The South Central Regional Airport Agency Board is holding two meetings back-to-back today in the Pella Public Safety Complex.

The first is a work session with the Iowa League of Cities as it relates to Iowa Code Chapters 21 and 22. The SCRAA Board was found to have violated Iowa’s open meeting laws earlier this year by the Iowa Public Information Board after holding separate committee meetings from the main board without public access or notice.

The SCRAA also has a second meeting scheduled at 1 p.m., which includes an action item for the SCRAA Board to notify both the Cities of Pella and Oskaloosa it will no longer pursue a regional airport in Mahaska County. The SCRAA will vote to declare its board “is unable to complete the necessary land acquisitions for the proposed regional airport.”

An additional item on the agenda will then have the board consider an informal resolution of Iowa Public Information Board Complaints, which includes the following items (from the agenda):

1. SCRAA acknowledges that the executive committee as stated in the 28E agreement in operation on January 18, 2024, is a governmental body under 21.2(1)(j).
2. SCRAA acknowledges that, as a governmental body, any time a majority of the members of the executive committee met to deliberate or act within the scope of its duty to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues, that meeting is subject to the requirements of chapter 21.
3. SCRAA acknowledges that the executive committee meetings of September 13 and November 21, 2023, were subject to the requirements of chapter 21.
4. SCRAA will ensure that any committees or governing bodies created within the 28E agreement or any revised 28E agreement will comply with chapter 21 requirements going forward.
5. SCRAA will hold a training session with the Iowa League of Cities that covers Iowa Code chapters 21 and 22 on July 3, 2024.
6. The current SCRAA Board members, attorney, and others involved in SCRAA’s compliance with chapters 21 or 22 will attend and complete the entire training session.
7. SCRAA will provide the minutes from the training session to confirm attendance of the relevant individuals to IPIB.
8. This agreement will be approved at SCRAA’s July 3, 2024 meeting and will provide a copy of this Informal Resolution in full with its meeting minutes.