Iowa Admin. Code r. 491-1.2 - Organization, meetings, and procedure
(1)
Organization.
a. The racing and gaming commission is
located at 6200 Park Avenue, Suite 100, Des Moines, Iowa 50321; telephone
515.281.7352. Office hours are 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
b. The racing and gaming commission consists
of five members. The membership shall elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson
in July of each year. No chairperson shall serve more than four consecutive
one-year full terms.
(2)
Meetings.
a. The commission
meets periodically throughout the year and shall meet in July of each year.
Notice of a meeting is published on the commission's website at
irgc.iowa.gov/at least five days in advance of the meeting or will be sent to
interested persons upon request. The notice shall contain the specific date,
time, and place of the meeting. Agendas are available to any interested persons
not less than five days in advance of the meeting.
b. Persons wishing to appear before the
commission should submit a written request to the commission office not less
than ten working days prior to the meeting. The administrator or commission may
place a time limit on presentations after taking into consideration the number
of presentations requested.
c.
Special or electronic meetings may be called by the chairperson only upon a
finding of good cause and shall be held in strict accordance with Iowa Code
section 21.4 or
21.8.
(3)
Procedure. All meetings
shall be open to the public unless a closed session is voted by four members or
all members present for the reasons specified in Iowa Code section
21.5. The operation of
commission meetings shall be governed by the following rules of procedure:
a. A quorum shall consist of three
members.
b. When a quorum is
present, a position is carried by an affirmative vote of the majority of the
entire membership of the commission.
c. A commissioner, who is present at a
meeting of the commission when action is taken, shall be presumed to have
assented to the action unless the commissioner's dissent was requested to be
entered in the minutes. A roll-call vote on any motion may be recorded in the
minutes. Reconsideration of any action may only be initiated by a commissioner
who voted with the prevailing side. The motion to reconsider any action may be
made and seconded before the conclusion of the meeting when the action was
approved, or it may be made in writing and submitted to the commission office
within two business days following the meeting. Only the mover has the option
to request that the motion be held in abeyance, when the motion to reconsider
is offered during the same meeting. Any commissioner is eligible to call up the
motion to reconsider at the next meeting of the commission. The official
minutes shall record the offering of any motion to reconsider, whether placed
during the meeting or by timely written submission.
d. The presiding officer may exclude any
person from the meeting for behavior that disrupts or obstructs the
meeting.
e. Cases not covered by
this rule shall be governed by the most recent edition of Robert's Rules of
Order Newly Revised.
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