45-37A-52.199
Section 45-37A-52.199 When part takes effect. For the purpose of nominating and electing members
of the council and the mayor, this part shall become applicable to any city adopting the mayor-council
form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the judge of probate
with the mayor or other chief executive office of the city as provided for in Section 45-37A-52.05.
For all other purposes this part shall become applicable to the city at the time when the
first council of such city elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies.
(Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.10.)...
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45-8A-23.239
Section 45-8A-23.239 When provisions take effect. For the purpose of nominating and electing
members of the council, the provisions of this part shall become applicable to any city adopting
the council-manager form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the
judge of probate with the mayor of the city as provided for in Section 45-8A-23.004. For all
other purposes the provisions of this part shall become applicable to the city at the time
when the first council of such city elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies.
(Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §8.10.)...
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45-37A-52.95
Section 45-37A-52.95 Powers and duties. The mayor shall be the head of the administrative branch
of the city government. The mayor shall not sit with the council nor shall he or she have
a vote in its proceedings and he or she shall have the power and duties herein conferred.
The mayor shall be responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the city and,
subject to any civil service or merit system law applicable to such city and except as otherwise
provided herein, he or she shall have power and shall be required to: (1) Enforce all law
and ordinances. (2) Appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, remove all officers
and employees of the city except as otherwise provided by this part and except as he or she
may authorize the head of a department or office to appoint and remove subordinates in such
department or office; provided that he or she shall not appoint or remove officers and employees
of: a. Any board of the city having control over any park,...
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11-44B-6
Section 11-44B-6 Meetings; quorum; majority vote requirements; procedure for adoption of ordinances
and resolutions; approval or veto of mayor; record of proceedings; power of council as to
city employees; all powers of city vested in council. (a) The council shall hold regular public
meetings at least once a week at some regular hour to be fixed by the council. The council
may hold such adjourned, called, or other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (b)
All council meetings shall comply with the applicable law concerning open or public meetings.
(c) A majority of the elected membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. For the purposes of determining
a quorum, the mayor shall not be counted. (d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the council
members present, and the mayor in the event of a tie, as provided by this article, shall be
sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council 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 mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (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...
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45-8A-23.007
Section 45-8A-23.007 Council. The councilmen provided for in this subpart shall be known collectively
as the Council of the City of ... (Name of said city to be inserted) and shall have the powers
and duties hereinafter provided. The council first elected shall qualify and take office in
the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first Monday in October following the date when the
election of all councilmen is completed, and thereupon such city shall be and become organized
under the council-manager form of government provided under this part, and shall thereafter
be governed by the provisions of this part. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §1.08.)...
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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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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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45-8A-23.057
Section 45-8A-23.057 Appointment of city manager. (a) The council by a majority vote of the
whole qualified membership of the council shall appoint a city manager, who shall be an officer
of the city and shall have the powers and perform the duties in this part provided. No councilman
shall receive such appointment during the term for which he or she shall have been elected,
nor within one year after the expiration of his or her term; nor shall he or she receive any
appointment as city manager under the provisions of Section 45-8A-23.092 during the term for
which he or she shall have been elected. The civil service act, if any, applicable to the
city shall not apply to the approval or the removal of the city manager. (b) A temporary,
acting city manager may be designated by the council to serve for not more than four months
in these events but in only these events: (1) When the first council shall take office after
adoption of this part by the city. (2) Following the removal of any...
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11-43A-18
Section 11-43A-18 Appointment of city manager; temporary acting city manager; removal; dealings
with administrative service. The council, by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership
of the council, shall appoint a city manager, who shall be an officer of the city, and shall
have the powers to perform the duties in this article provided. No councilman shall receive
such appointment during the term for which the council member shall have been elected nor
within one year after expiration of the term. Any civil service act applicable to the municipality
shall not apply to the appointment or the removal of the city manager. A temporary acting
city manager may be designated by the council to serve for not more than four months in these
events, but only in these events: (1) When the first council takes office after adoption of
this article or (2) following the removal of any permanent city manager. Such temporary acting
city manager shall perform the duties and assume the obligations...
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