Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 489 - Child Advocacy Board › Chapter 2 - Rules and Operation for the State Board › Rule 489-2.1 - Membership and Term

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Membership and terms.
The child advocacy board is created
			 within the department of health and human services. The state board consists of
			 nine members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate
			 and directly responsible to the governor. One member shall be an active court
			 appointed special advocate volunteer, one member shall be an active member ofa
			 local citizen foster care review board, and one member shall be a judicial
			 branch employee or judicial officer appointed from nominees submitted by the
			 judicial branch. The appointment is for a term of four years that begins and
			 ends as provided in Iowa Code section
			 69.19. Vacancies on the state
			 board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. An
			 employee of the department of health and human services, an employee ofa
			 child-placing agency, an employee ofan agency with which the department of
			 health and human services contracts for services for children under foster
			 care, a foster parent providing foster care, or an employee of the district
			 court is not eligible to serve on the state board. However, the judicial branch
			 employee or judicial officer appointed from nominees submitted by the judicial
			 branch in accordance with Iowa Code section
			 237.16(1) 
			 shall be eligible to serve on the state board.
(2)
Officers.
The members of
			 the state board shall annually select a chairperson, vice chairperson, and
			 other officers the members deem necessary. The members may be entitled to
			 receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
			 performance of their duties, subject to available funding. Each member of the
			 state board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in Iowa
			 Code section 7E.6.
(3)
Meetings.
The state
			 board shall meet at least twice a year. Notice of a meeting is published at
			 least seven days in advance of the meeting and will be provided to interested
			 persons upon request. The notice shall contain the specific date, time and
			 place of the meeting. The agenda will be made available to any interested
			 person not less than seven days in advance of the meeting. All meetings will be
			 open to the public, pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 21, unless a closed session
			 is voted by a quorum. The operation of the state board meetings will be
			 governed by the following rules of procedure.
a. A quorum shall consist of a majority of
			 the members. When a quorum is present, a position is carried by an affirmative
			 vote of a majority of the members present.
b. Minutes of state board meetings are
			 prepared and are available at the board office for inspection during office
			 hours. Copies may be obtained without charge by contacting the
			 office.
c. At each meeting the
			 state board shall set the time, date and place of the next meeting.
(1) Notice of the meeting shall be given
			 pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 21.
(2) When the chairperson of the state board
			 determines that a special or electronic meeting is required, the meeting shall
			 be held in accordance with Iowa Code section
			 21.4 or
			 21.8.
(3) Persons wishing to appear before the
			 state board shall submit the request to the state board office not less than
			 ten days prior to the meeting. Presentations may be made at the discretion of
			 the chairperson and only upon matters appearing on the agenda. Persons wishing
			 to submit written material should do so at least ten days in advance of the
			 scheduled meeting to ensure that state board members have adequate time to
			 receive and evaluate the material.
(4) Cameras and recording devices may be used
			 at open meetings provided they do not obstruct the meeting. The presiding
			 officer may request a person using such a device to discontinue its use when it
			 is obstructing the meeting. If a person fails to comply with this request, the
			 presiding officer shall order that person excluded from the meeting.
(5) The presiding officer may exclude any
			 person from the meeting for repeated behavior that disrupts or obstructs the
			 meeting.
(6) Cases not covered by
			 these rules shall be governed by Robert's Rules of Order.