PURPOSE
The Community Empowerment Board shall function as the governing board for the Dubuque Empowerment Area.

AREA
The Dubuque Empowerment Area shall consist of the county of Dubuque.

MEMBERSHIP
A majority of the members of the Community Empowerment Board shall be private citizens and elected officials. There will be twenty members on the board.

At least one member shall be:

• A service consumer or the parent of a service consumer
• A community volunteer
• A member of the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors
• A member of either the Dubuque Community School Board or the Western Dubuque School Board
• A city council member from one of the towns in Dubuque County

Agency members will be:

• The superintendent of the Western Dubuque Schools
• The superintendent of Dubuque Community Schools
• An educational representative from the Archdiocese of Dubuque
• A health representative for the city of Dubuque
• A health representative for Dubuque County
• The Dubuque supervisor of JCS
• The Administrator for Dubuque DHS

(The above members may ask that a permanent designee be appointed in their place.)

Other members will be:

• Seven additional citizens will be elected to serve on the board
• Any Dubuque County resident who is a member of the State Empowerment Board is automatically a member of the local Board

This is an excerpt from the Dubuque County Empowerment Board's bylaws.