HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Pertaining to Terms and Vacancies on Ames Transit Agency Board ORDINANCE NO. 2943
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL, CODE
OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING
SECTION 26A. 3 THEREFORE AND ENACTING A NEW
SECTION 26A. 3 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVISING
PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO TERMS AND VACAN-
CIES ON THE AMES TRANSIT AGENCY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES, REPEALING ORDINANCES OR PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, AND ESTABLISH-
ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, shall be
and is hereby amended by repealing See. 26A.3 and enacting a new
Sec. 26A.3 as follows:
Sec. 26A.3. QUALIFICATIONS, TERMS OF OFFICE, OATHS AND
BONDS, VACANCIES.
(1) The members of the Ames Transit Agency Board of Trustees
shall be qualified as follows:
(a) One Trustee shall be a member of the Ames City Coun-
cil. The term shall be two (2) years.
(b) One Trustee shall be a Senator of the Iowa State Uni-
versity Government of the Student Body (GSB), selected
by the GSB Senate. The term shall be one (1) year.
(c) One Trustee shall be a Vice-President of Iowa State
University, to serve an indefinite term.
(d) One Trustee shall be a GSB representative who is not a
GSB Senator, selected by the President of GSB. The
term shall be one (1) year.
(e) One Trustee shall be the Ames City Manager.
(f) One Trustee shall be a person selected by the Mayor of
Ames. The term shall be two (2) years, however, the
Mayor shall designate one such person, one time only, to
serve a term of only one year, for the purpose of pro-
ducing a staggering of the vacancies between the posi-
tions provided for by 26A.3(1)(a) and 26A.3(1)(f).
(2) All terms shall run from May 15 of the year of appointment.
No person shall, by virtue of reappointment, serve for more
than four consecutive years.
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(3) Each Trustee shall, within fifteen (15) days after appointment
and before entering upon the duties of the office, take and
subscribe an oath of office in the form prescribed by Section
63.10, 1985 Code of Iowa, and file it in the office of the City
Clerk for the City of Ames, Iowa. The Ames City Council
will provide for a surety bond running to the City and cover-
ing all city officers, which shall include the said Trustees in
accordance with Sections 64.2 and 64.13, Code of Iowa, 1985.
(4) Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original ap-
pointments are made, in accordance with the same qualifica-
tions for the position vacant, and for the balance of the
unexpired term. A majority of Trustees voting at a duly
called meeting may determine that a Trustee position has in
fact been vacated or abandoned by reason of the appointee no
longer having the qualifications prescribed by this section. In
that event, the vacancy shall be filled as aforesaid.
Section Two. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section Three. This ordinance shall be infull force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law.
Passed this 25th day of March 1986.
au Goodland, Mayor
Attest:
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Nancy Gibb s, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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John R #aaus
City Attorney
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