Application for Appointment
Boards and Commissions
City of Ames


Date: -- mm/dd/yy

Please provide the following contact information:

Name
Are you a resident of Ames?  yes   no
Home Address
Work Address
E-mail
Home Phone
Work Phone
FAX

 Occupation

Education

List the names of boards and/or commissions to which 
you wish to be appointed (in order of preference).


Please state any particular qualifications, expertise or 
experience you have that you believe to be relevant.


Please state your reasons for wishing to be appointed to the above.

How did you hear about openings on the City's boards/commissions?

City Side Utility Stuffer          City's Website            TV 12, Government Access
The Tribune                         ISU Daily                    The Des Moines Register
KASI                         
          Other:


Please read the following section carefully before submitting the form.

In accordance with Section 362.5, Code of Iowa, goods and services shall not be purchased from any City officer, or from the spouse or immediate family member of a City officer, or from any business in which a City officer, or the spouse or immediate family member of a City officer shall own an interest. This prohibition does not apply to:

(a) contracts made by competitive bidding in writing, publicly invited and opened.

(b) contracts in which a City officer has an interest solely by reason of employment if the contract is for professional services not customarily awarded by competitive bid, if the remuneration of employment will not be directly affected as a result of the contract, and if the duties of employment do not directly involve the procurement or preparation of any part of the contract.

(c) a contract in which a City officer has an interest if the contract was made before the time the officer was elected or appointed.

(d) a contract with a corporation in which a City officer has an interest by reason of stockholdings when less than five percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the officer, or the spouse, or immediate family of such officer.

(e) contract not otherwise permitted by this section, for the purchase of goods or services by the City, which benefit a City officer, if the purchases benefiting that officer do not exceed a cumulative total price of one thousand five hundred dollars in a fiscal year.

Officers are: Mayor, City Council and members of the following groups:

Board of Review   Human Relations Commission Investigative Officers
Building Code Board of Appeals Library Board of Trustees
Civil Service Commission Parks and Recreation Commission
Electrical Board Plumbing and Mechanical Board
Historic Preservation Commission Project Share Committee
Hospital Board of Trustees Transit Agency Board of Trustees
Human Relations Commission Zoning Board of Adjustment
Human Relations Commission Hearing Officers

I certify that the information supplied herein is correct and that any applicable conflicts of interest, in accordance with the above section of this application, are noted below.


Please Note: Assistive Listening Devices are available for meetings held in the Council Chambers.

Many of the boards/commissions will be monitored by the City Council and may be altered or discontinued at its discretion.