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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Bring your ad to the office and pay for the ad at that time. We reserve
the right to accept or refuse any or all
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any time.
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annoUncements
Norwalk Food Pantry, lo-
cated at New Life Lutheran
Church, 4380 Wakonda
Dr., is open every Wednes-
day from 5 to 7 pm. for lo-
cal residents.
free
FREE KITTENS” Ador-
able fluffy, about 7 weeks
old. Please call 577-2904
for more information.
employment
Glen Morris Lawn Care is
seeking reliable people to
work With snow removal in
Norwalk/lndianola area.
Call 575-208-4398.
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for sale
Partylite Consultant,
Sandy Brenizer, 515—238-
6718, email sandybcandle
.ao|.com. Shop online
www.partylite.bizsandy
bcandle.
Avon Representative for
Norwalk/Lakewood. For
products, call sandy
Brenizer, 515—238-671 8 or
go to dynomaids @ aol.com
or www.youravon.com/
SandraBrenizer.
Hate cleaning? Love
cleaning? Norwex is the
answer! Save you time, $,
and risk of chemicals! Kim
Ginkens, NonNex Ind. Con-
sultant, 515-991-9821,
KimGinkens.nonNex.biz.
.Shop for Non/valk Warrior
Spiritwear online at
’MyJJDesigns.com or call
953-6306.
for rent
Dump and enclosed trailer
for rent by day or week; 16’
dump trailer with 4’ sides
and 16’ enclosed trailer,
great for moving. 515-370-
2590.
services
Fireplace Chimney
Servicing
Annual servicing of your
chimney system keeps
your family safe and your
home in good repair. We
offer inspections, cleaning,
repairs, product sales, re-
lining, tuck-pointing and
more. Call
Climbing Boys
Chimney Cleaning
Tim Mineart
689-9077
House Cleaning, Garden,
Lawn and Mowing:
Norwalk and surrounding
area, 30 years experience,
references, pet friendly.
Call Alicia’s cell 573-280-
7584 or Lynn 285-0604.
Glen Morris Lawn Care
Personalized Service,
Fully Insured, Aeration,
Mowing/Trimming, Side-
walk Edging, Fertilizing,
Spring/Fall Cleanup, Shrub
Trimming, Weed Control,
Snow Removal, Caulking
of Sidewalk/Driveway
Cracks. Call 515-208-4398
or mgmia@msn.com.
Seamstress can do alter-
ations, work with lycra fab-
ric, sequins, beading and
custom costumes. Call
Lynne at 285-0604 or go to
www.seamstressdeluxe
.com.
Downs Pest Control And
Property Maintenance
Spiders, ants, wasps,
roaches, bed bug treat-
ments, termite work. We
also offer property mainte-
nance such as debris re-
moval, mold testing, snow
and lawn care, demo work
and roofing. 515-309-2089,
www.downspestcontrol
.com.
“Please,
,Ma’am, let
me get
that for
Here at Regency Assisted Living, we give you more
than just a little assist. You get to live life While we take
care of the cleaning, cooking, laundry, landscaping,
transportation, and even dealing with the cable man!
If you or a loved one are
thinking about assisted living,
it pays to discover Regency.
Call Jill today and
find out more about
life at Regency:
515.423.8461
Regency
MGM bedtime
Save $1,000
on your first
month!
815 High Rd.
Norwalk, IA 502! l
Clean Cut Tree Service
Removals, trimming,
stump grinding, brush
cleanup, fully equipped
and insured. Free consul-
tations, 981 -051 1 .
Patava Concrete
Taking orders for tearouts,
patios, replacement, new
construction, driveways,
garage slabs. FREE ESTI-
MATES. Call Matt Palen,
210-1284 or Tim Patava,
210-1285.
garage sale
Lakewood
8838 Woodmayr Dr. Sat-.
urday, Nov. 14, 9 am. to 5
pm. New and used prof.
carpenter tools, drywall-
paint, drill press, band saw,
nailers, doors, trim, bldg.
mat, duct work, new broan
vent fans, range hood, 32’
ladder, lawn-garden carts,
CON GRESSMAN 2015
Friday, Nov. 6, Conressman David Yu, i51ed with Cristn arson alk
string trimmers, misc.,
Chaise lounge, office
chairs, ice cream parlor
chairs, dog stuff, RV stuff-
cover, new DiSh TV
tailgater, near new winter
tires, 235-70-R1 6, no cloth-
Ing.
Deadline for ads,
legals and stories
is Noon Friday! I,
Nursing & Rehab), Kristy Knutson (Regency Care Center), Brendan Comito
(Capi-
tal City Fruit), Mayor Tom Phillips and David Lester (City State Bank) to
discuss
issues regarding businesses such as healthcare, regulations, mental health,
social
security and designating Hwy 5 as an Interstate. Photo submitted.
Question: When does an advisory board or committee.
have to comply with the open meetings law?%
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activities and provide infin'nialion on some of the issues
routinely addressed by the board.
ANSWER: This is difficult to
answer without additional in-
formation. Even with m‘ore in—
formation il is often difficult to
give a definitive answer. Advi—
sory groups and the application
of the open meetings/records
statutes are a murky area of the
law. The ansyver in large part is
determined by how these groups
are formed and their “charter”.
The applicable statutory provi-
sions within the jurisdiction of
the Iowa Public Information
Board are found in Iowa Code
Section 21.2, the relevant por—
tions of which are as follows:
21.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. "Governmental body means:
a. A board, council, commission.
or other governing body express-
ly created by the statutes of this
State or by executive order.
b. board, council, commission,
or other governing body of
political subdivision or tax-sup-
ported district in this state.
c. multimembered body formally
and directly created by one or
more boards, councils, commis—
sions, or other governing bodies
subject to paragraphs “a” and
“b” ofthis subsection.
* Pk
h. An advisory board, advisory
commission. advisory commit—
tee, task force, or other body cre—
ated by statute or executive order
of this state or created by an ex—
ecutive order ofa political sub—
division of this state to develop
and make re mmendations on
public policy issues.
a: 3|: a:
j. An advisory board, advisory
commission. advisory commit-
tee, task force. or other hotly-
created by an entity organich
under chuan 28E, or by ad-
ministrator or joint boards/va
fled in chapter 28E agreeing-n].
to develop (Ind make recommen-
(lotions on public policy issues.
Most probably the groups (ad-
visory boards, committees. task
forces etc.) would fall under
subparagraph 1(h) or (j). The
governing body of a local gov—
ernment entity that formally
forms such a group would be
construed to be doing so by
executive order since in most
instances the executive and leg-
islative authority resides in the
one governing body.
The answer depends on the
role given the group. The crux
of the matter is the meaning of
the clause “to develop and make
recommendations on public
policy issues." Some have in—
ferred from a statement made
by the Iowa Supreme Court that
it means more than just. giv—
ing advice. From the context
of the statement giving rise to
that inference, if the specific
issue is presented to the Court
a likely resolution would seem
an examination of whether pub—
lic policy is influenced and to
What. degree. A test could be to
exarnjne how the creating gov—
ernmental body intends to use
the product it expects to receive
Who can contact the IPIB and how long does it take?
Any person can contact the lPlB for assistance by telephone (515-725-1781),
by mail (Margaret.Johnson@
iowa.gov) or website (www.ipib.iowa.gov). So far, in 2015, 696
identifiable people have contacted the
lPIB. Of these, 46% were private citizens, 40% were government officials
or employees, and 14% were
members of the media.
from the group. If the creating
body plans to lake formal action
on the product itself. subpara—
graphs 1(h) or (i) would clearly
apply to make the group subject
to the open meetings law. But, if
the Charge given the group is to
merely gather information. with—
out recommendation, for Lise by
the parent governmental body in
its development of public policy.
the open meetings law would .
not apply. Certainly the quoted
clause has meaning. Without it.
all such groups would be sub—
ject to the law without qualifica—
tion. The application of the open
meetings law to groups is subject
to the qualification; it is just that
the courts have not yet clearly ar—
ticulated the limits of that quali—
fication.
Note that if a number of mem-
bers of the parent governmen-
tal body that would constitute
a quorum of that body partici-
pate in a meeting of the group,
whether or not as members of
the group, the open meetings
law would apply.
Note also that even if a group
does not come Within the pur-
view of the open meetings law,
it may still hold public meet-
ings. This is a recommended as
a good business practice.
In the month of October 2015, 57% of the incoming contacts were resolved
the first day, 21% were
resolved in one to five days, and 22% were resolved in six or more days.
