Johnson County commissioners on Oct. 27 approved additions to the health department's fee schedule and signed off on routine departmental purchases and consent items.

Betsy Swearingen, director of the county health department, told the board the department had unintentionally omitted a septic-repair fee, $2 birth-certificate covers and a swimming-pool plan-review fee from the current schedule and asked to add those items. Commissioners approved the additions by voice vote.

The board also approved a Verizon Wireless purchase order for the animal shelter and ratified routine items on the consent agenda, including an annual guaranteed energy-savings report from Amaresco, ratification of agreements with Integra Realty Services and a Ferguson Construction Company change order. Commissioners approved minutes from Oct. 13, 2025, including an executive-session minutes entry.

What was not specified: The transcript did not include the exact fee amounts except the $2 charge for birth-certificate covers, nor did it include line-item contract dollar totals for the ratified agreements.

Speakers quoted: Betsy Swearingen, director, Johnson County Health Department, said the department "realized on our the ordinance, we had left the septic repair fee off" and noted other omitted items.