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Supervisors debate approach after water outage at manufactured-home community; plan focused work sessions
Summary
Supervisor Remington introduced a draft resolution directing county action on manufactured-home community conditions after residents experienced a multi-day loss of running water. The board debated whether to adopt a resolution or use a work-plan approach; they agreed to hold the draft and schedule focused, public-facing work sessions.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors discussed a draft resolution on Feb. 5 aimed at addressing living conditions and intermittent water service at manufactured-home communities in unincorporated parts of the county.
Supervisor Michael Remington (speaking remotely) said residents of a manufactured-home community lost running water from at least Sunday, Jan. 19, through Tuesday, Jan. 21, and asked the board to pursue a set of actions: request that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources send owners of manufactured-home parks reminders of their obligations under state law; work with public health and community partners to create an emergency-preparedness plan for…
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