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Supervisor outlines Urban County Coalition priorities: property taxes, unfunded mandates and a workers-comp clarification
Summary
Supervisor Dixon summarized the Urban County Coalition's 2026 legislative priorities (including property-tax concerns and unfunded mandates) and previewed a proposed clarification to the workers-comp statute to exclude paid emergency medics from volunteer compensation rules.
Supervisor Dixon briefed the committee on the 2026 Urban County Coalition legislative priorities and asked supervisors to review the list prepared with county staff.
Dixon said the coalition comprises several eastern Iowa counties and emphasized priorities tied to property taxes and unfunded mandates that shift costs to property owners. He singled out a statute-change he has been advancing to clarify language in the workers' compensation law so that the volunteer exception applies only to true volunteers and does not inadvertently apply to paid medic personnel who are not volunteers.
A supervisor flagged skepticism about full funding of a REIT-related item under the current legislature but the general consensus was to advance the coalition's priorities to Des Moines and rely on the staff work already compiled.
The discussion was largely informational and supervisors did not take a formal vote during the transcript portion; Dixon said he would take questions back to the coalition as needed.
