WEST DES MOINES – County officials and employees from across the state will travel to Des Moines on Wednesday, March 12, for the sixth annual County Day at the Capitol hosted by the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC). The event will give county officials and employees the opportunity to be involved in the legislative process by promoting legislation that is of importance to counties.
The event will begin at 10 am in the Wallace Building auditorium. ISAC staff will speak about the current hot issues and the latest on mental health redesign, road funding, addressing user fees, and other issues that will impact local government. From there, the group will travel to the capitol at 11 am. The time at the statehouse will give county officials and employees the opportunity to participate in the lobbying process by meeting with their respective legislators.
County officials will focus their discussions with their legislators on ISAC’s top priorities – which are road funding, mental health and disability services, user fees and rural improvement zones. Each of these issues will have significant fiscal impacts on counties. County officials will be sharing with their Senators and Representatives these fiscal impacts.
The capitol rotunda will be filled with ISAC affiliate member organization displays. This will give the different county offices the opportunity to introduce legislators and the public to the important services counties provide and their role in the effective administration of county services.
Lunch will be provided for legislators and attending county officials in the capitol rotunda West Wing. This will again give county officials and employees the opportunity to interact with legislators.
County Day at the Capitol will give ISAC members an opportunity to work towards improving county government.
The Iowa State Association of Counties is a private, nonprofit corporation whose members are county officials from the 99 counties in Iowa. ISAC’s mission is to promote effective and responsible county government for the people of Iowa. For further information, visit http://www.iowacounties.org/.
