Regulatory program that provides food sanitation inspections and education, as well as inspections for potable water supplies (wells), private sewage disposal, nuisance control, housing, solid waste, insects and rodents, tanning beds, and radon education.

Basic Needs Assistance Program is designed to meet the emergency needs of low-income persons age 18-59 years with a disability and adults over 60 with or without a disability. Funds are available for material aid and energy assistance: for emergency needs such as rent payment assistance, assistive devices, dental expenses, utility bills, prescription drug expenses, eye glasses, home cleaning, extermination, furnace or water heater repair, plumbing and electrical work. Other unmet needs are considered on a case-to-case basis. Grants are made in cases when no other funding source is available. The limit for a request is $400 every 2 years. If a service or funds are available elsewhere the grant will not be approved until all resources have been explored. Grants can only be issued when funding is available.

Environmental concerns, including complaints about dumping, rodents, insects, ambient air quality, water contamination, and septic tank problems.

Please note this program does not respond to individual homes for pest removal.

Enforces regulations in investigating all complaints regarding possible infestations of disease carrying insects and/or rodents, notifies property owners of their responsibilities in maintaining a vermin-free premise, and advises them as to the abatement measures which must be implemented.

Monitors the presence of ticks known to carry Lyme Disease - residents of Scott County can deliver ticks to the department for identification.

The Animal Bite Investigation and Control Program monitors all reported cases of humans being bitten by animals for the purpose of protecting the health of the person bitten, as well as rabies control. Enforces the County Animal Control Ordinance and serve as a liaison between the victim/physician and the State Rabies Advisory Board.

The Mosquito Surveillance Program, in conjunction with Iowa State University and the Iowa Department of Public Health, allows the Health Department to monitor the population of mosquitoes to determine when the potential for arthropod-borne encephalitis or West Nile Virus is imminent.

Neighborhood Inspection Division has three primary responsibilities; rental inspections, the oversight of condemned buildings and the abatement of junk and debris which includes junk vehicles. Other services include:

Can also help with:

Sound permits
Transient Merchant - Application
Transient Merchant - License Information
Sign permits
Land use questions
Abandoned Wells
Animal Waste Complaints
Graffiti
Illegal Businesses
Garage sales
Illegal Dumping
Illegal Parking in Front Yards
Interior Unsanitary Conditions
Mosquito Control
Noise Ordinance Enforcement
Nuisance Odor Ordinance
Rat Control
Renting a house without a certificate
Septic System and Sewer Line Failure
Voluntary Impounds