The Greene County Board of Supervisors met Monday in regular session.

During open forum, the Board discussed extending the mask mandate as well as the medical leave policy related to COVID-19. Currently, the mask mandate is set to expire on January 15th and the Board talked about extending that to March 1st. They also discussed extending those county employees that had not used the medical leave policy for COVID-19 reasons to March 31st. Both items will be considered for approval of their Thursday meeting. 

Also during open forum, County Attorney Thomas Laehn told the Board he is drafting a new 28E agreement with the City of Jefferson on cost allocation for the new law enforcement center to be located at the Midland Power Cooperative building in Jefferson that the County is looking to purchase. He said the original agreement from 1972 is outdated. 

Greene County Sheriff Jack Williams gave a county jail report. He said for 2020 there were 452 inmates that were booked into the county jail, with another 74 waiting to serve their jail sentences and 103 that have outstanding arrest warrants. 

Jefferson City Administrator Mike Palmer then gave an update. He said there will be two alleyway replacement projects slated for this year, including near the law enforcement center and the post office. He mentioned that crews are nearing completion of the renovations to the former Pizza Ranch building. The plans are to have a blank slate to have ready for a potential purchaser. He added that there is interest in another city-owned building at 205 North Wilson Avenue. 

The Board then approved the County Treasurer’s quarterly and semi-annual reports, the County Auditor’s quarterly passport report of 19 issued passports for October-December, the County Recorder’s report of fees for December of $42,686, and the wages report for the 2020 calendar year as presented. The Board also set January 25th at 9:15am as the public hearing date for the 2021 fiscal year budget amendment. 

The Board then approved the plans and specifications for the bridge repair project on the Raccoon River Valley Trail. County Conservation Director Dan Towers said the almost $900,000 project will be paid mostly by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Iowa Homeland Security, with only $130,000 to be paid by the county, to repair about 400-feet of the damaged bridge from the March 15, 2019 ice jam incident. A public hearing will be slated for February 1st, with the project completion date of July 31st.

Finally, the Board heard the 2022 fiscal year budget proposals from the County Sheriff, Attorney and Recorder. The Supervisors took no action following the proposals.