HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Limiting Electric Utility Operations Review and Advisory Board Member Terms ORDINANCE NO. 2957
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING
SECTION 28.92 AND RE-ENACTING SAID SECTION
REVISED TO ALLOW THE PERSONS FIRST AP-
POINTED TO THE ELECTRIC UTILITY OPERATIONS
REVIEW AND ADVISORY BOARD TO SERVE NOT
MORE THAN TEN YEARS; REPEALING ALL ORDI-
NANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT;
AND, ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ENACTED, 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 Section 28.92 thereof and enacting
a new section 28.92 to read as follows:
"Sec. 28.92. ELECTRIC UTILITY OPERATIONS REVIEW AND
ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED.
1) There is hereby established the Electric Utility Opera-
tions Review Advisory Board to be composed of five
persons each qualified by demonstrated expertise or
experience in generation, distribution, finance or market-
ing of electrical energy and appointed by the Mayor with
the consent of the City Council to initial terms of one,
two, three, four and five years and thereafter to five
year terms, beginning April 1 of the fiscal year appoint-
ed, for the purpose of investigating and reviewing, on a
continuing basis, all aspects of the operations of the
Ames Municipal Electric Utility, including any and all
practices, plans or proposals pertaining to generation,
distribution and marketing, finance, and accounting so
as to provide advice and proposals to the City council on
matters as aforesaid at such times and in such frequency
as the Board deems appropriate, or in response to re-
quests from the City Council.
2) The city staff shall provide services or information as
the Board shall require by notice to the City Manager.
3) No person shall be appointed to more than one full five
year term and no person appointed to a term of less
than five years, or to fill a vacancy in an unexpired
term shall be reappointed to a full five year term if
doing so will result in more than seven years of service
on the board. Except the initial appointees may be
reappointed to a five year full term if doing so will not
result in more than ten years of service on the board.
4) The Board shall elect its presiding officer.
Section Two. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, if any.
Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law.
Passed this day 1st of July 1986.
G
Nancy IGibbo City Clerk Larry R. C rtis, Mayor Pro Tem
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