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County attorney outlines legal steps and timeline for forming joint county-city authority for public-safety facility
Summary
Deputy civil assistant Ryan Moss walked the Johnson County committee through statute-based requirements for a county-city joint authority, including what each governing body must vote on, appointments and ballot timing tied to revenue bonds ahead of an August 2026 deadline.
Ryan Moss, deputy civil assistant in the Johnson County Attorney's Office, presented a legal overview Thursday of how a joint county-city authority could be formed to build and manage a public-safety facility. Moss told the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee that Iowa Code section 346.27 (as cited in the meeting) and related practice require specific votes by each governing body on several items, including the site selection, articles of incorporation and any future amendments.
Moss outlined other statutory and practical steps: selection of a third commissioner to serve alongside one appointee from each governing body; each body's future concurrence on a lease for the space the city and county would occupy; the authority's adoption of a call for a revenue-bond election and the need for the city council and county board to concur on that call; and the possibility that transfer or conveyance of the facility after bond retirement could…
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