7-3-1245. Relationship of commission and manager regarding appointments and administrative service. (1) Neither the commission nor any of its committees or members may direct or request the appointment of or removal from office or employment of any person by the manager or any of the manager's subordinates or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative service of the municipality. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the commission and its members shall deal with that portion of the administrative service for which the manager is responsible solely through the manager, and neither the commission nor any member of the commission may give orders to any subordinate of the manager either publicly or privately.
(2) Any violation of the provisions of this section by a member of the commission is a misdemeanor, conviction of which immediately forfeits the office of the member convicted.
History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.35, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3435; amd. Sec. 337, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government
Part 12. City-County Consolidation -- Option 2
7-3-1201. Authorization for consolidated city-county government
7-3-1202. Nature of consolidated government
7-3-1203. General powers of consolidated government
7-3-1204. Petition for city-county consolidated government -- election required
7-3-1205. Certification of petition -- board action -- election
7-3-1208. Election of commission upon favorable vote
7-3-1209. Resolution declaring creation of consolidated government
7-3-1210. Existing contracts continued
7-3-1211. Treatment of existing ordinances
7-3-1212. Treatment of existing officers
7-3-1213. Power to effectuate transition
7-3-1214. Consolidated municipality commission
7-3-1215. Qualifications for commission
7-3-1216. Term of office of commission members
7-3-1218. Meetings of commission
7-3-1219. Organization and officers of commission
7-3-1220. Conduct of commission business
7-3-1221. Compensation of commission members
7-3-1222. Procedure to enact ordinances and resolutions
7-3-1223. Effective date of ordinances
7-3-1225. Vote required on certain measures
7-3-1226. Codification of ordinances
7-3-1227. Petition for initiative
7-3-1228. Action on initiative petition
7-3-1229. Submission of initiative measure to electors
7-3-1230. Petition for referendum
7-3-1231. Action on referendum petition
7-3-1232. Preliminary acts authorized prior to submission of certain ordinances to electors
7-3-1235. through 7-3-1240 reserved
7-3-1241. Appointment and removal of manager of consolidated municipality
7-3-1243. Appointments by manager
7-3-1244. Removal of appointees
7-3-1245. Relationship of commission and manager regarding appointments and administrative service
7-3-1246. General duties of manager
7-3-1248. Departments of consolidated municipality
7-3-1249. Employees and employment list
7-3-1250. Compensation of officers and employees
7-3-1252. Investigatory powers of commission and manager
7-3-1253. Disposition of money received by officers in official capacity
7-3-1254. Nonpartisan nature of government
7-3-1255. Commissioners not to hold or seek other office
7-3-1256. Appointive officers not to seek other office
7-3-1257. Control of conflict of interest
7-3-1260. through 7-3-1270 reserved