HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-09-08-Resolutions 03-190_Firefighters Assoc - Articles of IncorporationTHE CITY OF WAUKEE,IOWA
RESOLUTION 03-190
APPROVING ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR THE
WAUKEE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
IN THE NAME AND BY THE A UTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WA UKEE,IOWA
WHEREAS,Fire Chief Terry Sesker and the paid and volunteer members of the Waukee Fire
Department wish to create an association for the following purposes:
To promote and advance the delivery of quality Fire and EMS Services
To provide and promote public education and information related to Fire and EMS
Services
To promote the development ofharrnony and a spirit of kinship among the members of
the Association
To promote the purposes and objectives of the Waukee Fire Department;AND,
WHEREAS,City Attorney Paul Huscher has drafted the Articles of Corporation of the Waukee
Firefighters Association hereby attached to this Resolution;AND,
WHEREAS,the :i:n:i:tialboard of directors for tills corporation are:
Jared Van Horn,48 NE Sunrise Dr.,Waukee,Iowa 50263
J effrey Spencer,313 Parkland Ct.,Ankeny,Iowa 50021
Dennis Hanes,180 Gray Ave.,Waukee,Iowa 50263
Rodger Bell,1015 Applewood Lane,Waukee,Iowa 50263;AND,
WHEREAS,all members of the proposed corporation including the incorporator,Jared Van
Horn,are interested in organizing exclusively for social,charitable,literary,educational and
scientific purposes and are not interested in organizing for pecuniary profit.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Waukee City Council in session tills
8th day of September 2003 that it hereby approvcs The Articles of Incorporation for the Waukee
Firefighters Association.
Attest:
ic O~T04an,Mayor
Mark J.Arentse City Administrator/Clerk
ROLL CALL OTE AYE NAY
Nicholas C.Gruber X
Donald L.Bailey,Jr.X
Bill Peard X
Mike Watts X
Darlene Stanton X
ABSENT
ARTICLE II
DURATION
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
WAUKEE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
We,the undersigned,acting as incorporators of a corporation under the Iowa Nonprofit
Corporation Act under Chapter 504A,Code ofIowa,adopt the following Articles of Incorporation
for such corporation:
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE NAME
Waukee Firefighters Association
The period of duration is perpetual.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose ofthis corporation is:to promote and advance the delivery of quality Fire and
EMS services;to provide and promote public education and information related to Fire and EMS
services;to promote the development of harmony and a spirit of kinship among the members of the
Association;and to promote the purposes and objectives of the Waukee Fire Department.
The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable,literary,educational and scientific
purposes,including,for such purposes,the making of distributions to organizations which qualify as
exempt organizations uuder section 501 (c)(3)of the Intemal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the
corresponding provision of any subsequent United States Intemal Revenue Code).The corporation
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is not organized for pecuniary profit.
ARTICLE IV
INITIAL REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT
The address ofthe initial registered office of the corporation in the State ofIowa,is 1300 L.
A.Grant Parkway,P.O.Box 63,Waukee,Iowa 50263,in the City of Waukee,Couuty of Dallas,and
its initial registered agent at such address is Terry Sesker.
ARTICLE V
INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors ofthe corporation is four
(4),and the names and addresses of the persons to serve as initial directors are:
Jared Van Horn,48 N.E.Suurise Dr.,Waukee,Iowa 50263
Jeffrey Spencer,313 Parkland Ct.,Ankeny,Iowa 50021
Denuis Hanes,180 Gray Ave.,Waukee,Iowa 50263
Rodger Bell,1015 Applewood Lane,Waukee,Iowa 50263
ARTICLE VI
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF INCORPORATORS
The names and addresses of the incorporators are:
Jared VanHorn,48 N.E.Sunrise Dr.,Waukee,Iowa 50263
ARTICLE VII
ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED
No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall insure to the benefit of,or be distributed
to,its members,trustees,officers or other private persons except that the corporation shall be
authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for the services rendered and to make
payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article ill hereof.No
substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda,or
otherwise attempting to influence legislation,and the corporation shall not participate in or intervene
in (including the publishing or distribution of statements)any political campaign on behalf of any
candidate for public office.Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles,the corporation
shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a)by a corporation exempt from
Federal Income Tax under section 501 (c)(3)of the intemal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the
corresponding provision of any subsequent United States Internal Revenue Law)or (b)by a
corporation,contributions to which are deductible under Section 170 (c)(2)of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision).
ARTICLE VIII
DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION
Upon the dissolution of the corporation,the Board of Directors shall,after paying or making
provision for payment of all of the liabilities of the corporation,dispose of all of the assets of the
corporation exclusively for the purposes ofthe corporation in such manner,or to such organization
or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable,educational,religious or scientific
purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3)of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any subsequent United States
Internal Revenue Code),as the Board of Directors shall determine.Any such assets not so disposed
of shall be disposed of by the District Court of the county in which the principal office of the
corporation is then located,exclusively for such purposes or to such organizations as said court shall
determine are organized and operated exclusively for that purpose.
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Dated this _day of "2003.
Jared Van Hom ,Incorporator
STATE OF IOWA
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COUNTY OF DALLAS
On this _day of ,2003,before me the undersigned,a Notary Public in and
for the State of Iowa,personally appeared,Jared Van Hom ,known to me to
be persons named in and who executed the foregoing Articles ofIncorporation as Incorporators,and
acknowledged that they executed the same as their voluntary act and deed.
Notary Public in and for the State ofIowa