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Adams County board adopts resolution to meet new state open-meetings posting requirements
Summary
The Adams County Board of Supervisors on June 29 approved Resolution 2026-32 to designate physical and online locations for posting meeting notices to comply with House File 2490, effective July 1, 2026, and recorded a unanimous vote. The resolution specifies bulletin board, south-side exit windows, and the county website.
The Adams County Board of Supervisors on June 29 adopted Resolution 2026-32, designating where notices of the board’s meetings will be posted to comply with recent amendments to Iowa’s open meetings law. The board voted unanimously to approve the resolution.
The resolution cites House File 2490, signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds on May 15, 2026, which amended Iowa Code Chapters 21 and 22 to require that meeting notices be posted in a prominent, conspicuous place and visible for at least 24 hours before the meeting. Resolution 2026-32 specifies that the board will post meeting agendas on the bulletin board outside the Auditor’s Office, on the glass windows of the south-side exit door, and on the Adams County website (www.adamscounty.iowa.gov). The resolution also requires that any amended agenda be marked “Amended” and posted at least 24 hours before the meeting it affects, and that the board designate the posting locations annually at its organizational meeting beginning January 4, 2027.
Leland Shipley moved and Bobbi Maynes seconded approval of Resolution 2026-32; Supervisors Scott Akin, Bobbi Maynes, Leland Shipley and Chair Chris Standley voted aye. Tony Hardisty was recorded absent. The board directed that the original resolution be filed in the Auditor’s office.
The change responds to a statewide update in notice requirements that takes effect July 1, 2026. County officials said the resolution is intended to set clear, consistent posting locations and to ensure compliance with the statutory requirement that notices be accessible for at least 24 hours prior to a meeting.
Votes at a glance: The board recorded several formal actions on June 29. The agenda and the minutes of the June 22 meeting were approved by motion (moved by Supervisor Scott Akin; seconded by Supervisor Bobbi Maynes) with all present supervisors voting aye. Resolution 2026-32 (designating meeting posting locations) was approved (moved by Supervisor Leland Shipley; seconded by Supervisor Bobbi Maynes) with ayes recorded for Akin, Maynes, Shipley and Standley, no nays, and Supervisor Tony Hardisty absent. The board also approved a letter of assistance for Adams County Soil and Water Conservation, appointed Ben Mullen to the Veterans Affairs Commission, tabled the Attorney Civil Service Commission item, and adjourned at 10:21 AM.
The record shows the board’s procedural steps to implement the posting changes; the resolution assigns no new substantive programmatic duties beyond compliance with the state statute and the annual designation requirement at the organizational meeting.
