Story County Board of Supervisors approves agenda, minutes, personnel and consent items

The Story County Board of Supervisors met at 10:00 a.m. on May 26 and approved the day’s agenda, the minutes of the May 19 meeting, listed personnel actions and a lengthy consent agenda during a routine session that included committee updates and public comment.

All routine items on the published agenda were adopted by motion and voice vote. A supervisor moved to adopt the agenda and the board approved it. The board then approved the May 19 minutes, voted to accept the personnel actions listed on the agenda and approved the consent agenda; each action was moved, seconded and passed by voice vote.

There were no agency reports. In public comment, Josh Vorsma of the Milford Schoolhouse spoke during the open-comment period, challenging previous statements about a Ragbrai ordinance and saying vendors have told him they are choosing not to set up in Story County because they feared being blacklisted after recent board actions. "They are refusing to come into Story County because they didn't want to get blacklisted," Vorsma said.

Supervisors then provided liaison and calendar updates: Supervisor Headens listed meetings on environmental health, outreach and behavioral health; another supervisor noted a Juneteenth planning meeting and a homelessness action-plan event at the Ames Public Library the following day; the chair listed a metropolitan planning organization meeting, a 911 special meeting and other committee obligations.

The board moved to adjourn after the calendar items. No formal staff response to the public comment was recorded in the meeting minutes.