Dallas County, Iowa Packet Summary — 2026-09-01
Meeting: Board of Supervisors Agenda and Minutes Information (PDF)
Scheduled: Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Location: Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, 800 Court Street, Adel, Iowa 50003
The Dallas County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider a substantial capital-project agenda, including four construction projects and payment applications totaling more than $1 million. The packet also includes a proposed CENTEGIX CrisisAlert safety system, requests connected with Adel's September 11 RVTV event, payroll changes, consent items, and a sheriff security workshop.
Key Items on the Agenda
Capital Projects
Four county construction projects are scheduled for review: the Secondary Roads Addition & Garage, Courthouse Renovations, Evidence Storage & Firing Range, and Adel EMS Station. The agenda calls for construction or status updates, payment applications, and—in the courthouse and evidence-storage projects—contingency reviews.
- Secondary Roads Addition & Garage: Pay Application #21 is presented for review and approval. Farnsworth Group certified a requested payment of $32,489.22 to Turner Construction Company for the period ending August 31.
- Courthouse Renovations: The Board is scheduled to receive a construction update, review Pay Application #17, and review contingency. The payment application requests $262,822.78, which Farnsworth Group certified for payment.
- Evidence Storage & Firing Range: The agenda includes a construction update, Pay Application #18, and contingency review. The application requests $439,213.17, certified by Farnsworth Group.
- Adel EMS Station: The Board is scheduled to receive a construction and status update and review Pay Application #2. The application requests $314,317.09 for the period ending August 31.
Together, those four payment applications total $1,048,842.26.
Courthouse Renovation Progress
The August project report describes the courthouse renovation as 88% complete. Level 2 was substantially complete and moving through final turnover activities, while Level 3 work was progressing through drywall finishing and overhead mechanical, electrical, and plumbing rough-ins.
The packet identifies planned owner occupancy milestones of September 8, 2026, for Level 2 and October 24, 2026, for Level 3. It also states that unused allowances and contingency funds are to be returned through a deductive change order when the project is complete.
Evidence Storage & Firing Range Nears Completion
The August project report lists the Evidence Storage & Firing Range project at 95% complete and records owner occupancy as an achieved milestone on August 14. The report says the project received a Certificate of Occupancy, passed the State of Iowa final electrical inspection, and passed NFPA 72 fire-alarm testing and inspection.
Remaining or recently completed work described in the packet includes evidence-storage wire-mesh partitions, exterior/site work, range fixtures, security cameras, vehicle-gate access controls, parking-lot work, and seeding. The packet states that unused allowance and contingency dollars will be reimbursed to the County/project.
Adel EMS Station
The EMS Station is at an earlier stage than the other major projects. The payment documentation shows a revised contract amount of $6,240,188.00, with $363,447.09 completed and stored to date, or approximately 5.82% of the contract value. Pay Application #2 requests $314,317.09.
Public Safety and Technology
CENTEGIX CrisisAlert Contract
The agenda asks the Board to consider setting a time and date for a public hearing concerning a CENTEGIX CrisisAlert contract. This is a scheduling action for a future public hearing; the agenda does not state that the contract itself will be approved at this meeting.
Packet materials describe a proposed deployment of the CENTEGIX Safety Platform with CrisisAlert for Dallas County. The pricing schedule shows a $178,400.00 contract total, including recurring Safety Platform and wireless-backup services and one-time implementation, installation, training, shipping, and Safety Blueprint-related costs.
The system materials describe wearable alert badges, locating beacons, visual alert strobes, gateways and integrations with systems such as security cameras, door access controls and display boards. The packet also includes special contract terms between Dallas County and 34ED, LLC, doing business as CENTEGIX.
Sheriff Security Workshop
A separate agenda item calls for discussion/action regarding a Sheriff Security Workshop. The agenda identifies the workshop as a Board item but does not itself specify an action or outcome.
Community and Event Requests
Adel Chamber RVTV Event
The Board is scheduled to consider requests associated with the RVTV event on Friday, September 11. An Adel Chamber/Adel Partners agenda request asks the County to consider several forms of support, including:
- Use of the grassy lawn south of the courthouse.
- A performer on the courthouse's south-side steps.
- EMS support for the event.
- Designating 902 Court Street as a cooling location if needed.
- Designating 800 Court Street as a severe-weather location for a severe event.
- County participation in the Hometown Heroes program from 4:00–4:30 p.m.
- Potentially ringing the courthouse bell 25 times in connection with the September 11 remembrance.
- Potential courthouse tours from 5:00–6:00 p.m. for registered attendees.
The request also informs the County of planned road closures and festival space. Organizers additionally offered support for future county events, including a Firearms Training Center & Evidence Storage Facility ribbon cutting and a possible EMS-site groundbreaking.
Personnel Items
The Board is scheduled to consider payroll change notices. Packet forms include three proposed rehirings of seasonal Election Temp Staff in the Auditor's Department at $16.00 per hour, effective September 8, as well as the end of employment for a seasonal Conservation employee effective September 11.
The Conservation form identifies the position as Seasonal Natural Resources Tech and indicates that the employee is eligible for rehire and that the position will need to be replaced.
Consent Agenda and Routine Business
The consent agenda includes:
- Expense claims paid on August 28.
- A fireworks permit application for Charles Ramen.
- A manure management report for the Rex & Barbara McClatchey Farm in Dallas Township.
- Temporary liquor license applications for The Tipsy Wildflower and Apres Bar Co LLC.
The Board is also scheduled to consider minutes from the August 25 and August 26 supervisor meetings. The agenda includes an open forum near the beginning of the meeting and "Other Business" before adjournment.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The largest immediate financial items are the four construction payment applications totaling $1,048,842.26, led by the $439,213.17 Evidence Storage & Firing Range request and the $314,317.09 Adel EMS Station request.
Other points to watch include the contingency position of the courthouse and Evidence Storage & Firing Range projects; progress toward courthouse Level 2 turnover; the early-stage progress of the EMS Station; what date the Board may select for a CENTEGIX contract public hearing; and which RVTV event-support requests the County is willing to accommodate.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials provided by Dallas County, Iowa.
