Examining Board Appointment Correction Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Action Items # 3.
ITEM TITLE: Examining Board Appointment Correction
SUMMARY: City Assessor Rick Engelken requesting a correction to the appointment of
a representative to the Examining Board to a representative who is not a
member of the Conference Board or Board of Review in accordance with
State Code.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Council
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
❑ Staff Memo Staff Memo
❑ Examining Board State Code Excerpt Supporting Documentation
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk
DATE: April 29, 2015
SUBJECT: Appointment to the Examining Board
City Assessor Rick Engelken has informed me that the City Council's appointment to
the Examining Board cannot be a member of the Conference Board or the Board of
Review in accordance with State Code.
City Attorney Barry Lindahl is volunteering for the appointment as the City Council's
representative on the Examining Board.
Thank you.
/ksf
IAC Ch 72, p.1
701-72.14 (441) Examining board.
72.14(1)Membership. Each voting unit of the conference board shall appoint a member of the
examining board. Members of the examining board shall not be members of the conference board, a
body which selects a member of the conference board, or the local board of review (1960 O.A.G. 226).
A person must be a resident of the assessing jurisdiction served to qualify for appointment as a member
of the examining board. A member changing assessing jurisdiction residency after appointment to the
board may continue to serve on the board until the member's current term of office expires.
72.14(2) Terms of members. Members of the examining board shall be appointed for terms of six
years. In the event of death, resignation, or removal from office of a member of the examining board,
the appropriate voting unit of the conference board shall appoint a successor to serve the unexpired term
of the previous incumbent.
72.14(3)Removal of member. A member of an examining board may be removed from office only
after specific charges have been filed against the member and a public hearing has been held if requested
by the member.
72.14(4)Duties. The examining board may, at its discretion, contact all or some of the persons
on the register of candidates eligible for appointment as assessor. The examining board may conduct
interviews with interested persons and may administer such further examinations as may enable the board
to submit a recommendation to the conference board. In arriving at its recommendation,the examining
board may set other professional standards including, but not limited to, examination scores, education,
and experience.
72.140 Report to conference board The report to the conference board required pursuant to Iowa
Code section 441.6 should contain a complete description of the examining board's investigations and
activities. The report may, at the discretion of the examining board, contain recommendations to the
conference board.
72.14(6) Time for action. The examining board shall take all steps necessary to comply with the
time frames set forth in Iowa Code section 441.6.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 441.2, 441.3, 441.4, and 441.6.
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