports. Reporting Services provides many new features the County did not have and the maintenance on it is free. Also reports can be double-sided to save paper and storage. Schultz said they wrote a system to track Secondary Roads rock purchases and inventory. Stutsman asked if Secondary Roads has stared using that system and Schultz said yes.
Schultz said they are developing a client application and tracking system for General Assistance. They continue working on the Iowa Criminal Justice Integration Project designed to share data between law enforcement personnel, county attorneys, Department of Public Safety, the DOT, and the Clerk of Courts Offices.
Schultz said they wrote programs for employee parking fees to retrieve data, calculate costs, and interface with GEMS payroll. She said the test results look good. Since Department of Human Service personnel are not County employees and therefore not on the GEMS payroll system, they also set up a spreadsheet to track parking fees for them. Sullivan asked if that includes the Juvenile Court employees as well. Schultz said yes. She said they also enhanced the Special Needs Registry for Emergency Management
Schultz said they worked on GeoComm mapping updates for Sheriff's Office dispatch. Johnson County was the second installation in the nation that interfaced GeoComm with pictometry oblique images. They facilitated a GIS Visioning workshop on September 22, 2009, with approximately 30 people representing various organizations within Johnson County, including the cities of Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty, DNR, JCCOG, ECICOG, and several County departments. The DNR representative reported that their recent Return on Investment study on GIS in Iowa showed that Johnson County’s GIS is one of the most comprehensive systems in the state.
Schultz said IT staff performed quality control on the 2008 orthophotography. New layers added to GIS in 2009 were: 2008 Johnson County orthophotography, 2008 oblique imagery, 2008 NAIP orthophotography, and a cemetery layer. She said layers developed and added to GIS in 2009 were: sub school district boundaries, a cell tower layer for locating phase 1 cell phone calls, a variance and ordinance layer for Planning and Zoning, and a fiber optic lines layer. Schultz said they updated each user’s basic GIS software. She said they are working on a new version of GIS Online ,which will be released in 2009. Schultz said they assisted Secondary Roads staff with implementing GPS equipment on their spray truck, and the Auditor's Office personnel in the creation of a new plat book. They assisted the County Assessor's Office in using GIS to conduct Ag Land assessments. She said they printed the 2009 Johnson County map and are now updating the files for the 2010 version. They plan to print 10,000 copies and distribute them as a promotional tool for the County’s online services.
Schultz said the new County website went live in August. The new content management system provides many new features, such as new design, improved navigation, additional search and calendar features, and other time saving options. They have received several compliments on the new website and have started receiving agendas and minutes for several more boards and commissions. She said they have had over 50 more people sign up for email subscriptions in the last two months. Schultz said they added a PowerPoint presentation on the tax calculation process, which helps explain rollbacks and equalizations. Users can view and print duplicate tax statements and see details of how taxes are calculated on their property.
Schultz said IT staff worked on the installation and administration of the new VoIP phone system used in the Health and Human Services (HHS) Building. Staff is now able to internally make changes to the system which is a cost saving measure. She said the plan is that eventually all the County phones will be on this system. Initially they thought the County would be paying slightly more each month for the HHS Building phone system, but after reviewing the bills, they are saving over $475 per month.
Schultz said they administered the 2009 Employee PC Purchase Program. All 19 people who applied were offered inclusion.
Schultz said IT personnel serve on various committees: Webmaster Gary Yoder is on the Communications Committee. GIS Project Specialist Jim Harken is on the Wellness Committee. GIS Specialist Jay Geisen is on the Parking Committee. GIS Coordinator Rick Havel, Geisen, and Harken are part of the Eastern Iowa GIS Users Group. Programmer Analyst II Shirley Barker is on the State Prolaw and Data Exchange Committee. Network Administrator Bill Horning, Havel, and Schultz are on the GIS, Network, and Document Management Computer Committees. Schultz is on the County Employee Evaluation Committee as well as the ICIT Board and continues to represent Iowa county government IT managers on the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Committee.
Schultz went over goals set by the Board in January 2009. She said one goal was to deploy system management server software. They decided to use ScriptLogic software. They have used it to deploy a new feature in the VoIP phone system and also to automate several other network and PC tasks. She said they set up a disaster recovery site and have storage area network (SAN) drives installed at a backup site. They are running complete backups daily and snapshots of H and S drives, and some other application drives every fifteen minutes. Schultz said they are in the process of setting up virtual servers with VMware, which improves server functions plus saves on hardware costs.
Schultz said they will research archiving systems for email and files later this fiscal year. She said they have completed conversion of reports from Crystal Reports to Reporting Services. They have completed converting the Secondary Roads rock hauling system to GEMS inventory module. After meetings with Secondary Roads personnel and further investigating the GEMS inventory module, they decided to write the system in-house. The system is complete and being used by Secondary Roads.
Schultz said they recently set up the Sutliff Bridge Survey using the content management system and as of November 3, 2009, 1,137 people filled out the survey.
Schultz said they completed a new GIS Visioning workshop. The workshop was held September 22, 2009, and has already resulted in increased communication between attending agencies. She said IT developed a vehicle fleet and conference room electronic reservation system. Schultz said they also set up a calendar for reserving County Assessor's Office vehicles.
Schultz said they completed a coordinated effort to develop and implement a key card access system for County buildings and parking lots. The programs are ready to go once security cards are printed and tested.
Schultz announced some of the upcoming projects for IT. They will be working with SEATS personnel on using the GEMS inventory and fleet modules. The Initial user training was held last week. She said they are going to research and possibly deploy an archiving system for email and files. They will assist Secondary Roads in implementing sign management software. They will also work with Planning and Zoning on developing a new parcel-based zoning layer. Schultz said they want to finish setting up the disaster recovery site. They want to research and recommend encryption for mobile devices. She said they want to implement a new GIS online site. They plan on setting up software designed to make appointment reminder calls to WIC clients and ride reservation reminder calls to SEATS clients. Schultz said SEATS has requested a system for riders to be able to request trips online. They will add online public entry to update Emergency Management's disabled registry. IT will add a capability for the public to look up building inspection information. They plan to work with Auditor's Office staff to migrate from hand drawn plat books to maps produced from GIS. Schultz said they will work with Human Resources and Auditor's Office staff and they plan to implement the Employee Self Service module from GEMS financial system. This will allow employees to access paycheck, withholding, and W-2 information online. She said they will develop a system with an online request form that surveyors can fill out and submit online to be assigned an Auditor’s parcel number for a pending plat or survey.
Stutsman said it is impressive that the system is rarely down, and when it is, it is mostly due to a power outage. Schultz said that now, with the disaster recovery site, if the system goes down, most people won't even know about it, because it will automatically switch to the backup servers. Sullivan said the service they get from IT is great and that they respond quickly to problems and requests. Schultz said she and her staff take a lot of pride in responding promptly and keeping systems functioning.
Executive Assistant Andy Johnson said since the Board's last discussion of the Buy Local Policy, they have received input from the County Attorney's Office. Johnson said he emailed Board members a revised version of the policy. Sullivan said he thinks it is important to remember that they are not required to accept the lowest bidder, and, the Board can decide what criteria to use in making a decision on which bid to accept. He doesn't see how adding a Buy Local Policy changes what the County is doing now.
Stutsman said she thought the word "shall" in the policy meant there is no choice but to buy local if the purchase price is under $5,000. Neuzil asked if they wanted to keep the word "shall" in the policy or change it to "may" to allow more flexibility. Stutsman said that seems inconsistent. Assistant County Attorney Andy Chappell said it is not inconsistent. He said in the proceeding paragraph the first sentence basically states a general policy. The following two sentences define a couple things described in the first sentence. The bullet points provide more specifics and say that the County is comfortable enough to require using a local vendor if the cost is under $5,000, because the difference to the taxpayers is going to be under $500 tops.
Chappell said, if the cost is over $5,000, the cost difference is going to be greater than $500, and the Board wants to retain the ability to consider those on an individual basis. He said he doesn't see any internal inconsistency. He summarized that the general policy states that when a purchase fits under one category they are going to buy local, and if it is under another category, they may or may not buy local. Harney said he understood that with a bid process, they have to accept the lowest responsible bidder. Chappell read the final paragraph, "Johnson County will also continue to award contracts to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder where such an award is called for by Iowa law". He said none of this is going to negate the statuary obligation requiring a formal bid process for public improvements, which is when it applies. Chappell said they will follow the law and award the contract to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder.
Chappell said they want to be consistent and the policy really applies to getting quotes and prices, it doesn’t apply to formal bids. Rettig said if the word "shall" was removed from bullet point number one and was replaced with the word "may", this determination would need to be made every time. She said the first bullet point says that if the total purchase price is under $5,000, the County will buy local if certain other parameters were met. She said if the word is changed to "may", someone will always have to be making a decision.
Chappell said someone will have to exercise some discretion regardless, because the proceeding paragraph indicates that not only does the price have to be substantially similar, but ubiquitous other considerations have to be equal. Chappell said it is meant to give them the room to acknowledge that it is not always based on cost. Harney said he doesn’t know how they arrived at the $5,000 figure. Chappell said it was in a draft from another governmental entity. Neuzil said they took a lot of this language from Coralville's Buy Local policy. Stutsman said she has always supported buying local but does want flexibility with the policy.
Neuzil asked if the Board is more comfortable changing the language in the first bullet point to the word "may". Sullivan said he understands the language in the third paragraph to mean that the Board can adopt this policy and never buy another local thing if that's what they choose. Stutsman said that is not what is says to her. Harney said it is not what it means to him either. Neuzil asked again if people are more comfortable with having the word "shall" or "may". Stutsman, Harney, and Neuzil said they would be more comfortable with the word "may". Sullivan said in practice, they have department heads that already do this and some that don’t. Furthermore, he said they have never held anybody accountable, with or without a policy, and some have done a great job and others ignore it.
Neuzil said, given that there is a majority who would like to replace "shall" with "may," they would have to rearrange the bullet items, since it doesn't make sense to have two statements that say the same thing. Chappell said they do not say the same thing. Chappell said the second one gives the discretion to the Board. He said, if they change "shall" to "may" in the first bullet point, someone will have to determine whether there are other considerations that dictate against doing it. Chappell said, if it just says "may" and all things are equal, they could still not buy local. If the Board wants the flexibility, that is the way to do it. He said the second bullet point says, if the total purchase price is over $5,000, the Board will decide whether to approve the purchase. Neuzil said he is concerned about how much authority the Board wants to have over all County expenses. Sullivan said they sign off on all purchase requests now. Stutsman agreed but added that they don’t always know where the vendor is from.
Sullivan said that information is readily available. Neuzil asked if the Board of Supervisors is ready to monitor every single expense of an $84 million budget. Sullivan said technically the Board does this every week when they approve and sign the weekly claims. Neuzil asked if members of the Board are comfortable with the way the second bullet point is written. Stutsman said yes. Neuzil said implementation of this policy means that prior to making any purchases over $5,000, individuals would have to communicate with the Board to see if they want to review the list of possible vendors.
Chappell said since they agreed to the Chamber's Buy Here Initiative, he is sure that a lot of inquires have been made to make sure they are checking to see if there are in fact local quotes. He said the policy doesn’t have any requirement that the County look for a local vendor, so that if someone has a long standing relationship with a vendor in Cedar Rapids, they are free to continue doing business with that vendor. Neuzil said they can try it for a while to see if it works. Stutsman agreed and said they should reevaluate it after six months to a year. Rettig asked how they will measure if this policy actually increases local buying. Sullivan said potentially they could evaluate this from the claim forms, because when a purchase is made, vendor zip codes are entered. He added that this is not a perfect system, but it would give them some indication.
Rettig said that if the Board is going to make a commitment to buying locally, they should be able to measure the results. She suggested the addition of a check box on the claim form indicating if the buy local option was used. Stutsman said she doesn’t see a problem with adding a check box to the claim form, but she doesn’t want department heads spending a lot of time tracking each claim. Neuzil said to encourage department heads to adhere to the policy, the liaisons could ask them to identify some of their vendors and then relay that to the community. Sullivan agreed and added that one of the performance evaluation criteria is "consistently adheres to County policy." He said if this is a County policy a person should consistently adhere to it. Neuzil asked if Board members are now comfortable with the policy and are ready to put it on a future formal agenda. Board members indicated their approval.
Chappell said the Board will need to tell department heads to share the policy with people from whom they are seeking quotes, because non-local bidders have a right to know that even if they are the lowest bid, they may not get the contract. He said it could also affect their quote. Chappell said when they are indicating that the County "may" purchase local over non-local if the difference is 10% or less, he thinks that also means that if the difference is 11%, the County will not use that vendor.
Johnson said the safe room will be about 3,600 square feet, would hold 527 people, and withstand winds up to 250 miles per hour. He said the grant application is now done and will be on a future formal agenda for approval. Johnson said that in addition to the grant funding, there is $97,000 of local match that the Extension Service will be contributing toward the construction.
Johnson said the Economic Development Committee is meeting on November 6, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. There is a canvas of votes on November 9, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. Veteran's Day is November 11, 2009, and County offices will be closed for that holiday. On November 11 - 13, 2009, Johnson County is hosting a meeting that the Iowa City Planning Department is coordinating for visioning and planning for the River Crossing Neighborhood, which includes much of the County campus in this area. He said the Board will participate in a River Crossing Neighborhood focus group on November 12, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. There is a Board Meeting on November 12, 2009, at 5:30 p.m.
Neuzil said they are going to assign Rettig to committees that the late Supervisor Larry Meyers held previously. Johnson said most of those would require a formal appointment. Stutsman said there will be some important votes by the Policy Board at the JCCOG Meeting in December, and she thinks it will require a Board member who has more experience with JCCOG. Neuzil said it would be important for that person to have some background on the issues. Sullivan said he was the JCCOG representative until Meyers took over and Sullivan also substituted for Meyers at the October meeting. Stutsman said Sullivan could attend as the alternate. Sullivan said they could go ahead and appoint Rettig, but he would be the alternate representative at the December meeting.
Rettig said they added her as Human Resources (HR) liaison and removed her from Secondary Roads. Neuzil said he wants to make certain they go through the formal process and appoint her to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee. Stutsman said she assumed that Rettig would take Meyers' place as liaison with Social Services. Rettig asked if she is the liaison to Social Services, Secondary Roads, MH/DS, and HR. Sullivan said Secondary Roads will change in a month. Stutsman said there is a Juvenile Justice Youth Development Program Policy Board Meeting on November 18, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. and Meyers' was assigned to chair that meeting. Rettig said she will get the details for that meeting.
Harney attended the Community Foundation of Johnson County Meeting. He attended PATS Regional Excellence Meeting at Kirkwood Community College. He attended the CJCC Committee meeting. He said Military Affairs will host their annual banquet on November 11, 2009. He said that tickets can be purchased from the John Dane family.
Stutsman attended the ECICOG Board Meeting and the TAC Policy Board Meeting, had a Detention Meeting, and conducted a review of the alternative programs in Linn County. She attended the Linn/Johnson Local Foods Task Force Meeting, went on some site visits and attended the Public Leadership Meeting.
Sullivan congratulated the people who participated in the municipal elections on November 3, 2009.
Rettig said she rode her bike to the office and was concerned that there was no bike rack at the Administration Building. She inquired about that and was assured a bike rack will be installed soon. She said she would appreciate knowing if there are other public buildings that do not have bike racks. She attended a Trails Advisory Committee Meeting as an appointee and she said she will formally resign from that committee. She attended a Planning and Zoning site tour. She congratulated those who ran for city council races across the county. She said the Homeless Children's Trust has scheduled a fundraiser on November 7, 2009, at Old Brick in Iowa City.
Neuzil said his next Listening Post is scheduled on November 6, 2009, at Bruegger's Bagel Bakery in Coralville at 7:30 a.m. and on November 10, 2009, at The Corridor Coffee in North Liberty at 7:30 a.m.
Stutsman said she has some tickets available for the annual Local Food Dinner and Fundraiser for the Iowa Valley RCND, to be held at Prairie Woods in Hiawatha on November 10, 2009.
Neuzil encouraged listeners to learn more about Johnson County Government by going to the County website at johnson-county.com.
Adjourned at 10:49 a.m.
Attest: Tom Slockett, Auditor
By Nancy Tomkovicz, Recording Secretary
Sent to the Board of Supervisors on December 21, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.