Operation New View Ltr & Info
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Vnctlon.
PARTNERSHIP
HalpingPoople, Changing Lives
o Central Office
1473 Central Ave.
Dubuque, fA 52001-4853
(563) 556.5130
FAX (563) 556.4402
o Dubuque County
Outreach Center
1473 Central Ave.
Dubuque, fA 52001
(563) 556.5130
FAX (563) 556-4402
D Delaware County
Outreach Center
108 South Tarna
Manchester, fA 52057
(563) 927.4629
FAX (563) 927.5818
o Jackson County
Outreach Center
904 E. Quarry
Maquoketa, fA 52060
(563) 652.5197
FAX (563) 652.5198
Member:
Iowa Community
Action Association
Region VII Association.
of Community Action
Agencies
Community Action
Partnership
(National Association)
Operation: New View
Community Action Agency
Serving the people of Dubuque, Delaware and Jackson Counties in Iowa
December 28, 2005
Mayor and City Council
City of Dubuque
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque.IA 52001
Dear Mayor & City Council:
As you know. Operation: New View Community Action Agency is the local public
nonprofit agency which provides programs to serve low-income persons in
Dubuque. Delaware and Jackson counties. The work of the agency is administered
by a 27 -member tripartite board of directors which includes nine representatives for
each of three community sectors: elected public officials, low-income persons; and
private community organizations. Seats on the board of directors are maintained
for organizations representing each sector.
The City of Dubuque maintains three seats on our board of directors as public
officials sectorrepresentatives from Dubuque County. Public officials are appointed
for one-year terms which expire on December 31 each year. Your current
representatives are Joyce Connors and Pat Cline. A third representative is
appointed by the City Manager. This position is currentiy held by Janet Walker.
With this letter, we request to be informed as to who will be your representatives for
the 2006 year. As soon as you have made these appointments at your first meeting
of the new year, please communicate them to us by letter so that your
representatives can be seated at our first meeting in January 2006.
Many thanks for your help in this matter. If you have questions or comments or need
additional information please contact me directly at 563/556-5130 extension 32 or
by email to tstovall@operationnewview.ora.
Sincerely,
OPERATION: NEW VIEW
COMMUNITY ACTION ~CY
M. Tho as Stovall, CCAP
Executive Director
An Equal Opportunity Employer and Service Provider
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OPERATION: NEW VIEW
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
BYLAWS
OF
OPERAnON: NEW VIEW
COMMUNtTY ACTlON ASENCV
AATlr.ll= I NAME OF CORPORATION
The name of tni.. ccrporotlon is OPERAnON: NeW VIEW COMN.llNJ.TY ACTION AGENCY.
herelnGftcr rcfW'l"ed to as the corporation.
ARna..e II ()Rl;.tI\JT7.nON
The corpol'cltlon Is dai!ll1Cltcd as a Communl'ly Action Agency and organimd and incorporated lIS a public
nort-proflt corpc>rotlon regi.t_d unc:llll" the Qj)plicable laws of the Stllte of IOWQ.
AIlTTI'I FIll AlJTI.IORITY
The corpc. 'Otlon "'as crelItedllll a -l'CntelegQlMtl'ly lInd goins Its lIuthorl'ly to lIct under the terms
of lIMgreemem entered into under the pruvisiollS of Chapter 2SE of the IowQ Code and filed on July
111,15185. Public agenciCI whlett en parties to tne agrcem&Ilt arc: The Cl'ly of Dubuque, bubuque ColrI1y,
belaware Coun'ly and J IIClaIon CoUn'ly, 1I11 In tne State lIf Iowa,
ARTII"I j; IV ~!;llVIa 'n;DDlTOIlY
The CQrpol'cltion RrWS primarily. although not lIJ(clUSlvely, the follcwingthrce (3) counties in the State
of Iowa: bUbuqllc, DelllWarc ami Jackson.
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The mission of the alI'pclI"Otion is ta mobilize federal, state, and local resourc.... within the service
territOl"y to focus on ploMing and Operating programs designed to eliminGte poverty by RrVing tne
need8 of Iow-income people ond providing them with the opportunities, motivation, ~i11s and knowledge
to become self-!ufficlent and to nocl(;h their full potentkll.
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ARTTfI J: VI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ComDOSition af DiNrlOf'ofl
The bUlliness, property and affolr'!! of the corporation ''I managed by 0 Boord of Directors
composed of twen'ly-lleven (27) member'!!. There Is 0 tripartite composition <rf the Boord to
reflect equal repreRntotion of public offlclols, low income persons. and prillllte .<:tor
illdlYldU4!.1.
B. Rerrese,nt4tion of Dftdtr!l
The Boord of Directors consists of twenty-!lllven (27) rlljlr*!lentotives. including nine (9) each
from each llllCtor. selllCted in the follOWing manner:
1. Public c;.r+~: One-third (1/3) of the members of the Bodrd of Directors repl"e!lent public
officials. The Boord gf Supervisln <rf -=h of the three (3) counties n:1ccts two (2)
~ repl'e!lentotives to the Boord. The City Council of the C''IV of DubUQue selects three (3)
representatives to the Boord. . -
The repruentotives need nat be public officio Is themselves, but they hove full authority
to oct for the public offlclols wlIom they represent at the meetings gf the Boord.
2. Low-IIlCO",," ~"'" One-third (1/3) gf the members of the Boord of Directors ore
representotives of the law-income people being served- by the COI'pcnltlon. Although Iew-
income Apraentcti'iM need not thernielws be low-Income. they rntm truly repraent the
low-irl<=Ome group olld live in the geographical oreo which tlley re~. Low-il'lCOll1e
0I'9O"IZlltlo... howeWI'. should give priority to low-Income persoM.
Electioll!l by the Boord of Directors will be conducted ewry three (3) years unless ~
OCClN. The remaining repre:.entatl\IC:I of th./ow-income sector may. actlngolone. nominate
to the full Boord 0 person to fill out the term. with the =ndition thot the person to fill the
term represent Q8 much os possible the some constituency os the ""igil1Cll representatn...
Low-income repruentatives ore selected through the County Advisory Boord!, ather
rcprexflfQtive boards and orgonimtio,. or by indiYiduel solicltotlon. Those boards sholl
COUCUll thell1lCrw.. and !Illlect by democrotic vate their namil18ell to serve on the Boord gf
Directors.
3. Priwte Sector: One-third (1/3) gf the membeN of the Iloord of Directors _ individuols
repnlS8nting b..illUll, 'ndlllrtry, labor, religion, welfare. or other m<ljor groups intcrats
within the geographical aree covered by the corporation
A",! lntere!lted group me",! petition the Boord of DirectGr!l 08 on eligible group for
repreantation on the Iloord of Directors. The Iloard will attempt to draw repracntotion
and belonce from lIlIlOng private !IClC101 ogencle8, educotlonal institutloll!l, groups concerned
with specific problems. religious groups. busl_. industry, ond labor orgonlZlltlof'lS. The
board will publicize to private sector group. tile potential eligibility they hove to be
represented On the Iloord.
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P~rties
26 E AGREEMENT FORMING OPERATION: NEW VIEW
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Publ1c agf!ncies which are partis;_~,.~M~F^,r,lj~
lIIent are: Delaware County, ttJ'e:lf::ltYof Dubuque,
Dubuque County, and Jackson County, all in the
State of Iowa.
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2. Pu rpOSe The purpose of this Agref!ment is to create a
public ageocy,to undertake pr09ra~s and activities
which would improve economic and social conditicns
of low and moderate income citiZens and WOUld be
eligible fOr df!Signation as a community action
agency as defined in Iowa Code Chapter lA, 1985.
., Effective This Agreement shall take effect on the date of
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Date filing and recor~ng as r~ired by the Iowa COde,
Chapter 28E.8. 7-18..e
4. Duration The duration of this Agreement shall bi indefinite
unless' any party giVES all other parties notice in
writing not less than thirty (30) days prior to
the third anniversary of the effective date. If
such notice is ,given the agreement shall terminate
on that anniversary date. Thereafter-, any party
may give Written notice not less than thirty (30)
days prior to any subsequent anniversary date and
if such notice is given the agreement shall
terminate on that anniversary date.
If the 'agency created hereby does not qualify as a
communi~ action agency, as deffned by federal Or
state law, this Agreement shall terminate
immediately except to the extent that its
continued eXfstence is necessary to wind up the
affairs of the agency.
5. Pri or This Agreement Supersedes and terminates all '
Agreements preVious agreements alllOng the parties concerning
community action agencies and in particular, the
agreement filed in the office of the Secretary of
State, Fe~ruary 8, 1974.
6. ' Operation: There is hereby cteated a separate legal entity to
Ne~J View carry out the purposes of this Agreement to be
Created known as Operation: kew View and which shall be a
public agency accordfng to the laws of Iowa. This
entity shall replace and act in place of all
previous administrative and governing boards of
Operation: ~ew,View.
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7. Organization
8. Powers of the
Board of Directors
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The agency shall have a governing Board of
Directors which shall consist of twenty-seven (27)
members chosen as follows:
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Delaware County, Jowa, two members by and through
the Delaware County P.oard of SupervisG~s, two
members representing the private sector of
Delaware County and two members representing the
low income sector of Delaware County;
Cit1 of Dubuque, Io,wa, three mew-hers ~y and _
through the ~,ty ~ouncil;
DUbuque County, Iowa, two members by and through
the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors, five
members representing the private sector of Dubuque
County, and five members representing the low
income sector of Dubuque County;
Jackson County, Jowa. two members by and through
the Jackson County Board of Supervisors, two
members representing the private sector of Jackson
County, and two members representing the low
income sector of Jackson County.
The tri-partite mqke up of the board is intended
to comply with the requirements of Iowa law under
Jowa Code Section 7A.23 (1985) and applicable
federal law. Further, the private sector and low
income sector members of the board shall be chosen
in a manner consistent with state and federal law
governing community action agencies. The
selection of the public sector members shall be at
the discretion of the public agency making the
appointment.
Each board member shall have one vote. A simple
majority of board members shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
The Board of Directors shall function as the
advisory board for the agency.
The BOird of Directors shall have the following
powers to be used in the furtherance of th@ stated
purpose of the agency:
A. To sue and be sued;
B. To acquire, hold, use and dispose of personal
and real property.
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