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Planning department to roll over housing study funds, proposes bringing economic development role in‑house
Summary
Josh Broussard said Johnson County will likely roll unspent housing assessment funding into FY2026 and proposed cutting the county's Greater Iowa City service agreement to fund a single in‑house economic development position; supervisors agreed to meet with Greater Iowa City leadership before a final decision.
Josh Broussard, director of Planning, Development & Sustainability, told the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 7 that the department received numerous proposals for a county housing assessment and expects to roll most of the approved FY2025 funding — $150,000 — into FY2026 because work will primarily be billed next year.
Broussard also proposed reorganizing how the county funds local economic development. The county currently provides roughly $226,000 to Greater Iowa City under a service agreement; Broussard proposed reducing that amount by $106,000 and filling…
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