Code of Ordinances Amendment - Title 14 Electrical Code Board Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Action Items # 14.
ITEM TITLE: Code of Ordinances Amendment- Title 14 Building and Development,
Chapter 1 Building Codes, Article D Electrical Code
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval of an amendment to the City of
Dubuque ordinance for the Electrical Code Board.
ORDINANCE - Amending City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Title 14
Building and Development, Chapter 1 Building Codes, Article D Electrical
Code, Section 14-1 D-3 Electrical Code Board, by Eliminating the Public
Hearing Requirement for Removal of a Member
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion A
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
❑ Electrical Code Board-MVM Memo City Manager Memo
❑ Staff Memo Staff Memo
❑ Ordinance Ordinance
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Boards and Commissions — Electrical Code Board
DATE: May 12, 2015
The City Attorney's Office and the City Clerk's Office have been working on updating
the Boards and Commissions ordinances to make the standard provisions in all of the
ordinances uniform and consistent.
Assistant City Attorney Crenna Brumwell recommends City Council approval of an
amendment to the City of Dubuque ordinance for the Electrical Code Board. As
members of the Boards and Commissions are not officers per Iowa Code, the public
hearing requirement is being removed.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Crenna Brumwell, Assistant City Attorney
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CRENNA M . BRUMWELL , ESQ. //11 /� /�
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY n I/ / I/ /
To: Michael C. Van Milligen I�,.Ji`' Ill
City Manager
DATE: May 8, 2015
RE: Boards and Commissions — Electrical Code Board
The City Attorney's Office, together with the City Clerk's Office and each individual
department, have been working on updating the Boards and Commissions ordinances
for the City of Dubuque. The goal is to make the standard provisions in all of the
ordinances uniform and consistent.
Attached please find a draft ordinance for the Electrical Code Board, which eliminates
the public hearing requirement for removal of a member. Iowa Code §372.15 only
requires a public hearing for removal of officers. As members of the Boards and
Commissions are not officers per Iowa Code, the public hearing requirement is being
removed.
I recommend that the ordinance be submitted to the City Council for consideration.
Please let me know if you need further information.
Thank you.
Prepared by: Crenna M. Brumwell, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 589-4381
ORDINANCE NO. 33-15
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 14 BUILDING AND
DEVELOPMENT, CHAPTER 1 BUILDING CODES, ARTICLE D ELECTRICAL CODE,
SECTION 14-1D-3 ELECTRICAL CODE BOARD, BY ELIMINATING THE PUBLIC
HEARING REQUIREMENT FOR REMOVAL OF A MEMBER
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. Section 14-1 D-3 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended as follows:
14-1D-3: ELECTRICAL CODE BOARD:
L. Removal: Except as provided in J(4)(a), the city council may remove any
member for good cause.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect upon publication.
Passed, approved, and adopted the 18th day of May, 2015.
Attest:
Kevvi 8. Firnstahl, City Cierk
Lynn V. Sutton,VMayor Pro Tem
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
14-1 D-3: ELECTRICAL CODE BOARD:
L. Removal: Except as provided in J(4)(a), Tthe city council may remove any
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STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher
of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County
of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper
on the following dates: May 22, 2015, and for which the charge is $11.77.
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Subscribed to before me, a IjTotary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
this day of
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE: NO.33-15
AMENDING IICITY OF
DUBUQUE, CODE OF
ORDINANCES TITLE
14 BUILDING AND
DEVELOPMENT,
CHAPTER 1tBUILDING'
CODES, i ARTICLE D
ELECTRICAL ; CODE,
SECTION 14-1D-3
ELECTRICAL CODE
BOARD, BY ELIMIN-
ATING,. THE PUBLIC
HEARING',REQUIRE-
MENT FOR REMOVAL
OFA MEMBER -
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF .DUBUQUE,
IOWA:
Section 1. Section 14-
1D-3 of the City of
Dubuque Code of l
Ordinances is hereby
amended as follows:
14-1D-3: ELECTRICAL
CODE BOARD:
L. Rernoval: Except as
provided in J(4)(a), the
city council , may
remove any member
for good cause.
Section 2. This
Ordinance takes effect
upon. publication.
Passed, approved,
and adopted the 18th
day of May, 2015.
/s/Lynn V. Sutton,
Mayor Pro Tem
Attest: /s/Kevin S.
Firnstahl, City Clerk
Published officially in
the Telegraph Herald
newspaper on the 22nd
day of May,2015.
Attest: /s/Kevin S.
Firnstahl, City Clerk
It 5/22
Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
MARY K, WESTERMEYER
Commission Number 154885
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