The Wapello Board of Directors shall keep and maintain permanent records of the Board including, but not limited to, records of the minutes of Board meetings and other required records of the Board.
It shall be 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 and the schedule of bills allowed shall be attached. This information shall be available within two weeks of the Board meeting and forwarded to the newspaper designated as the official newspaper for publication. The information does not need to be published within two weeks. 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 Genj. 133
Cross Reference: 206.3 Secretary
206.4 Treasurer
208 Ad Hoc Committees
210.8 Board Meeting Agenda
708 Care, Maintenance, and Disposal os School District Records
901 Public Examination of School District Records
Approved: 07/18/1995
Reviewed: 04/08/2004; 11/9/11; 10/14/15; 1/13/21
Revised: 7/13/2006
Since the official minutes of the Board are the only basic legal record, it is important that they be recorded with extreme care and completeness. The Board secretary shall follow the following guidelines in writing Board minutes:
With respect to content, the minutes should show the following: