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Muscatine County board unanimously authorizes chair to sign opposition letter to proposed statewide veterans services overhaul
Summary
Muscatine County supervisors voted unanimously March 2 to authorize the chair to sign a letter opposing Senate Study Bill 33079, which county veteran affairs director Eric Sanders said would centralize control with the Iowa Department of Veteran Affairs, threaten local control and raise privacy concerns about a proposed statewide claims system.
Muscatine County supervisors on March 2 authorized the chair to sign a letter of opposition to a proposed Iowa reorganization of veterans services, a move the board approved after a presentation by Eric Sanders, Muscatine County Veterans Affairs director.
“For the record, Eric Sanders, Muscatine County [Veterans Affairs],” Sanders said, and described Senate Study Bill 33079 as “a very structural change” that would shift significant authority to the Iowa Department of Veteran Affairs, including control over training standards, performance metrics and funding distribution. He told the board the bill would also require a statewide…
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