IOWA CHAPTER OF APCO BYLAWS

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ARTICLE I MEMBERSHIP 4

Section 1 Categories 4

Section 2 Description 4

Active Member 4

Commercial Member 5

Member 5

Chapter Life Member 5

Life Member 5

Section 3 Other Memberships 6

Section 4 Changes in Membership Qualifications 6

ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP PROCEDURE 6

Section 1 Application 6

Section 2 Classification 6

Section 3 Effective Date of Membership 7

ARTICLE III DUES 7

Section 1 Chapter Membership Dues 7

Section 2 APCO-INT Membership Dues 7

ARTICLE IV CHAPTER ELECTIONS 7

Section 1 Eligibility 7

Section 2 Positions to be Filled 7

Section 3 Term Limits 7

Section 4 How Filled 8

Section 5 Voting for Elected Positions 8

Section 6 Local Agency Support 8

Section 7 Date of Taking Office 8

Section 8 Vacancy 8

ARTICLE V OFFICERS – AUTHORITY AND DUTIES

Section 1 Authority 8

Section 2 President 8

Section 3 Vice President 9

Section 4 Secretary 9

Section 5 Treasurer 9

ARTICLE VI COMMITTEES

Section 1 Designation 10

Section 2 Standing Committees 10

Executive Committee 10

Activities and Membership Committee 11

Resolutions and Bylaws Committee 11

Nominating Committee 11

Training Committee 11

Historical Committee 11

Telecommunicator of the Year Committee 11 Frequency Advisory Committee 12

Section 3 Special Committees 12

Iowa Telecommunicator Training Board 12

Iowa E911 Council 12

Section 4 Duties of Committees 12

ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS 13

Section 1 Authority for Amendments 13

Section 2 Normal Procedure for Amendment 13

Section 3 Waiver of Requirements of Section 2 13

Section 4 Effective Date of Amendments and Resolutions 14

ARTICLE VIII RESOLUTIONS 14

Section 1 Procedure 14

Section 2 Rules of Order 14

ARTICLE IX EXPENSES 14

Section 1 Specified Expenses 14

Section 2 Unspecified Expenses 14

ARTICLE X DISSOLUTION 15

Section 1 Distribution of Assets 15

BYLAWS

ARTICLE I

MEMBERSHIP

Section 1 CATEGORIES

1.1 With the exception of the governmental and corporate member

classifications, APCO’s members are individuals. The membership of this chapter shall be divided into the following categories: active member, commercial

member, and member.

1.2 A designation of life or chapter life, as defined herein and in the APCO-INT

constitution, may be added to a category.

1.3 Group memberships shall be divided into the following: corporate group

membership and governmental group membership.

Section 2 DESCRIPTION

2.1 By meeting the requirements established here, and in accordance with
Article I of the bylaws, and in keeping with the requirements of APCO-INT, the

following are descriptions of the various categories and classifications of

membership in this chapter.

2.2 ACTIVE MEMBER

2.2.1 The following citizens of the United States of America and affiliated chartered

groups shall be eligible for active membership:

2.2.2 Personnel responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling

functions required in the design, construction, installation, maintenance,

command, and operation of public-safety systems. Such persons must be

employed by, retired from, or a volunteer of a governmental entity or a contractor

of a governmental entity providing the described services. Members must be

actively engaged in or retired from the performance of the described services for

the specific entity on a regular basis and may not have a conflicting commercial

interest which provides a significant portion of their income. Examples of

qualifying positions include but are not limited to engineers, technicians,

managers, supervisors, and telecommunicators.

2.2.3 Active members may vote in the annual quorum, may enjoy all benefits and

privileges and, except where otherwise limited, may serve in any capacity in the

APCO-INT and its chartered members.

2.3 COMMERCIAL MEMBER

2.3.1 Those persons who receive compensation in any form for services rendered in

business and industry and are eligible to be commercial members. Except for the

corporate advisory committee member on the executive committee, voting

privileges are as provided for in Article III, Section 5, of the APCO-INT constitution. They may otherwise enjoy all benefits and privileges of APCO-INT.

Corporate group membership classification

Bronze: 5 to 9 members

Silver: 10 to 19 members

Gold: 20 to 49 members

Platinum: minimum of fifty members

2.4 MEMBER

2.4.1 Those non-administrative and non-supervisory personnel otherwise meeting the

requirements of 2.1, at the applicant’s discretion may select this category, and

those persons not meeting the requirements of any other category of

membership are eligible for this category.

2.4.2 Members may vote in the biannual quorum at the spring and fall meetings and special meetings of APCO-IA only.

2.5 CHAPTER LIFE MEMBER

2.5.1 This honor shall be bestowed upon qualified members of the active class by the

chapter upon recommendation by the chapter executive committee and majority

approval of the chapter quorum. In order to be nominated, a member must have

made a major contribution to the advancement of the chapter and/or association, as well as qualify for at least three of the following:

- Member of the Iowa chapter for at least five years

- Served as chapter president for two years, secretary or treasurer for

four years, or frequency advisor for four years

- Member of chapter executive board for at least two years

- Member of chapter executive committee for at least four years

2.5.2 The privileges of a chapter life member shall be determined by the class of

membership for which the member would otherwise qualify.

2.5.3 The chapter shall notify APCO–INT of an appointment to chapter life and shall

pay membership dues.

2.6 LIFE MEMBER

2.6.1 Any member of APCO-IA who has made significant contributions beyond the

normal call of duty toward the successful attainment of the objectives of APCO-

INT at the national or international level shall be eligible for life membership.

2.6.2 This honor may only be bestowed upon nomination by the APCO-INT executive

council, following recommendation by this chapter in accordance with the

requirements for this class as outlined in the APCO-INT constitution, and the

subsequent confirmation by a majority vote of the quorum of an annual APCO-

INT conference.

2.6.3 The title of life member, when bestowed, shall be in addition to the regular

membership title of the member, and this person shall enjoy all the privileges of

the regular membership classification and shall be exempt from the payment of

any dues at the state chapter or APCO-INT level.

2.6.4 This chapter shall recognize any member(s) within its chartered area so

designated by APCO-INT and shall welcome such member(s) into full

membership privileges in keeping with regular membership classification

of the member(s).

Section 3 OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

3.1 In addition to the classes of membership outlined in this article, this chapter shall

recognize any other membership classification(s) as may be provided by APCO-

INT in a manner keeping with the intent of APCO-INT for such classifications.

Section 4 CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS

4.1 Should the status of any member change so as to affect membership

qualifications, this person shall automatically have the membership classification

changed to conform to the new qualifications.

ARTICLE II

MEMBERSHIP PROCEDURE

Section 1 APPLICATION

1.1 Application for membership shall be made in writing and signed by the applicant

upon forms as provided by APCO-INT. Completed applications shall be

submitted to the chapter secretary for processing.

1.2 Notwithstanding the above normal procedure, the Iowa chapter may request

the APCO-INT office to adopt other procedures.

Section 2 CLASSIFICATION

2.1 Upon receipt of an application for membership, the secretary shall determine

the qualifications and eligibility of the applicant for membership. When eligibility

has been determined, the secretary shall notify the applicant of the appropriate

membership category and dues structure for that class.

Section 3 EFFECTIVE DATE OF MEMBERSHIP

3.1 Upon receipt of dues for membership, the applicant becomes a full member,

according to the category selected.

ARTICLE III

DUES

Section 1 CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP DUES

1.1 Dues for chapter membership for all categories, except chapter honorary, shall

be in accord with the APCO-INT dues structure.

1.2 Chapter honorary members shall not pay any chapter or APCO-INT

dues. The secretary shall forward to the membership manager a check

in the amount of the membership fee designated by the APCO-INT .

Section 2 APCO-INT MEMBERSHIP DUES

2.1 Membership dues shall be designated by APCO-INT for each particular

category of membership.

2.2 An application and a check in the amount of dues for each member’s

particular classification shall be forwarded to the accounting department

at the time the membership is reported.

ARTICLE IV

CHAPTER ELECTIONS

Section 1 ELIGIBILITY

1.1 Any members who hold active membership status in this chapter may

be considered for any elective position in this chapter.

Section 2 POSITIONS TO BE FILLED

2.1 The offices of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer shall be

elected for two-year terms.

Section 3 TERM LIMITS

3.1 The president shall serve no more than two (2) two-year terms consecutively.

3.2 The vice president, secretary, and treasurer may serve an unlimited number of terms.

Section 4 HOW FILLED

4.1 Nominations for elected positions may be submitted to the nominating

committee prior to the fall meeting in even-numbered years for presentation

at the election of officers. Nominations from the floor will also be accepted.

Section 5 VOTING FOR ELECTED POSITIONS

5.1 All elected positions in this chapter shall be elected by ballot. This

requirement can be waived and a voice vote is sufficient if a given

candidate for office is unopposed.

Section 6 LOCAL AGENCY SUPPORT

6.1 Those nominated for office must furnish a letter from their agency administrators,

supporting their nomination, or appointment, to the chairman of the nominations

committee, prior to the election. Nominees from the floor must be able to provide

verification of support within 30 days of their election.

Section 7 DATE OF TAKING OFFICE

7.1 Candidates elected at the fall meeting in even-numbered years shall take office

January 2 of the year following the election.

Section 8 VACANCY

8.1 Vacancies in offices of vice-president, secretary, treasurer shall be filled by

presidential appointment until the next scheduled election. Vacancies in the

office of the president shall be filled by the vice president until the next scheduled

election.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS -- AUTHORITY AND DUTIES

Section 1 AUTHORITY

1.1 The necessary authority for the performance of duties by all officers

of this chapter is herewith established.

Section 2 PRESIDENT

2.1 As soon as practical after taking office, the president shall announce the

appointments to standing and special committees, outline objectives for the

year, and chair a discussion on any proposed resolutions to be presented to

the annual APCO conference quorum in accordance with Article IV,

Section 2.2 of the constitution.

2.2 The president shall be the chairperson of the chapter executive committee,

shall be the ex-officio member of all committees of this chapter, and shall

preside at all chapter meetings.

2.3 The president shall serve as the chapter delegate to the APCO-INT executive

council or shall appoint an active member to serve as alternate.

2.4 It shall be the president’s duty to see that the conduct of all meetings is in

keeping with the purpose of this chapter as outlined in the Article I, Section 3

of the constitution.

Section 3 VICE-PRESIDENT

3.1 The vice-president shall perform all duties of the president in the

president’s absence.

3.2 The vice-president shall serve as chairman of the activities and membership

committee.

Section 4 SECRETARY

4.1 This person shall serve as secretary to the board of officers, the executive

committee, and the chapter meetings business sessions. The secretary will

take the minutes for all meetings held.

4.2 The secretary shall forward all meeting notices, articles regarding previously

held meetings, and silent key articles on any deceased members to the APCO

Bulletin.

4.3 The secretary shall keep a complete roll of membership of this chapter.

Section 5 TREASURER

5.1 The treasurer shall receive all general funds belonging to the chapter

and shall maintain a bank account for the orderly processing of all funds.

All chapter obligations shall be paid from this account as prescribed by

the chapter quorum, or upon orders from the board of officers and/or

executive committee during the intervals between chapter meetings.

5.2 The treasurer shall prepare a financial report and present it at each

meeting, and shall make financial records available to the executive

committee for auditing purposes.

5.3 The treasurer shall promptly deliver all money and records to the

successor in office or to whomsoever the chapter executive committee

may designate to receive them.

ARTICLE VI

COMMITTEES

Section 1 ELIGIBILITY

1.1 Any committee appointee must be a member of Iowa APCO.

Section 2 DESIGNATION

Committees formed in this chapter shall be classified as:

2.1 STANDING COMMITTEES - Perennial or annual-type committees which

are assigned prescribed duties and responsibilities of a permanent nature.

2.2 SPECIAL COMMITTEES - Ad-hoc type committees which are assigned

specific duties and responsibilities in matters of a temporary but significant

nature.

Section 3 STANDING COMMITTEES

3.1 Committee chairpersons, upon appointment, are required to furnish a

letter from their agency administrator supporting said appointment. This

letter must be submitted to the chapter president before January 2.

3.2 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

3.2.1 The chapter president shall be the chairman of this committee, and its

members shall consist of all elected officers, the immediate past president,

two members-at-large who have been appointed by the president, and a

commercial member who shall not be a voting member of this board. The

elected membership may succeed themselves on the executive committee.

3.2.2 The executive committee shall have full power and authority during intervals

between scheduled chapter meetings to perform all the functions which the

chapter might perform, except that it shall not have the power to amend the

constitution or bylaws.

3.2.3 The president shall call this committee into session whenever the need arises,

and shall call it into session at the spring meeting prior to the general business

session for the purpose of examining the treasurer’s financial report and to

decide on recommendations to make to the business session quorum that would

advance and effect the objectives of the chapter and APCO-INT.

3.2.4 The president may poll this committee on special matters by written or oral

communications in lieu of calling special sessions.

3.2.5 This committee may be called into special session on the written request bearing

the signature of four (4) of its members.

3.2.6 A simple majority of this committee shall constitute a quorum, and a simple
majority vote of those present at a session or polled in writing shall determine all issues.

3.3 ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

3.3.1 The vice-president shall be chairman of this committee and shall appoint at

least two chapter members to assist.

3.3.2 This committee shall actively explore ways to reach new members for APCO

and, just as importantly, to keep the members already enrolled.

3.3.3 This committee shall offer its assistance to the spring meeting in planning a well-

rounded program agenda and shall assist with social arrangements.

3.4 RESOLUTIONS AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE

3.4.1 This committee should actively keep a finger on the pulse of the needs of the

chapter as pertains to the constitution and bylaws, and shall draw, or assist in

drawing, resolutions to effect provisions for those needs.

3.5 NOMINATING COMMITTEE

3.5.1 This committee shall have as its chairperson the immediate past president and,

if possible, shall include two additional past presidents as members.

3.5.2 This committee shall actively study the chapter membership observing

individuals in an effort to evaluate interest in, and willingness to work at,

promoting the goals of APCO, both at the chapter and APCO-INT levels.

3.5.3 This committee shall accept nominations from the membership and bring

its recommendations to the fall meeting quorum, in the form of candidates

for the offices of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer to the

chapter executive committee in accordance with Article IV of the bylaws.

3.6 HISTORICAL COMMITTEE

3.6.1 The appointed chairperson of this committee shall be the chapter’s
representative to the APCO-INT historical committee.

3.6.2 This committee shall actively research, compile, and maintain a file on the

records and history of the chapter.

3.7 TRAINING COMMITTEE

3.7.1 This committee shall consist of the liaison to the Iowa Law Enforcement

Academy, and two members who shall provide advice and make
recommendations on training issues affecting the membership, their agencies and the citizens of this state.

3.8 TELECOMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR COMMITTEE

3.8.1 This committee shall consist of a chairman, appointed by the chapter president,

and two members who shall actively solicit for the nomination of the

telecommunicator of the year. Nominees and recommendations for awards shall
be presented to the executive committee prior to the spring conference.

3.9 FREQUENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

3.9.1 This committee shall have its chairperson the chapter frequency advisor.

3.9.2 The chairperson shall have powers broad enough to make decisions due to

normal time limitations. This person shall also have the power to appoint ad-hoc

sub-committees to study any special or individual situations deemed necessary.

This committee shall consist of the chairman appointed by the president, and four

members, also appointed by the president.

Section 4 SPECIAL COMMITTEES

4.1 The president shall appoint committees as the need arises. These special

committees shall continue to serve and operate as such until the tasks for which

they have been appointed have been completed to the satisfaction of the

president, or until changes are made by the president for the good and welfare of the chapter.

4.2 Iowa telecommunicator training board

4.2.1 The president shall appoint one member and an alternate to represent the

chapter on the above committee. The appointee shall be empowered to vote on

all issues required by the telecommunicator training board except those that

may commit financial or other chapter resources, or issues not commensurate

with the purposes, goals, and objectives of APCO-INT or the Iowa chapter. The

appointee shall report annually to the membership the activities of the board.

4.3 IOWA E911 COUNCIL

4.3.1 The president shall appoint one member and an alternate to represent the

chapter on the above committee. The appointee shall be empowered to vote on

all issues required by the Iowa E911 COUNCIL except those that may commit

financial or other chapter resources, or issues not commensurate with the

purposes, goals, and objectives of APCO-INT or the Iowa chapter. The appointee shall report annually to the membership the activities of the board.

Section 5 DUTIES OF COMMITTEES

5.1 The duties of all committees shall be defined by the president where otherwise

not stated.

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENTS

Section 1 AUTHORITY FOR AMENDMENT

1.1 The constitution and/or bylaws of this chapter may normally be amended

by a simple majority vote at the spring meeting during a regular business session in accordance with Section 2 of this article, or in the event of waiver of the requirements of said Section 2, amending procedure will be in accordance with Section 3 of this article.

1.2 The constitution and bylaws committee may make non-substantive changes to the bylaws in order to correct errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling,
cross-references when the correct cross-reference is obvious, and the use of incorrect words when the correct word is obvious. The constitution and bylaws

committee also may adjust the numbering of the individual sections to maintain

proper numerical sequence and to maintain the consistent style and format of

section numbering but not to change the relative order of individual sections.

Such non-substantive changes shall require ratification by the executive committee.

Section 2 NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENT

2.1 The constitution and/or bylaws of this chapter may normally be amended by

presenting a resolution in writing to the chapter president, who shall have the

secretary notify, in writing, each chapter member qualified to vote, of the

proposed change at least thirty (30) days prior to the spring meeting. The actual

amending vote shall take place at the spring meeting, and a simple majority vote of active members and members in attendance shall determine the issue.

Section 3 WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 2

3.1 Should it become desirable to waive normal procedure to amend the constitution

and/or bylaws of this chapter, during the fall meeting only, the following

procedure shall be followed:

3.2 An announcement shall be made by the president of the request for waiver and

an outline of issues involved in such amending requests.

3.3 A motion and a second to waive normal amending procedures with sufficient time

for discussion to determine the need for waiver.

3.4 A three-fourths majority vote to waive the requirements of Section 2 of this article.

3.5 A simple majority vote to determine each amending issue voted on

separately.

Section 4 EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS

4.1 All resolutions passed and adopted by this chapter in accordance with the

rules set forth in this constitution and bylaws shall be in force and effect upon

the adjournment of the meeting wherein considered and adopted, provided an

exception to this effect is not otherwise contained in the language of the

resolution itself.

4.2 Non-substantive changes, as defined in Section 1.3 of this article, that are submitted by the constitution and bylaws committee shall become effective upon ratification by the executive committee.

ARTICLE VIII

RESOLUTIONS

Section 1 PROCEDURE

1.1 Every resolution, unless of formal character or involving amendments

to the constitution and bylaws requiring handling in accordance with

Article VII of the bylaws, shall be in writing and presented to the executive

committee for consideration and report prior to the last day of the fall

meeting. Any resolution considered by the executive committee shall

be presented to the quorum, along with the recommendation of the

executive committee, in sufficient time for consideration prior to voting

on the resolution.

Section 2 RULES OF ORDER

2.1 Upon any question coming before any meeting of this chapter which is

not specifically provided for by the constitution and/or bylaws, the

presiding officer shall be governed by Roberts Rules of Order, Revised.

ARTICLE IX

EXPENSES

Section 1 SPECIFIED EXPENSES

1.1 The treasurer shall be authorized the necessary funds to fulfill the requirements

of this office as outlined in the constitution and/or bylaws of this chapter.

Section 2 UNSPECIFIED EXPENSES

2.1 The executive committee shall be authorized to approve all other expenses not

specifically outlined in the constitution and/or bylaws of this chapter.

ARTICLE X

DISSOLUTION

Section 1 DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS

1.1 Should this chapter be dissolved, all of its interests shall be distributed to an

organization or organizations of similar purposes as selected by a simple majority vote of a chapter meeting or similarly by the executive committee if done between meetings.

END OF BYLAWS

BYLAWS

IOWA CHAPTER

ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC-SAFETY

AS AMENDED BY THE QUORUM

OCTOBER 4, 2005

ARTICLE II

AMENDMENTS