Johnson County supervisors approve feasibility study, contractor policy and several appointments; defer transgender advisory recommendations

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 6 approved a series of resolutions, contracts and appointments and deferred consideration of recommendations from the county’s transgender advisory committee.

The board voted unanimously to amend an agreement with Shive Hattery Incorporated for $63,800 plus expenses to conduct a joint feasibility study for the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa City Police Department. The board approved a general contractor quality-assurance questionnaire policy and adopted a proclamation designating February 2025 as Black History Month in Johnson County. Supervisors also confirmed a four-year appointment to the Building Code Board of Appeals and approved multiple land-use and tax-exemption items. By unanimous consent the board deferred a separate set of recommendations from the transgender advisory committee so staff and supervisors can complete outstanding contractual and review work.

Why it matters: The feasibility study authorizes outside engineering/consulting work that will examine shared operations between county and city law-enforcement agencies, and the contractor questionnaire policy establishes a county-level quality-assurance step for construction work. Both actions…