POLK CTY. BD. OF SUP'RS v. CHARTER COM'N

No. 94-904.

522 N.W.2d 783 (1994)

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Martha Willits, Chair, John Mauro, Jack Bishop, Robert Kramme, George Mills, and Tom Parkins, Polk County Auditor, Appellants, v. POLK COMMONWEALTH CHARTER COMMISSION and David Wilkinson, Chair, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Amended October 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Sarcone, County Atty., and Eliza Ovrom, Asst. County Atty., for appellants.

Lee H. Gaudineer, Jr., of Austin, Gaudineer, Austin, Salmons & Swanson, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered en banc.


SNELL, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Polk County Board of Supervisors (Board or Board of Supervisors) and the Polk County Auditor from a final judgment granting a writ of mandamus sought by the Polk County Charter Commission (Commission or Charter Commission). The district court ordered the Board through the writ to direct the Polk County Auditor and the commissioner of elections to place on the ballot the question of adopting a proposed commonwealth charter reorganizing...

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