County grants staff presented a package of proposed FY26 service agreements June 25 covering community organizations and programs (including libraries, cultural organizations, housing efforts and workforce supports). The packet cited roughly $561,830 in proposed spending across the agreements listed in staff materials.

What staff proposed: The grants team recommended 12 agreements for the coming fiscal year (10 presented at the work session; two had already been initiated). The packet noted a 5.1% decline in overall allocations compared with the prior fiscal year, a shift of two former agreements (Lone Tree Community School District and Spring Mar Community Library) to formula funding, and three proposed new agreements (Emma Goldman Clinic, Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition, Lavender Legal).

Reporting and renewal: To reduce annual administrative work, staff proposed a discretionary renewal clause enabling the board to carry forward unchanged agreements as renewals without reissuing full agreements each year. County attorneys added a requirement that each service-agreement recipient provide a written annual report to the board that must be delivered 30–60 days before the agreement expires so supervisors can consider renewal and funding decisions with time to act.

Supervisors’ questions and requests: Board members discussed the role of liaisons, the value of periodic site visits, and how the county handles conditional status when recipients fail to meet deliverables. Supervisors asked grants staff to surface any concerns about recipients in liaison meetings prior to renewal decisions and to provide the board with reports and flagged issues in time to inform annual decisions.

Next steps: Staff will finalize agreements, send them to vendors for signature, and present signed agreements for formal approval as they return. The board signaled general support for the renewal approach and asked staff to bring any flagged conditional-status items to liaison meetings for pre-notice.