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Any elective officer may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the entire Council, after a hearing on written charges filed with the Council, for any of the following causes:
1. For willful or habitual neglect or refusal to perform the duties of his or her office;
2. For willful misconduct or maladministration in office;
3. For corruption;
4. For extortion;
5. Upon conviction of a felony;
6. For intoxication or upon conviction of being intoxicated.
Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 68B of the Code of Iowa, a public official, public employee or candidate, or that person’s immediate family member, shall not, directly or indirectly, accept or receive any gift or series of gifts from a “restricted donor” as defined in Chapter 68B and a restricted donor shall not, directly or indirectly, individually or jointly with one or more other restricted donors, offer or make a gift or a series of gifts to a public official, public employee or candidate.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 68B.22)
1. The City of Ankeny hereby adopts Chapter 91D entitled Minimum Wage for the hourly wage to be paid within the City Limits of the City of Ankeny.
2. By this Ordinance, the City of Ankeny is adopting an Ordinance that conflicts with Polk County Ordinance No. 317 entitled Polk County Minimum Wage Ordinance, thereby allowing the City of Ankeny not to be subject to Ordinance No. 317 entitled Polk County Minimum Wage Ordinance.
3. The City of Ankeny's Ordinance shall continue to conflict to any wage increases as set forth in Ordinance No. 317 entitled Polk County Minimum Wage Ordinance established by the County to begin April 1, 2017, and to be increased on January 1, 2018, January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020.
(Ord. 1905 - May 17 Supp.)
This section shall establish policies and procedures for the City pursuant to Section 421.65 of the Code of Iowa, to allow the City to utilize and invoke the setoff program provisions of the State for collection of debts owed to the City and for which the City has provided the obligor with an opportunity to contest.
1. Definitions. The following terms are defined for use in this section:
A. "Department" means the Iowa Department of Revenue.
B. "Obligor" means a person, not including a public agency, who has been determined to owe a qualifying debt.
C. "Public agency" means a board, commission, department, including the Department of Revenue, or other administrative office or unit of the State or any other State entity reported in the Iowa Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, or a political subdivision of the State, or an office or unit of a political subdivision. Public agency does include the Clerk of the District Court as it relates to the collection of a qualifying debt. Public agency does not include the general assembly or Office of the Governor.
D. "Public payment" means any claim a public agency owes to an obligor.
E. "Qualifying debt" means any of the following:
(1) Any debt, which is assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, or which is owed to the Department of Health and Human Services for unpaid premiums under Section 249A.3(2)(a)(1) of the Code of Iowa, or which child support services is otherwise attempting to collect, or which foster care services of the Department of Health and Human Services is attempting to collect on behalf of a child receiving foster care provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) Any debt which is in the form of a liquidated sum due, owing, and payable to the Clerk of the District Court.
(3) Any liquidated sum certain, owing and payable to a public agency, with respect to which the public agency has provided the obligor an opportunity to protest or challenge the sum in a manner in compliance with applicable law and due process, and which has been determined as owing through the challenge or protest, or for which the time period provided by the public agency to challenge, or protest has expired.
2. Memorandum of Understanding. The City shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department which shall outline the program guidelines for use of the State Setoff Program.
3. Qualifying Debt. The City shall only certify to the Department qualifying debt as approved by the Department through the completion of a qualifying debt questionnaire and for which the City has provided appropriate documentation showing the City's legal authority for charging, implementing a fine or fee for violation of, or imposing costs related to the abatement of certain conditions when appropriate legal authority exists to the City. The qualifying debt questionnaire may be updated from time to time as required by the City to add or remove qualifying debt or as needed by the Department.
4. Due Process. Prior to submission of a debt to the Department the City shall provide the obligor due process as outlined in this section prior to the submission of a debt:
A. With respect to the qualifying debt, the City shall provide the obligor with 15 days advance written notice to the obligor's last-known address. Such notice shall provide the obligor with a minimum period of 15 days in which they may file an appeal in writing to the City.
B. Upon receipt of a written request for an appeal on a debt to be submitted to the Setoff Program the City shall schedule a hearing with the Council for the next regularly scheduled meeting and notify the obligor of the hearing date and time at least five days in advance of the hearing.
C. At the time and date of the hearing, the Council shall hear any evidence brought forth by the obligor and shall examine the City's file regarding the matter. The Council shall make a ruling upon a majority vote of the members in attendance.
D. If the qualifying debt is upheld by the Council and the debt has not yet been paid by the obligor, the City may certify the delinquency to the Department pursuant to the Section 421.65 of the Code of Iowa and the memorandum of understanding between the City and the Department.
(Ord. 2185 - Nov. 24 Supp.)