AMES, Iowa – July 2, 2025 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold its next business meeting on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in the Lincoln Highway Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames.
Business meeting agenda Tuesday, July 8, 2025
| Time | Title | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 p.m. | *Election of Commission Officers | Sally Stutsman, commission chair | |
| *Approve Minutes of the June 10, 2025, Commission Meeting | Jill Smith, executive assistant, Transportation Commission, 515-239-1067 | ||
| Commission Comments | |||
| Iowa DOT Staff Comments | |||
| *Administrative Rules – 761 IAC Chapter 511, Special Permits for Operation and Movement of Vehicles and Loads of Excess Size and Weight | Kathleen Meradith-Eyers, director, Motor Vehicle Division, 515-231-1230 | ||
| *Administrative Rules – 761 IAC Chapter 524, For-Hire Intrastate Motor Carrier Authority | Kathleen Meradith-Eyers, director, Motor Vehicle Division, 515-231-1230 | ||
| *Administrative Rules – 761 IAC Chapter 529, For-Hire Interstate Motor Carrier Authority | Kathleen Meradith-Eyers, director, Motor Vehicle Division, 515-231-1230 | ||
| 1:10 p.m. | Adjourn | ||
| *Action items |
Informal workshop session
The Commission will meet informally with staff from the Iowa DOT Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in person and via conference call beginning at 9:30 a.m. The following transportation-related matters may be discussed, but no action will be taken during the meeting. The items are listed in no particular order and may be discussed at any point during the workshop.
- Commission input
- Director’s welcome
- Commission Legal Overview
- Review of Commission Guidebook
- Administrative Rules
- Chapter 511 – Special Permits for Operation and Movement of Vehicles and Loads of Excess Size and Weight
- Chapter 524 – For-Hire Intrastate Motor Carrier Authority
- Chapter 529 – For-Hire Interstate Motor Carrier Authority
- Transportation Trends Update
- 2025 Highway Program Balance Report
- August Commission Tour Preview
- Statewide Transportation Alternatives Set-aside Program Funding Recommendations (Following the workshop, the recommendations can be viewed at https://iowadot.gov/local_systems/Grant-Programs/Transportation-Alternatives)
- State Aviation Program Recommendation (Following the workshop, the recommendations can be viewed at https://iowadot.gov/modes-travel/aviation/state-aviation-program)
- Commercial Service Vertical Infrastructure
- General Aviation Vertical Infrastructure
- Airport Improvement Program
- Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Program Funding Recommendations (Following the workshop, the recommendations can be viewed at https://iowadot.gov/modes-travel/transit/transit-funding-programs/current-projects-updates)
- Secondary Road Fund Distribution Committee Update – FY 2026 Distribution Factors
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Editor’s note: There are two ways to listen to the Iowa Transportation Commission’s informal workshop session or business meeting or public input session when scheduled. The broadcast feed and phone lines are active 15 minutes prior to each meeting or session and discontinued immediately after a meeting ends.
Live audio and some presentation materials will be available via the Microsoft Teams Meeting Teams link.
For those who wish to only join via audio, dial 515-817-6093 and use conference ID 440 237 881#
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