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Residents Urge Action on Property-Tax Relief, Emergency Management Funding; Special Meeting Set on Road Complaint
Summary
Public forum speakers raised concerns about the Legislature's Property Tax Relief bill and SF2472's effects on 911 and Emergency Management funding; a resident also asked about an unresolved road issue and the Board scheduled a special meeting for May 27 to address it.
Several residents used the public forum on May 20 to raise policy and local-service concerns. Harold Lanning urged Supervisors to take action regarding the Iowa Legislature’s recently passed Property Tax Relief bill. Rhonda Braudis and Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Kim Elder warned of unintended consequences from SF2472 that affect 911 and Emergency Management budgets; Braudis announced a May 22 meeting on SF2472, 911, and Emergency Management concerns.
Separately, resident Mark Wyant said a road issue at Ridge Road and 206th Street he first raised six months earlier remained unresolved. County Engineer Paul Geilenfeldt said he needed six months and then asked the Board to hold a special meeting to follow up; the Board scheduled that special session for May 27, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
