160A-146. Council to organize city government.
The council may create, change, abolish, and consolidate offices, positions, departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the city government and generally organize and reorganize the city government in order to promote orderly and efficient administration of city affairs, subject to the following limitations:
(1) The council may not abolish any office, position, department, board, commission, or agency established and required by law;
(2) The council may not combine offices or confer certain duties on the same officer when such action is specifically forbidden by law;
(3) The council may not discontinue or assign elsewhere any functions or duties assigned by law to a particular office, position, department, or agency. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns
Article 7 - Administrative Offices.
§ 160A-146 - Council to organize city government.
§ 160A-147 - Appointment of city manager; dual office holding.
§ 160A-148 - Powers and duties of manager.
§ 160A-149 - Acting city manager.
§ 160A-150 - Interim city manager.
§ 160A-151 - Mayor and councilmen ineligible to serve or act as manager.
§ 160A-152 - Applicability of Part.
§ 160A-155 - Council to provide for administration in mayor-council cities.
§ 160A-156 - Acting department heads.
§ 160A-157 - Interim department heads.
§ 160A-158 - Mayor and councilmen ineligible to serve or act as heads of departments.
§ 160A-159 - Applicability of Part.
§ 160A-163 - Retirement benefits.
§ 160A-164.1 - Smallpox vaccination policy (see editor's note on condition precedent).
§ 160A-164.2 - Criminal history record check of employees permitted.
§ 160A-166 - Participation in Social Security Act.
§ 160A-167 - Defense of employees and officers; payment of judgments.
§ 160A-168 - Privacy of employee personnel records.
§ 160A-169 - City employee political activity.
§ 160A-169.1 - Municipality verification of employee work authorization.