ORDINANCE NO. 14,482

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 14,447, passed May 23, 2005, by amending Section 26-452 thereof, exempting the Board of Power Engineer Examiners from term limits.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 14,447, passed May 23, 2005 is hereby amended by amending Section 26-452 exempting the Board of Power Engineer Examiners from term limits, as follows:

Sec. 26-452. Board of power engineer examiners created.

(a) There is created and established a board of power engineer examiners, referred to in this division as the "board of examiners."

(b) The board of examiners shall be composed of six members.

(c) Five members of the board of examiners shall be nominated by the mayor and appointed by the city council. The building official, or the official’s designee, shall be an ex officio member. A majority of those appointed and serving on the board shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. Notwithstanding section 2-1059 regarding term limits, members of the board of examiners may be reappointed for a third or subsequent consecutive term.

(d) Each appointee of the board of examiners shall be the holder of a first class engineer's license in the city and shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale or agency of any equipment, apparatus, or service that could be construed in any manner as affecting his or her impartial judgment as contemplated in this division.

(e) All appointments to membership on the board of examiners shall be made for a period of three years.

Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

FORM APPROVED:

Roger K. Brown, Assistant City Attorney

T. M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor

Attest:

I, Diane Rauh, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 05-2085), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held August 22, 2005 signed by the Mayor on August 22, 2005 and published as provided by law in the Business Record on September 5, 2005. Authorized by Publication Order No. 4840.

Diane Rauh, City Clerk