The Greene County Board of Supervisors met Monday in regular session.
During reports, Sheriff Jack Williams said that the new county jail remains to be on schedule for the final state inspection on August 24th. He is planning to host public tours that same weekend before getting everything transitioned to the new facility by the following Monday.
Jefferson City Administrator Scott Peterson then gave an update. He said the contract has been signed for the Westwood sidewalk project, and work could start as early as the week of Labor Day. He also noted that a document has been approved by the Iowa Department of Transportation guaranteeing three access points from Highways 30 and 4 for additional development, and the city purchased property from Alliant Energy to install a public parking lot south of Jefferson Telecom.
The Board also heard an update on the solar panel farm project from Alliant Energy. Spokesperson Justin Foss said they are continuing toward their project as they just purchased a large transformer that was a $7 million investment. He said they had to wait on the certainty of some tariffs, but now the company feels more confident to move forward with the plans to begin installation of the 100-megawatt project in 2027-2028. 
Foss also requested to add a battery storage area to the county’s solar panel ordinance and the Board agreed to look into it.
Next, the Board discussed cost sharing for a mortuary cooler unit with the crematory owner, Aaron Schroeder and Slinginger-Schroeder Funeral Home and Crematory. The issue came up at a recent Supervisors meeting about the need for a cooling unit, due to the amount of time it takes to get medical records for several reasons, some due to it being an unattended death or if an autopsy was needed. 
Schroeder told the Board that he can only hold a body for up to 72 hours and then a decision was needed to be made. The Board agreed to move forward with a creation of a 28E agreement.
The Board also approved to increase the county crematory fees from $1,250 to $2,250. They also approved a resolution to hire Candice Salvin as a part-time Emergency Medical Technician for the Ambulance Department, re-appointed Karla Janning to the Region XII Council of Governments Housing Authority Board and the County Auditor’s year end cash report was also approved. Additionally, the Board also approved to direct the Commissioner of Elections for the cities to hold their Local Option Sales and Service Tax revenue purpose statements on the November ballot. Auditor Billie Jo Hoskins said that all cities are wanting to remove their respective sunsets on LOSST. 
Finally, the Supervisors acted as the Drainage District Board of Trustees and approved $3,500 claims from AgriVia for engineering services and $3,650 as a pass through for two wetland projects with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
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