The Dallas County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Tuesday.

During open forum, Perry City Administrator Sven Peterson talked to the Board about the agreement with Dawson and surrounding townships for fire protection and the upcoming tax abatement program.

Payroll change notices for the County Attorney’s office and Emergency Medical Services department were approved as presented.

The Board then had a discussion with members of the Chinese Association of Iowa who is in Adel for an educational tour.

A Daughters of the American Revolution proclamation was then approved by the Board.  The Jean Marie Chardinell chapter spans over five counties in central Iowa, Polk, Warren, Madison, Jasper and Dallas.  This commemorates their 75 years of service to the community.

Public Health Director Darci Alt then spoke about the Stepping Up Initiative.  This helps reduce the number of people with mental illness in jails. Alt says this has been in place in the Dallas County jail for six or seven years and the local program is one other municipalities model after.  Additionally, she says the current jail does not fit their needs because there’s only one conference room, the cells are not equipped with their needs and it’s costly to provide the services needed for those who are incarcerated. The Board adopted a resolution in regards to the program.

A bridge restricted access agreement with Boone County was then approved.  Engineer Al Miller says this is for Windsor Lane northeast of Woodward.  This is a Level B section of road which will be upgraded to accommodate buildable lots in the area and this sets hauling and travel restrictions for the bridge on QW Lane.

Wetland mitigation credit purchases were then approved.  The Supervisors agreed to sell 0.6 acres of credits to the Iowa Department of Transportation and 0.65 acres to Bloomfield Acres LLC.  Wallace says the current balance is now 18.74 acres.

A resolution in regards to the final plat for Dawesome Ridge was then approved as presented.

Space planning for the 902 Court Street building then continued.  Architect Jerry Purdy with Design Alliance shared plans for the building and additional space that will be freed up once the information technology offices move in. The third pay request to Edge Commercial LLC was then approved in the amount of $184,000.

Discussion on pioneer cemeteries then continued.  Veterans Affairs Director Nick Praska talked about his records of veterans who are buried in the County.  He says they’re working on putting the records into a digital database that will be easier to navigate.  Admistrative Assistant Melinda Harney has reached out to township trustees to get information on cemeteries in their respective areas.  So far she has heard back from nine of the 16 townships.  The Board plans to hold a workshop with the trustees, hopefully prior to harvest season.

The Supervisors then discussed the County’s law library.  County Attorney Wayne Riesetter says the County is not required to maintain printed versions of law materials.  Therefore, the Board has accepted the district judge’s recommendation to discontinue maintenance of the County’s print law library.  The judges will decide what to do with the current print materials that are on hand.

Finally, the Board went into a closed session in regards to pending litigation before meeting up with Joe Spellman to discus road conditions.