Iowa Admin. Code r. 661-600.4 - Board procedures
The
(1)
Membership. The board
shall include 15 voting members and 4 ex officio, nonvoting members who are
members of the Iowa general assembly, as provided in Iowa Code section
80.28.
(2)
Meetings.
a. The board shall meet at least once a
quarter at a time and place determined by the board . Additional meetings may be
called by:
(1) The chairperson,
(2) The vice chairperson, or
(3) By the statewide interoperability
coordinator, at the request of five or more voting members of the
board .
b. If a quorum is
not present at a scheduled meeting of the board , the members of the board who
are present may convene, may take testimony and public comment, and may engage
in discussion of board business but shall not take any action other than to
adjourn.
c. Notice of all meetings
of the board shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Iowa Code
section
21.4. In addition,
notice of any scheduled board meeting and a tentative agenda of that meeting
shall be posted on the Web site of the board prior to the scheduled time of the
meeting.
d. All meetings of the
board are public meetings and shall be conducted in accordance with Iowa Code
section
21.3.
(1) A portion of any board meeting may be
closed to the public for any of the reasons enumerated in Iowa Code section
21.5 and only
subsequent to the procedures specified in Iowa Code section
21.5 to be
followed by a public body in order to close a meeting to the public. If a board
meeting has been closed to the public, the board shall not adjourn while in
closed session, but may do so only after the meeting has been reopened to the
public.
(2) The chairperson or vice
chairperson may extend invitations to subject matter experts or other parties
to address items on the agenda of the board at meetings of the board .
(3) Members of the public shall be afforded
an opportunity to address the board at each regular meeting during a period
labeled "public comment period" on the agenda, subject to reasonable time
limits established by the person presiding at the meeting.
(4) Remote telephonic access to a meeting of
the board may be provided at the request of a board member or a member of the
public.
e. Meetings of
the board shall be conducted in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order, 10th
edition.
(3)
Officers. Officers of the board shall be a chairperson and a
vice chairperson.
a. Election of the
chairperson and the vice chairperson shall take place at a regular meeting of
the board .
b. The chairperson and
the vice chairperson shall each be elected for a two-year term, commencing at
the conclusion of the meeting at which the election takes place.
c. The chairperson and the vice chairperson
shall each be a voting member of the board .
d. If the chairperson or the vice chairperson
ceases to be a voting member of the board , or if the chairperson or the vice
chairperson resigns from the position, the position shall become vacant. If the
position of the chairperson becomes vacant, the vice chairperson shall become
chairperson and shall serve the remainder of the two-year term to which the
chairperson had been elected, and the position of vice chairperson shall become
vacant. If the position of vice chairperson has become vacant, an election to
fill the remainder of the two-year term shall be conducted at the next regular
meeting of the board following the occurrence of the vacancy.
e. Election to the position of chairperson or
vice chairperson shall require a majority of the voting members of the board
who are present and voting at a meeting at which a quorum of the board is in
attendance.
f. If the board fails
to elect a chairperson or a vice chairperson at the board meeting when a term
of office ends, the incumbent chairperson or vice chairperson shall continue to
serve until a successor is elected.
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