Board approves annual leases with Rivercross, Crisis Stabilization and moves Optimate lease to month-to-month
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Summary
Des Moines County approved routine lease renewals for Rivercross Care Facility and a Crisis Stabilization Center, and approved a revised month-to-month lease arrangement with Optimate Life Services amid uncertain state funding.
The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors on June 24 approved annual lease agreements for Rivercross Care Facility and the county's Crisis Stabilization Center, and approved a modified lease with Optimate Life Services that converts to month-to-month terms because of changing state funding.
County staff described the Rivercross and Crisis Stabilization leases as "just an annual lease agreement" with no substantive changes. The board approved both motions on unanimous votes.
Optimate Life Services' lease included a noted change: instead of a 12-month guaranteed period, the county and Optimate agreed to convert to month-to-month occupancy for now while state funding streams remain uncertain. A county presenter said the change reflects "changes through the state with different funding and sources" and that the month-to-month arrangement "is always, like, kinda see how things shake out and what's available and who they continue in that service." The board voted to approve the revised Optimate lease.
No dollar amounts for the leases were discussed in the meeting transcript. County staff said the agreements were routine and that they had been reviewed by appropriate staff; the board recorded unanimous votes to approve each lease item.
