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Section 11-43C-1 - Applicability of Chapter. - This chapter shall apply to any Class 5 municipality in...
Section 11-43C-2 - Special Election as to Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government. - After May 21, 1987, the mayor or chief executive officer...
Section 11-43C-3 - Form of Ballot; Marking of Ballot; Use of Voting Machines. - At such election the proposition to be submitted shall be...
Section 11-43C-4 - Conduct of Election; Election Expenses. - The election shall be held and conducted in accordance with...
Section 11-43C-5 - Provisions Applicable if Mayor-Council Form of Government Chosen. - If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the...
Section 11-43C-6 - Election of Mayor and Council Members; Time of Taking Office; Election Expenses. - An election shall be held in 1988 at the regularly...
Section 11-43C-7 - Qualification of Council Candidates; Votes Cast by Each Voter; Majority Vote Requirements; Runoff Elections; Elections Held Quadrennially; When Elected Councilmen Take Office; Term of Office; Councilman May Succeed Himself. - Council candidates shall qualify as provided by law and shall...
Section 11-43C-8 - Mayor - Majority Vote Requirements; Runoff Election. - The candidate for mayor receiving the largest number of votes...
Section 11-43C-9 - Mayor - Elections Held Quadrennially; Oath; May Succeed Himself. - The mayor shall qualify and take office in the manner...
Section 11-43C-10 - City Continued as Municipal Corporation. - When this mayor-council form of government becomes applicable to a...
Section 11-43C-11 - Government Known as "Mayor-Council Form of Government"; Powers of City Vested in Council; Manner in Which Powers Exercised. - The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this...
Section 11-43C-12 - Powers of City Generally. - The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal...
Section 11-43C-13 - Council to Consist of Five District Council Members; Division of Municipality Into Districts; Changing District Boundaries Where Population Varies by Over Five Percent. - The council shall include five members who shall be known...
Section 11-43C-14 - District Council Members - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee. - Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election...
Section 11-43C-15 - District Council Members - No Primary Elections; Filing of Pauper's Oath or Petition to Become Candidate. - No primary election shall be held for the nomination of...
Section 11-43C-16 - District Council Members - Oath of Office. - Every person who shall be elected or appointed to fill...
Section 11-43C-17 - District Council Members - Qualifications; Holding Other Offices; Effect of Conviction or Loss of Any Qualification. - Councilmen shall be qualified electors of the city and, in...
Section 11-43C-18 - District Council Members - Compensation; Additional Stipend for President of Council. - Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services...
Section 11-43C-19 - President of Council. - The president of the council shall be elected by the...
Section 11-43C-20 - Vice-President of Council. - The vice-president of the council shall be elected by the...
Section 11-43C-21 - Powers of Council; Dealings With Officers and Employees in Administrative Service. - All legislative powers of the city, including all powers vested...
Section 11-43C-22 - Vacancies in Council. - Vacancies of any nature in the council other than those...
Section 11-43C-23 - Creating, Changing, Abolishing, or Assigning Additional Functions to Offices, Departments, or Agencies. - The council, upon recommendation of the mayor, by ordinance may...
Section 11-43C-24 - City Clerk Continued in Office; Applicability of Merit System; Appointment of Successor; Duties. - The city clerk serving under the merit system at the...
Section 11-43C-25 - First Meeting of Council; Council to Meet Regularly; Meetings Open to Public. - The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction...
Section 11-43C-26 - Council to Judge Election and Qualifications of Members. - The council shall be the judge of the election and...
Section 11-43C-27 - Rules and Order of Business of Council; Journal of Proceedings. - The council shall determine its own rules and order of...
Section 11-43C-28 - Meetings of Council; Quorum; Majority Vote Requirement; Procedure; Record of Proceedings; Procedure as to Ordinances or Resolutions of Permanent Operation; Publication; No Veto as to Council Actions Relating to an Investigation. - The council shall hold regular public meetings weekly, day or...
Section 11-43C-29 - Grant of Franchise, Lease, or Right to Use Streets, etc., by Ordinance or Resolution. - No resolution or ordinance granting to any person, firm, or...
Section 11-43C-30 - Revision and Codification of Ordinances, Bylaws, and Resolutions; Comprehensive Zone Map. - The council may provide for the revision and codification of...
Section 11-43C-31 - Monthly Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts. - The mayor shall each month print a detailed statement of...
Section 11-43C-32 - Mayor - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee. - Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election...
Section 11-43C-33 - Mayor - No Primary Election; Filing of Pauper's Oath or Petition to Become Candidate. - No primary election shall be held for the nomination of...
Section 11-43C-34 - Mayor - Qualifications. - The mayor shall be a qualified elector, and shall have...
Section 11-43C-35 - Mayor - Compensation; Expense Allowance. - (a) The mayor elected hereunder shall receive an annual salary...
Section 11-43C-36 - Mayor - Vacancies; Acting Mayor; Special Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Office. - Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur...
Section 11-43C-37 - Mayor - Powers and Duties. - All executive powers of the city shall be vested in...
Section 11-43C-38 - Divisions of City Government; Executive Directors of Divisions; City Attorney; Outside Counsel. - (a) There are hereby created three divisions of city government:...
Section 11-43C-39 - Distribution of Work Among Departmental Divisions. - The work of each department may be distributed among such...
Section 11-43C-40 - Mayor - Employment of Additional Personnel; Amount Available for Salaries; Not Subject to Merit System. - The mayor may employ additional personnel who shall serve at...
Section 11-43C-41 - Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Years. - The fiscal year of the city government shall end on...
Section 11-43C-42 - Mayor to Submit Budget to Council. - On a day to be fixed by the council but...
Section 11-43C-43 - Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for Each Department, etc.; Compilation of Budget Information by Director of Finance; Review and Revision of Estimates. - It shall be the duty of the head of each...
Section 11-43C-44 - General Fund Budget. - The general fund budget shall include for each public utility...
Section 11-43C-45 - Recommended Expenditures Not to Exceed Estimated Receipts Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted; Recommendations Where Receipts Estimated to Exceed Expenditures; Public Utility Budgets. - In no event shall the expenditures recommended by the mayor...
Section 11-43C-46 - Contents of Budget Message. - The budget message shall contain the recommendations of the mayor...
Section 11-43C-47 - Printing and Distribution of Budget Message and General Fund, Public Utility, and Capital Budgets. - The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed,...
Section 11-43C-48 - Public Hearing on Budget. - At the meeting of the council at which the budget...
Section 11-43C-49 - Revision of Budget After Hearing; Increase in Expenditures Over Mayor's Recommendation; Expenditures Not to Exceed Receipts and Surplus Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted. - After the conclusion of the public hearing the council may...
Section 11-43C-50 - Summary of Budget. - At the head of the budget there shall appear a...
Section 11-43C-51 - Adoption of General Fund Budget and Any Necessary Revenue Measure; Failure to Adopt Budget. - Not later than the twentieth day of September of the...
Section 11-43C-52 - Disapproval by Mayor of Expenditure Line Item; Adherence by Council to Expenditure. - If the mayor shall disapprove of any expenditure line item...
Section 11-43C-53 - Budget Effective Upon Final Adoption; Certification; Printing and Distribution. - Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for...
Section 11-43C-54 - Budget Estimates for Public Utilities; Presentation of Budget to Council. - Separate budget estimates for any public utility owned and operated...
Section 11-43C-55 - Monthly or Quarterly Allotments for Each Department, etc.; Revision of Allotments. - After the current expense budgets have been adopted and before...
Section 11-43C-56 - Transfer of Unencumbered Balance From One Department, etc., to Another or From One Classification of Expenditure to Another. - At the request of the mayor, the council may by...
Section 11-43C-57 - Additional Appropriations. - Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general...
Section 11-43C-58 - Emergency Appropriations. - At any time in any budget year, the council may...
Section 11-43C-59 - Lapse of Unexpended and Unencumbered Appropriation. - Any portion of an appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered at...
Section 11-43C-60 - Capital Improvement Program. - At the same time that he submits the general fund...
Section 11-43C-61 - Capital Budget; Lapse of Appropriations for Capital Improvement Projects; Reserve Fund for Permanent Public Improvements. - The council shall adopt a capital budget prior to the...
Section 11-43C-62 - Payments and Obligations Must Be in Accord With Appropriations; Certification by Director of Finance; Void Payments and Obligations; Penalty for Knowing Violations. - No payment shall be made and no obligation incurred by...
Section 11-43C-63 - Existing Budget Continued in Force. - Any officially adopted budget in existence at the time that...
Section 11-43C-64 - Division of Finance; Head of Division. - There shall be a division of finance, the head of...
Section 11-43C-65 - Head of Division of Finance - Qualifications; Bond. - The head of the division of finance shall be a...
Section 11-43C-66 - Head of Division of Finance - Powers and Duties. - The head of the division of finance shall have general...
Section 11-43C-67 - Expenditures Not to Exceed Appropriation for That General Classification of Expenditures; Expenditures Financed by Bonds; Leases or Contracts for Period Exceeding Budget Year. - No officer, department, or agency shall, during any budget year,...
Section 11-43C-68 - Disposition of Fees Received by Officers and Employees. - All fees received by any officer or employee of the...
Section 11-43C-69 - Division of Division of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head. - There shall be established in the division of finance a...
Section 11-43C-70 - Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment. - Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract...
Section 11-43C-71 - City Improvements Costing More Than $3,000.00 to Be Executed by Contract; Bidding on Contract; Alteration of Contract. - Any city improvement costing more than $3,000.00 shall be executed...
Section 11-43C-72 - Purchases and Contracts Shall Be Pursuant to Written Requisition; Certification of Balance Sufficient to Pay for Contract or Order. - All purchases made and contracts executed by the purchasing agent...
Section 11-43C-73 - Revenue Notes. - In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection of...
Section 11-43C-74 - Emergency Notes. - In the absence of available revenues to meet emergency appropriations...
Section 11-43C-75 - Notes Not Payable on Demand; Redemption Prior to Maturity; Private Sale. - No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any...
Section 11-43C-76 - Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent With Personnel, etc., Provisions of Chapter. - Nothing contained in the provisions of this chapter shall affect...
Section 11-43C-77 - Personnel Holding Administrative Office Continued in Office; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Office, etc., Abolished by This Chapter. - All personnel, except those specifically designated by the provisions of...
Section 11-43C-78 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned. - All records, property, and equipment of any office, department, or...
Section 11-43C-79 - Office, etc., With Name or Powers and Duties the Same or Substantially Same as Existing Office Deemed a Continuation of Such Office. - Any office, department, or agency provided for by this chapter...
Section 11-43C-80 - Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken. - All contracts entered into by the city, or for its...
Section 11-43C-81 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings. - No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the...
Section 11-43C-82 - Laws Relating to Pensions or Retirement and Relief Funds Continued in Force. - All laws and parts of laws relating to pensions or...
Section 11-43C-83 - Laws Relating to Authority for Fairgrounds, etc., Continued in Force. - All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment or...
Section 11-43C-84 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect. - All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at...
Section 11-43C-85 - Removal of Merit System Officers and Employees; Appeal of Decision. - Any merit system officer or employee to whom the mayor,...
Section 11-43C-86 - Participation in Meetings of Council by Mayor, Department Heads, Etc. - The mayor, the heads of all divisions and departments, and...
Section 11-43C-87 - Inquiry Into Conduct of Office, Department, Agency, or Officer; Investigations as to Municipal Affairs; Subpoena Power. - The council, or the mayor, shall have power to inquire...
Section 11-43C-88 - Interest of Official or Employee in Contracts With City or Public Utility Prohibited; Acceptance of Gifts, etc.; Free Transportation of Officials, Policemen, and Firemen in Discharge of Duties. - No elected official or city employee shall be interested, directly...
Section 11-43C-89 - Oath Taken by City Officers. - Every officer of the city shall, before entering upon the...
Section 11-43C-90 - Reapportionment of Council Districts Because of Population Change. - Whenever there shall be a change in the population in...
Section 11-43C-91 - Procedure for Changing Form of Government; Change From Mayor-Council Form Prohibited for Four Years. - The city is prohibited from changing from the mayor-council form...
Section 11-43C-92 - Appointments to City Positions to Fairly Reflect Make-Up of Total Community; Participation in Contracts by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals; Capital Improvements to Be Based on Need and Fairly and Equitably Made... - (a) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of...