Local Government

Incumbents Grant Harper and Sara Mentzer, both unchallenged, also retained their seats following Tuesday’s election.

A collaborative of area health care providers and Linn County social service agencies is exploring the feasibility of creating a street medicine team to help deliver health care to the unhoused.

Cedar Rapids City Council members later this month will vote on whether to direct $25,000 to an area food bank.

Polls across Iowa will be open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, North Liberty elected officials get first pay raise in nearly 20 years.

The building has structural issues associated with water damage, although it has been deemed safe for use.

Johnson County is continuing to explore ways to address affordable housing needs with a new proposal that would use $2 million of reserve funds to provide loans for affordable housing projects.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is continuing to ask for an in-person public meeting with Utah-based Havenpark Communities, owner of mobile home parks across the county, as residents push for a two-year moratorium on rent increases due to concerns over park conditions.

Dozens of Iowa libraries will receive the funding early next year to use as they see fit.

In a meeting with Linn County officials Monday, Larry Weber — who oversees a program that deploys dozens of sensors in rivers and streams across Iowa — said the quality of the state’s water is not improving, and that monitoring of the water must continue.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a road use agreement with QTS in light of wear-and-tear sustained by rural roads in the area since the start of construction.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Iowa City school board on Tuesday will discuss the district’s ‘continuum of services’