Supervisor Jon Green to serve as Johnson County chair for 2026

IOWA CITY — Johnson County Supervisor Jon Green will serve as chair of the Board of Supervisors for the second consecutive year, after serving as chair for 2025.

Green was unanimously selected as chair by his fellow supervisors at its annual organizational meeting Friday morning. The former Lone Tree mayor was first elected to the board in a special election in 2021.

The board chair is in charge of compiling agenda items and running meetings of the board.

Supervisor Lisa Green-Douglass was unanimously named vice-chair of the board at the organizational meeting. Green-Douglass has been a member of the board since 2016.

All five seats on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors will be on the ballot in November 2026, following the passage of a new state law requiring supervisor districts in some Iowa counties. Voters will be able to vote for a single member of the board based on where they live.

The terms of Green and Supervisor V Fixmer-Oraiz were set to end in 2026. Supervisors Rod Sullivan, Mandi Remington and Green-Douglass were elected to new four-year terms in November 2024, but now face a 2026 election.

However, an ongoing lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of the state law that requires supervisor districts in Johnson, Black Hawk and Story counties.

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