45-37A-52.07
Section 45-37A-52.07 The council. The council members provided for in this article shall be
known collectively as the Council of the City of ___ (Name of city to be inserted) and shall
have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The council members first elected shall qualify
and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date
the election of all nine council members is completed, and thereupon such city shall at that
time and thereby be and become organized under the mayor-council form of government provided
under this part, and shall thereafter be governed by this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004,
§1.08.)...
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11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and
March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this
article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section
11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first
Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality
shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the
alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et
seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication
once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions
to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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11-44D-5
Section 11-44D-5 Council-manager form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum herein choose a council-manager form of government the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a council-manager form of government, with a five-member
council elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers
and duties as other council-manager municipalities organized under chapter 43A, Title 11,
and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter, which may have been heretofore
granted to such municipalities. (2) The council shall include five members who shall be elected
from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population according to the
last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less, than the average
of the five districts. (3) The council members shall be...
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11-43C-18
Section 11-43C-18 District council members - Compensation; additional stipend for president
of council. Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of
$50.00 for each meeting of the council attended, and $400.00 per month. Said salaries shall
be payable in monthly installments at the end of each month. The president of the council
shall receive an additional stipend not to exceed $100.00 per month. Subsequent to the term
of office of the mayor and councilmen elected hereunder, the mayor and each councilman shall
receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing
body at least six months prior to the date of the regular election, but in no event shall
salaries be set above those as specified in this chapter. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116,
§18.)...
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11-44C-18
Section 11-44C-18 District council members - Compensation; additional stipend for president
of council. Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of
$100.00 for each meeting of the council attended, and $500.00 per month. Said salaries shall
be payable in monthly installments at the end of each month. The president of the council
shall receive an additional stipend not to exceed $100.00 per month. Subsequent to the term
of office of the mayor and councilmen elected hereunder, the mayor and each councilman shall
receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing
body at least six months prior to the date of the regular election, but in no event shall
salaries be set below those as specified in this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §18.)...

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11-43C-90
Section 11-43C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the five districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted...
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11-44C-90
Section 11-44C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the seven districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be...
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11-43-3
Section 11-43-3 Election, etc., of treasurer, clerk, etc., in cities having more than 6,000
inhabitants; consolidation or abolishment of offices. (a) In cities having a population of
more than 6,000, there shall be elected by the council, at its first regular meeting or as
soon thereafter as practicable, a city treasurer and a city clerk, who shall hold office until
the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified, and such council
may elect an auditor, and any officers whose election is required by ordinance, and, except
as otherwise provided, the council shall have authority to fix the terms of office, prescribe
their duties, and fix the salaries of the officers. The council may, by ordinance, require
the city treasurer and the city clerk to be residents of the city. Except as provided in subsection
(b), the council, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected, by and with the consent of
the mayor, may consolidate two or more of the offices and may...
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11-44E-20
Section 11-44E-20 Continuation as municipal corporation; duties, rights, etc. Any such city
which adopts the mayor/commission/city manager form of government shall continue its existence
as a municipal corporation. The word "city" as hereinafter used shall mean and refer
to any city which has adopted the mayor/commission/city manager form of government. The city
shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits as then established,
and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all the duties and obligations
then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation and shall enjoy all the
rights, privileges, immunities, powers, duties, and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well
as those that may thereafter or hereinafter be granted to it. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660,
§2.01.)...
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11-43A-10
Section 11-43A-10 Continuation of municipal corporation. Any municipal corporation which adopts
the council-manager form of government shall continue its existence as a body corporate without
change in the municipal corporation. The word "municipality" as herein used shall
mean and refer to any municipal corporation which has adopted the council-manager form of
government. The city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits
as then established, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all
the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation
and shall continue to enjoy the rights, immunities, powers, and franchises then enjoyed by
it, as well as those that may thereafter be granted to it. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851,
§10.)...
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