County manager reports on Grow Quad Cities, $500 ISAC contribution and 30th Street conversion; supervisors note housing and AI/data-center concerns

County manager Sharma updated the Scott County Board of Supervisors on several administrative items. He said he and the chair attended a Grow Quad Cities meeting that monitors regional business attraction and workforce activity, and that the Urban County Coalition discussed a preliminary report (described in the meeting as the "Dodge/Saram" data); staff will coordinate any consolidated comments after internal review.

Sharma said the county will contribute $500 to an Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) request to support a review of an eighth-circuit court decision referenced in a recent Supreme Court-related release. He also noted Scott County's quarterly new-employee orientation and urged awareness of an upcoming traffic change: 30th Street will convert from one-way to two-way traffic, which may cause short-term confusion in the first days.

Supervisors gave brief reports. One highlighted a visit to Vera French’s new garden apartments for people with mental-health needs, praising unit amenities and noting demand exceeds available units. Another supervisor summarized webinars on artificial intelligence — flagging energy and water use implications for data centers and regulatory questions — and an update on pipeline litigation that may affect local zoning and home-rule authority. A supervisor also said Johnson County has enacted a one-year moratorium on data centers; another noted recent transportation meetings in neighboring jurisdictions.

No binding actions resulted from these reports; they were provided for the record and for supervisors’ situational awareness.