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218 Board of Director's Records

Code No.218

BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S RECORDS

The board will keep and maintain permanent records of the board includ1ng, but not limited to, records of the minutes of board meetings and other required records of the board.

It is the responsibility of the board secretary to keep the minutes of the board meetings. The minutes of each board meeting shall include as a minimum the following items: a record of the date, time, place, members present, action taken and the vote of each member with the schedule of bills allowed attached. This information shall be furnished within two weeks of the board meeting, information needs to be at the newspaper office within two weeks but not necessarily published within two weeks, and to be published in a newspaper designated as a newspaper for official publication. The schedule of bills allowed may be published on a once monthly basis in lieu of publication with the minutes. The permanent records of the board minutes may include more detail than is required for the publication of the minutes.

Minutes waiting approval at the next board meeting will be available for inspection at the central administration office after the board secretary transcribes the notes into typewritten material which has been proofread for errors and retyped.

Legal Reference: 

Iowa Code §§ 21; 22; 279.8, .35, .36; 291.6, .7; 618.3

281 I.A.C 12.3(1).

1982 Op. Att'y Gen. 215.

1974 Op. Att'y Gen. 403.

1952 Op. Att'y Gen. 133.

Approved 9-13-93        Reviewed 5-16-2022     Revised  3-18-2019