Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 389 - Joint Water Utilities

• City utility: means all or part of a waterworks, gasworks, sanitary sewage system, storm water drainage system, electric light and power plant and system, heating plant, cable communication or television system, telephone or telecommunications systems or services offered separately or combined with any system or service specified in this subsection or authorized by other law, any of which are owned by a city, including all land, easements, rights-of-way, fixtures, equipment, accessories, improvements, appurtenances, and other property necessary or useful for the operation of the utility. See Iowa Code 362.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Council: means the governing body of a city. See Iowa Code 362.2
• Joint water utility: means a water utility established by two or more cities which owns or operates or proposes to finance the purchase or construction of all or part of a water supply system or the capacity or use of a water supply system pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 389.1
• Joint water utility board: means the board of trustees established to operate a joint water utility. See Iowa Code 389.1
• motion: means a council statement of policy or a council order for action to be taken, but "motion" does not require a recorded vote. See Iowa Code 362.2
• Project: means any works or facilities useful or necessary for the operation of a joint water utility. See Iowa Code 389.1
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1