Mayor
Name: Dirk Cavanaugh
Education: Elementary - St Patrick’s, High School -PHS, College - ISU - BS Civil Engineering Length of time in Perry: Moved to Perry when I was 2. Moved away after College on Dec 1981. Bought home in Perry in 2012. Moved to Perry full time in July 2016. Business/Career: 35 Years in Oil and Gas Facility Construction with Getty Oil Co, Texaco and Chevron through multiple buyouts. Family: Wife Carol - 42nd Anniversary in this month. Three Children - Kelly, Matthew and Emily. Matthew and Emily live in Perry. Hobbies/Civic Organizations/Other Board Positions: Skiing, bicycling, eating, wine. On board of Dallas Co Hospital - Secretary, Dallas Co Hospital Foundation, Nudgers Inc - President, Perry Alamo Club, Perry Rotary Club, participate in Everybody Wins Iowa Reading program at Perry Elementary School and help unload trucks at Perry Food Pantry. Contact Information: Home Address: 2223 4th St Home Phone: 515-333-1361 Email: Click Here |
Council MeetingsThe Perry City Council meets every first and third Monday of the month at 6pm in the Clarion Room in the Security Bank Building (City Hall), 1102 Willis Ave.
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City Council
The powers and duties of the Council include, but are not limited to the following:
1. General. All powers of the City are vested in the Council except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance.
2. Wards. By ordinance, the Council may divide the City into wards based upon population, change the boundaries of wards, eliminate wards or create new wards.
3. Fiscal Authority. The Council shall apportion and appropriate all funds, and audit and allow all bills, accounts, payrolls and claims, and order payment thereof. It shall make all assessments for the cost of street improvements, sidewalks, sewers and other work, improvement or repairs which may be specially assessed.
4. Public Improvements. The Council shall make all orders for the construction of any improvements, bridges or buildings.
5. Contracts. The Council shall make or authorize the making of all contracts. No contract shall bind or be obligatory upon the City unless adopted by resolution of the Council.
6. Employees. The Council shall authorize, by resolution, the number, duties, term of office and compensation of employees or officers not otherwise provided for by State law or the Code of Ordinances.
7. Setting Compensation for Elected Officers. By ordinance, the Council shall prescribe the compensation of the Mayor, Council members, and other elected City officers, but a change in the compensation of the Mayor does not become effective during the term in which the change is adopted, and the Council shall not adopt such an ordinance changing the compensation of any elected officer during the months of November and December in the year of a regular City election. A change in the compensation of Council members becomes effective for all Council members at the beginning of the term of the Council members elected at the election next following the change in compensation.
EXERCISE OF POWER. The Council shall exercise a power only by the passage of a motion, a resolution, an amendment or an ordinance in the following manner:
1. Action by Council. Passage of an ordinance, amendment or resolution requires a majority vote of all of the members of the Council. Passage of a motion requires a majority vote of a quorum of the Council. A resolution must be passed to spend public funds in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) on any one project, or to accept public improvements and facilities upon their completion. Each Council member’s vote on a measure must be recorded. A measure which fails to receive sufficient votes for passage shall be considered defeated.
2. Overriding Mayor’s Veto. Within thirty (30) days after the Mayor’s veto, the Council may pass the measure again by a vote of not less than two-thirds of all of the members of the Council.
3. Measures Become Effective. Measures passed by the Council become effective in one of the following ways:
A. An ordinance or amendment signed by the Mayor becomes effective when the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance is published, unless a subsequent effective date is provided within the ordinance or amendment.
B. A resolution signed by the Mayor becomes effective immediately upon signing.
C. A motion becomes effective immediately upon passage of the motion by the Council.
D. If the Mayor vetoes an ordinance, amendment or resolution and the Council repasses the measure after the Mayor’s veto, a resolution becomes effective immediately upon repassage, and an ordinance or amendment becomes a law when the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance is published, unless a subsequent effective date is provided within the ordinance or amendment.
E. If the Mayor takes no action on an ordinance, amendment or resolution, a resolution becomes effective fourteen (14) days after the date of passage, and an ordinance or amendment becomes law when the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance is published, but not sooner than fourteen (14) days after the date of passage, unless a subsequent effective date is provided within the ordinance or amendment.
Meeting Places & Times
The Perry City Council meets every first and third Monday of the month at 6:00pm in the Clarion Room the Security Bank Building, 1102 Willis Avenue, Perry, Iowa.
Regular Meetings. The time and place of the regular meetings of the Council shall be fixed by resolution of the Council.
Special Meetings. Special meetings shall be held upon call of the Mayor or upon the written request of a majority of the members of the Council submitted to the Clerk. Notice of a special meeting shall specify the date, time, place and subject of the meeting and such notice shall be given personally or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the Council. A record of the service of notice shall be maintained by the Clerk.
Quorum. A majority of all Council members is a quorum.
Rules of Procedure. The Council shall determine its own rules and maintain records of its proceedings.
Compelling Attendance. Any three (3) members of the Council can compel the attendance of the absent members at any regular, adjourned or duly called meeting, by serving a written notice upon the absent members to attend at once.
Appointments
The Council shall appoint the following officials and prescribe their powers, duties, compensation and term of office:
City Administrator, City Clerk, Finance Officer, City Attorney, Fire Chief, Compliance Officer
Planning and Zoning Commission, Airport Commission, Tree Board
Compensation
The salary of each Council member is nine hundred sixty dollars ($960.00) per year, payable quarterly or in other convenient installments.
1. General. All powers of the City are vested in the Council except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance.
2. Wards. By ordinance, the Council may divide the City into wards based upon population, change the boundaries of wards, eliminate wards or create new wards.
3. Fiscal Authority. The Council shall apportion and appropriate all funds, and audit and allow all bills, accounts, payrolls and claims, and order payment thereof. It shall make all assessments for the cost of street improvements, sidewalks, sewers and other work, improvement or repairs which may be specially assessed.
4. Public Improvements. The Council shall make all orders for the construction of any improvements, bridges or buildings.
5. Contracts. The Council shall make or authorize the making of all contracts. No contract shall bind or be obligatory upon the City unless adopted by resolution of the Council.
6. Employees. The Council shall authorize, by resolution, the number, duties, term of office and compensation of employees or officers not otherwise provided for by State law or the Code of Ordinances.
7. Setting Compensation for Elected Officers. By ordinance, the Council shall prescribe the compensation of the Mayor, Council members, and other elected City officers, but a change in the compensation of the Mayor does not become effective during the term in which the change is adopted, and the Council shall not adopt such an ordinance changing the compensation of any elected officer during the months of November and December in the year of a regular City election. A change in the compensation of Council members becomes effective for all Council members at the beginning of the term of the Council members elected at the election next following the change in compensation.
EXERCISE OF POWER. The Council shall exercise a power only by the passage of a motion, a resolution, an amendment or an ordinance in the following manner:
1. Action by Council. Passage of an ordinance, amendment or resolution requires a majority vote of all of the members of the Council. Passage of a motion requires a majority vote of a quorum of the Council. A resolution must be passed to spend public funds in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) on any one project, or to accept public improvements and facilities upon their completion. Each Council member’s vote on a measure must be recorded. A measure which fails to receive sufficient votes for passage shall be considered defeated.
2. Overriding Mayor’s Veto. Within thirty (30) days after the Mayor’s veto, the Council may pass the measure again by a vote of not less than two-thirds of all of the members of the Council.
3. Measures Become Effective. Measures passed by the Council become effective in one of the following ways:
A. An ordinance or amendment signed by the Mayor becomes effective when the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance is published, unless a subsequent effective date is provided within the ordinance or amendment.
B. A resolution signed by the Mayor becomes effective immediately upon signing.
C. A motion becomes effective immediately upon passage of the motion by the Council.
D. If the Mayor vetoes an ordinance, amendment or resolution and the Council repasses the measure after the Mayor’s veto, a resolution becomes effective immediately upon repassage, and an ordinance or amendment becomes a law when the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance is published, unless a subsequent effective date is provided within the ordinance or amendment.
E. If the Mayor takes no action on an ordinance, amendment or resolution, a resolution becomes effective fourteen (14) days after the date of passage, and an ordinance or amendment becomes law when the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance is published, but not sooner than fourteen (14) days after the date of passage, unless a subsequent effective date is provided within the ordinance or amendment.
Meeting Places & Times
The Perry City Council meets every first and third Monday of the month at 6:00pm in the Clarion Room the Security Bank Building, 1102 Willis Avenue, Perry, Iowa.
Regular Meetings. The time and place of the regular meetings of the Council shall be fixed by resolution of the Council.
Special Meetings. Special meetings shall be held upon call of the Mayor or upon the written request of a majority of the members of the Council submitted to the Clerk. Notice of a special meeting shall specify the date, time, place and subject of the meeting and such notice shall be given personally or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the Council. A record of the service of notice shall be maintained by the Clerk.
Quorum. A majority of all Council members is a quorum.
Rules of Procedure. The Council shall determine its own rules and maintain records of its proceedings.
Compelling Attendance. Any three (3) members of the Council can compel the attendance of the absent members at any regular, adjourned or duly called meeting, by serving a written notice upon the absent members to attend at once.
Appointments
The Council shall appoint the following officials and prescribe their powers, duties, compensation and term of office:
City Administrator, City Clerk, Finance Officer, City Attorney, Fire Chief, Compliance Officer
Planning and Zoning Commission, Airport Commission, Tree Board
Compensation
The salary of each Council member is nine hundred sixty dollars ($960.00) per year, payable quarterly or in other convenient installments.