8.66 - DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
8.66 DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
The commission shall do all of the following:
1. Promote, encourage, and advance innovation and creativity in
local governance.
2. Develop an application and review process for local governance
and revenue models submitted to the commission by a community-wide
area. Results, strategies, and desired outcomes identified by the
commission in developing its application and review process shall
include but not be limited to the following:
a. Cost savings to citizens, in particular lowering of local
government property taxes.
b. Creation of, or inducement to create, high-wage, stable
employment opportunities for a local government's citizens and more
effective leveraging of resources to improve competitive advantage.
c. Elimination of duplication of government administration.
d. More efficient and effective delivery of services by
government, including eliminating duplication of service delivery by
more than one unit of government in the same area and modernizing
services and service delivery to meet the changing public service
needs of the area.
e. Creation of a state-local partnership in one or more areas
of service delivery and governance that would increase quality and
efficiency on the local level.
3. Design an application form to be completed by a community-wide
area seeking review of a local governance and revenue model. The
application form shall require the community-wide area to demonstrate
how the local governance and revenue model will result in reduced
local government or state general fund expenditures, how local
government fund revenues will increase without an increase in state
costs, how local government services will be provided more
efficiently or will be of increased quality resulting in greater
value from the expenditure of local government revenues, or how the
model develops partnerships with the state to provide increased
quality and efficiency on the local level.
4. Utilize the department of management, the department of
revenue, or other sources of technical expertise designated by the
commission to certify savings projected for a proposed local
governance and revenue model.
5. Report to the general assembly on or before June 30, 2010, and
every three years thereafter, on the accomplishments of
community-wide area efforts funded by grants from the local
government innovation fund authorized under section 8.67, in
achieving the objectives described in subsection 2, paragraphs
"a" through "e".
6. On or before January 1, 2009, submit to the general assembly
and to the office of the governor recommendations for legislation
that would provide flexibility and freedom to local governments in
implementing governance and revenue models.
7. a. Prepare a request for proposals for establishment of
the Tim Shields center for governing excellence in Iowa as provided
in section 8.69, and prepare procedures and a timetable for
submission and review of proposals and for selection of a proposal.
The proposal process shall be open to public and private
not-for-profit institutions of higher education, either individually
or in collaboration, located in this state and accredited by the
north central association of colleges and secondary schools.
b. The request for proposals shall require each proposal to
provide for employment of a full-time director and administrative
assistant at the center.
c. The request for proposals shall require each proposal to
specify all of the following:
(1) The number and subject area specialties of the research
staff; the office space; the support staff; and the computer,
library, and research facilities to be provided by the proposing
institution or institutions.
(2) The personnel, facilities, and support provided for the
training of policymakers, public officials, and students in areas
including but not limited to public administration and management,
budgetary preparation and analysis, electronic government,
local-state government relations, and public policy formulation,
implementation, and evaluation.
(3) The funding to be committed by the proposing institution or
institutions.
8. Oversee and direct the activities of the Tim Shields center
for governing excellence in Iowa. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 117, §3, 7
Referred to in § 8.64, 8.68 Footnotes
For future repeal of section effective July 1, 2010, see §8.68;
2007 Acts, ch 117, §5, 7; 2009 Acts, ch 170, §46, 50