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Supervisors said the new advertisement placement serves the same program goal and had no objection. County staff said they would move forward with an amendment to the ARPA agreement to shift the $989.75 to bus advertising.

Why this matters: the alteration keeps ARPA-funded promotional support for the county's 2-1-1 information line and reflects a minor budget reallocation intended to increase visibility of the service.

The board's discussion produced no roll-call vote recorded on the amendment in the meeting transcript; county staff indicated they would implement the change.

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Olsen said the program provided transitional rental assistance and tenant education, with an average household stay of about eight months. She said operating funds this year totaled about $49,000, which included Story County ARPA rent assistance of about $14,400 and a one-year $16,000 grant from the Story County Housing Trust; the remainder came from private donations. Olsen said the program expects a $45,000 operating budget for the next calendar year after start-up expenses adjust.

Olsen described participant demographics and needs: three households included people with felony convictions, roughly half were domestic violence survivors, and seven households included people reporting mental-health or intellectual-disability needs. She said the program deliberately avoids collecting medical records and focuses on landlord-tenant supports and tenant education.

Despite the early successes — Olsen described several tenants moving into market-rate housing, public housing transfers and employment gains — she warned of immediate systemic risks. Olsen said the regional agency that distributes new Section 8 vouchers \"quit giving out new vouchers\" in March, creating uncertainty for several tenants who will need continued subsidy. She also said rapid-rehousing capacity at a local partner (the Bridge Home) has been reduced and that transportation barriers remain a core challenge for tenants seeking work and services.

Olsen said Home Allies used donor flexibility to cover temporary rent needs so no tenant would lose housing, and she asked county leaders to consider coordination as specialized program and subsidy pathways change.

Why this matters: the pilot shows promising exits from homelessness but faces dependence on subsidized housing supply and regional program capacity; local coordination and funding decisions will affect whether the pilot can accept new tenants and sustain current participants.

Board members thanked Olsen and raised privacy concerns about giving identifiable success details; Olsen agreed to keep future public remarks at a higher level of detail about individuals.

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Bellen said the company had started placing drops and splicing, and that they had begun turning up customers; he said, \"we're shooting for the July\" window but added, \"it's probably gonna be middle August before it's a 100% complete.\" He also told supervisors that only 44 of the roughly 87 Phase 2 drops were grant-funded; the remainder required the company to fund or finance drops to reach additional customers.

Later in the agenda a representative for Stratford Regional Telephone described the county-level impact of their NOFA and ARPA investment. The Stratford presenter said the company passed about 2,200 locations in Story County and currently provides service to roughly 1,250 of those locations. He said approximately 60–70 percent of passed locations already have service lines (fiber drops) to the house, and that the Stratford-funded portion of the project covered about 50 route miles and represented an investment of roughly $3.5 million to $4 million for the grant-covered area.

Both presenters answered supervisors' questions about service footprints and next steps; Stratford suggested coordination across providers for coverage near county borders and noted federal BEAD program changes could affect priorities such as \"Fiber First\" preferences and program requirements.

Why this matters: the updates show progress connecting rural addresses in Story County but also highlight remaining gaps, partial grant coverage of drops, and coordination needs across multiple providers and programs.

County supervisors thanked the presenters and requested follow-up coordination to address remaining unserved areas.

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Ramsey said the system provided more than 30,000 trips last year in Story County and served 973 unique riders. She noted on-time performance of about 95 percent and high customer ratings from trip surveys, while warning that rising parts, fuel and insurance costs have outpaced revenue. \"We did have to do the fare increase,\" Ramsey said, noting the last increase was in September 2019.

The presentation explained why capital costs have increased: Ramsey said vehicle prices and lead times rose sharply after the pandemic, with some vehicles now costing more than $200,000 and production lead times stretching toward a year or more. The agency is pursuing an Iowa DOT/FTA grant to build an on-site maintenance facility — Ramsey said it is the only transit system in the state without such a facility — and that the agency's board is considering land acquisition.

Ramsey described service types and eligibility, saying the demand-response service can take riders \"anywhere you can go in your own vehicle\" and emphasizing that \"you don't have to have a disability to qualify.\" She also described other programs the system runs or partners on, such as a vanpool program and a volunteer driver program (the latter not operated in Story County because the county already has an RSVP volunteer program).

Supervisors asked about vanpool participation and recruiting drivers. Ramsey said vanpool contracts are available through an outside contractor (she named Enterprise as the vanpool partner) and that employer outreach has had mixed results. On staffing, Ramsey said low local unemployment has made recruiting and retention harder; the agency now employs more full-time workers than in the past, which brings higher personnel costs but helps longevity.

Ramsey described funding as a complex mix of federal and state grants, local contributions from counties and some cities, contracts (for example Medicaid trips) and occasional donations. She said capital grants require local matching funds and that the provider has used local purchases and contracts to keep dollars in the local economy.

Why this matters: the fare increases and the capital needs affect riders who use transit for work, school and medical trips; the provider's plan for a maintenance facility and a right-sized, more fuel-efficient fleet are intended to lower future repair costs but require up-front investment and local match funding.

The presentation closed with Ramsey saying the board will soon discuss land acquisition for the maintenance facility and with a request for continued coordination with county officials.

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