Gender Balance Project1: Municipal Boards May 2013 Data Summary2

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City Adel Albia Algona Allison Altoona Anamosa Ankeny Asbury Atkins Atlantic County Dallas Monroe Kossuth Butler Polk Jones Polk Dubuque Benton Cass Total # of Seats 24 34 35 5 17 21 24 12 15 31 # of Men 13 20 22 1 9 12 15 11 10 18 # of Women 9 14 13 4 8 9 9 1 5 13 # of Vacancies 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total Chairs 2 5 0 1 3 3 4 2 3 5

Women Chairs 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2

Total Vice Chairs 0 3 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 1

Women Vice Chairs 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0

% of Total Seats Held by Women 37.50% 41.18% 37.14% 80.00% 47.06% 42.86% 37.50% 8.33% 33.33% 41.96%

# of Balanced Boards 1 5 3 0 2 2 3 0 2 2

Total # of Boards 4 6 5 1 3 3 4 2 3 5

According to Iowa Code (69.16A), gender balance is required on public boards and commissions. This means that any board, commission, committee, or council established by the state (or by a political subdivision of the state, i.e. a city or county) with an odd number of members, the members of one gender must equal one-half the membership plus one. If the board has an even number of members, "not more than one-half of the membership shall be of one gender." 2 This summary is a preliminary view of the data received during the second phase of the Gender Balance Project, a research partnership between the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University and the Friends of the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women. It includes a summation of the first 124 municipalities in Iowa that have responded to requests for information on the gender composition of nine city boards and commissions. The nine municipal boards and commissions included in this project are: Airport Board, Civil Service Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Housing Services Board, Human Rights Commission, Library Board of Trustees, Planning and Zoning Commission, Water Works Board of Trustees, and Zoning Board of Adjustment. 3 This is a working document. A final report will soon be available online at http://cattcenter.las.iastate.edu/catt-research/. For more information about the Gender Balance Project, please contact Valerie Hennings, Scholar-in-Residence at the Catt Center, at 515-294-3181. Last updated 05/24/2013
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City Audubon Belle Plaine Bettendorf Bondurant Boone Burlington Camanche Carroll Cascade Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Chariton Charles City* Clive Colfax Columbus Junction Coralville* Corning Cresco Creston Davenport Decorah Denison Des Moines DeWitt* Dubuque Durant

County Audubon Benton Scott Polk Boone Des Moines Clinton Carroll Dubuque Black Hawk Linn Lucas Floyd Dallas & Polk Jasper Louisa Johnson Adams Howard Union Scott Winneshiek Crawford Polk Clinton Dubuque Cedar, Muscatine & Scott

Total # of Seats 19 27 28 19 29 47 20 38 17 56 59 45 39 22 17 17 22 27 26 32 56 48 31 75 22 55 17

# of Men 13 18 15 10 18 31 13 22 9 29 29 23 20 13 9 11 11 14 18 21 31 27 21 35 11 34 10

# of Women 4 7 12 9 10 14 7 16 6 26 30 21 19 8 8 6 11 11 8 9 25 21 8 33 11 19 7

# of Vacancies 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 7 0 2 0

Total Chairs 0 2 5 2 2 0 3 6 2 8 0 7 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 6 8 0 5 0 2 6 3

Women Chairs 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1

Total Vice Chairs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Women Vice Chairs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

% of Total Seats Held by Women 21.05% 25.93% 42.86% 47.37% 34.48% 29.79% 35.00% 42.11% 35.29% 46.43% 50.85% 46.67% 48.72% 36.36% 47.06% 35.29% 50.00% 40.74% 30.77% 28.13% 44.64% 43.75% 25.81% 44.00% 50.00% 34.55% 41.18%

# of Balanced Boards 0 1 3 1 2 4 2 3 0 7 5 6 7 2 1 0 4 3 0 3 5 6 2 6 4 3 2

Total # of Boards 3 5 5 3 5 9 4 6 3 8 8 7 7 4 3 3 4 5 4 7 8 8 5 9 4 8 3

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City Dyersville Elkader* Ely Emmetsburg* Epworth Estherville Fairfax Farley Forest City Fort Dodge Fort Madison Garner Greenfield Grimes Grinnell Guttenberg Hampton Harlan Hartley Hiawatha Hudson Hull Humboldt Indianola Iowa City Iowa Falls Jesup

County Delaware & Dubuque Clayton Linn Palo Alto Dubuque Emmet Linn Dubuque Winnebago Webster Lee Hancock Adair Dallas & Polk Poweshiek Clayton Franklin Shelby O'Brien Linn Black Hawk Sioux Humboldt Warren Johnson Hardin Buchanan & Black Hawk

Total # of Seats 25 17 24 31 12 29 21 12 30 44 47 17 31 15 39 22 24 41 15 34 19 17 29 30 58 35 12

# of Men 13 9 11 16 9 21 11 11 20 21 28 13 21 11 20 13 15 26 10 21 13 13 18 20 31 19 9

# of Women 12 8 12 13 3 8 10 1 10 20 16 4 9 4 14 6 9 14 5 12 6 4 10 10 25 14 3

# of Vacancies 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0

Total Chairs 3 3 4 5 1 5 3 1 5 7 6 3 3 1 5 2 4 3 3 4 3 1 2 5 7 5 2

Women Chairs 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0

Total Vice Chairs 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 2

Women Vice Chairs 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0

% of Total Seats Held by Women 48.00% 47.06% 50.00% 41.94% 25.00% 27.59% 47.62% 8.33% 33.33% 45.45% 34.04% 23.53% 29.03% 26.67% 35.90% 27.27% 37.50% 34.15% 33.33% 35.29% 31.58% 23.53% 34.48% 33.33% 43.10% 40.00% 25.00%

# of Balanced Boards 1 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 6 4 1

Total # of Boards 3 3 4 5 2 5 3 2 4 8 8 3 4 3 8 4 4 6 3 6 3 3 5 5 8 5 2

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City Johnston* Kalona Keokuk Lake City Lake Mills LeClaire Lisbon Manchester Mason City Maquoketa Marshalltown Milford Missouri Valley Mitchellville Monona Monroe Mount Pleasant Mt. Vernon Muscatine Nashua* Nevada New Hampton New London North Liberty Northwood Oakland

County Polk Washington Lee Calhoun Winnebago Scott Linn Delaware Cerro Gordo Jackson Marshall Dickinson Harrison Polk & Jasper Clayton Jasper Henry Linn Muscatine Chickasaw & Floyd Story Chickasaw Henry Johnson Worth Pottawattamie

Total # of Seats 19 19 55 26 15 19 26 34 48 36 34 27 23 17 26 19 31 29 39 7 26 26 22 18 24 12

# of Men 9 11 27 15 12 9 11 22 31 18 19 19 14 12 16 7 20 13 20 3 14 13 12 10 15 5

# of Women 10 7 24 11 3 8 13 12 15 14 13 8 9 5 10 10 11 14 15 4 9 12 9 6 9 6

# of Vacancies 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 3 1 1 2 0 1

Total Chairs 3 3 8 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 5 4 3 3 3 1 3 3 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 0

Women Chairs 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0

Total Vice Chairs 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0

Women Vice Chairs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

% of Total Seats Held by Women 52.63% 36.84% 43.64% 42.31% 20.00% 42.11% 50.00% 35.29% 31.25% 38.89% 38.24% 29.63% 39.13% 29.41% 38.46% 52.63% 35.48% 48.28% 38.46% 57.14% 34.62% 46.15% 40.91% 33.33% 37.50% 50.00%

# of Balanced Boards 3 0 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 5 2 1 2 1 1 4 3 5 1 2 2 3 1 2 0

Total # of Boards 3 3 9 4 3 3 5 4 8 6 6 5 5 3 4 3 6 4 7 1 4 4 4 3 4 2

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City Ogden Onawa Orange City Osage Osceola Oskaloosa Parkersburg Pella Pleasant Hill Polk City Reinbeck* Robins Rockwell City* Sergeant Bluff Shenandoah Sibley Sioux Center Sioux City Spencer Spirit Lake Storm Lake Tiffin* Tipton Toledo Urbandale Walcott

County Boone Monona Sioux Mitchell Clarke Mahaska Butler Marion Polk Polk Grundy Linn Calhoun Woodbury Fremont & Page Osceola Plymouth & Woodbury Woodbury Clay Dickinson Buena Vista Johnson Cedar Tama Polk Muscatine & Scott

Total # of Seats 5 29 22 24 34 44 17 30 17 24 10 12 21 14 35 20 41 55 38 26 29 5 32 23 32 12

# of Men 1 23 17 15 20 22 11 23 10 12 6 8 12 9 24 14 27 32 22 14 21 2 21 14 21 8

# of Women 4 6 5 8 12 14 6 7 7 12 4 2 9 3 10 6 12 19 14 10 7 3 11 9 11 4

# of Vacancies 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Total Chairs 1 0 2 3 4 6 3 4 3 4 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 7 6 0 5 1 1 6 0 2

Women Chairs 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0

Total Vice Chairs 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1

Women Vice Chairs 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

% of Total Seats Held by Women 80.00% 20.69% 22.73% 33.33% 35.29% 31.81% 35.29% 23.33% 41.18% 50.00% 40.00% 16.67% 42.86% 21.43% 28.57% 30.00% 29.27% 34.55% 36.84% 38.46% 24.14% 60.00% 34.38% 39.13% 34.38% 33.33%

# of Balanced Boards 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 3 5 4 2 2 1 2 2 3 1

Total # of Boards 1 5 4 4 6 8 3 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 4 4 5 7 6 5 5 1 5 6 6 2

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City Wapello Waukee Waverly West Burlington West Des Moines* West Liberty West Union Windsor Heights*

County Louisa Dallas Bremer Des Moines Polk, Dallas, Warren & Madison Muscatine Fayette Polk Totals

Total # of Seats 15 19 38 12 32 17 24 12 3355

# of Men 9 15 20 10 17 13 17 7 1984

# of Women 6 4 17 2 15 4 5 5 1253

# of Vacancies 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 118

Total Chairs 3 3 3 3 5 2 4 2 364

Women Chairs 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0

Total Vice Chairs 3 3 3 0 3 1 1 1

Women Vice Chairs 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0

% of Total Seats Held by Women 40.00% 21.05% 44.74% 16.67% 46.88% 23.53% 20.83% 41.67% 37.35%

# of Balanced Boards 2 1 5 0 6 1 0 2 271 49.09%

Total # of Boards 3 3 6 2 6 3 4 2 552

99 47 115 27.20% 40.87% * These cities have achieved gender balance on all appointed municipal boards and commissions within the scope of this study. These cities are county seats.

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