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Supervisors debate whether Iowa law bars pay for service on regional boards
Summary
A lengthy exchange at the Sept. 20 Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors meeting centered on whether Iowa Code §331.215 prohibits county supervisors from receiving compensation for serving on intergovernmental (28E-style) boards; attorneys’ memos and past audits were cited but no formal policy change was adopted.
Chair opened the board’s discussion about county supervisors receiving compensation for serving on joint or intergovernmental entities and introduced a legal memo and court authorities related to Iowa Code section 331.215. The attorney analysis cited by staff argued that §331.215’s restrictions apply only to service rendered to the county and do not automatically bar compensation for service to a separate 28E entity; the memo concluded the practice was not explicitly illegal.
Several supervisors challenged that reading. One supervisor, identified in the transcript as Speaker 6, said the…
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