An Iowa District Court Judge has ruled in favor of the Mahaska County Board in its dispute with the County’s 911 Service Board.  The Service Board had entered into a 28E agreement with the Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission.  That 28E gave the Commission responsibility for emergency communications.  Judge Crystal Cronk agreed with Mahaska County that the Service Board is not a public or private agency, and so the Service Board cannot enter into a 28E agreement with anyone. Therefore, the 28E agreement between the Service Board and Emergency Management Commission is void.  Mahaska County Board Chair Mark Groenendyk issued a statement Monday (2/1) saying the Board of Supervisors “are very pleased with today’s result and believe the law has been upheld,” and that the Supervisors “look forward to working with the 911 Service Board and Emergency Management Commission on new proposed budgets that comply with the Iowa Code and the Service Board’s operating agreement, where all parties bear their fair share of the expense as occurred in the past.”