11-44B-7
Section 11-44B-7 Powers and duties of mayor. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of said
council and sit with said council. Provided, however, the mayor shall not, for any purpose,
be a member of the council, shall vote only in the case of a tie, and shall have the right
of veto as provided herein. (1) The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall
have general supervision and control of all other officers and the affairs of the city except
as otherwise provided by this article and general statutes of the state. (2) The mayor shall
devote full time to the duties of his office. The mayor shall maintain an office at the city
hall and be present thereat during reasonable hours when not otherwise absent therefrom on
other duties of the city. (3) The mayor shall, each quarter, prepare a detailed statement
of all receipts and expenses of the city, and annually, at the end of each fiscal year, the
mayor shall cause the books and accounts of the city to be audited by a...
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11-45-4
Section 11-45-4 Veto of ordinances and resolutions, and passage over veto generally. (a) Except
as provided in subsection (b), if the mayor shall disapprove of any ordinance or resolution
transmitted to him or her as provided in Section 11-45-3, within 10 days of the time of its
passage by the council, he or she shall return the same to the clerk with his or her objections
in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city
council. If two thirds of the members elected to the council shall adhere to the ordinance
or resolution notwithstanding the objections, the vote being taken by yeas and nays and spread
upon the minutes, then the ordinance or resolution, after publication thereof, shall have
the force of law, unless by its terms it was to take effect on its approval, in which event
it shall take effect upon its passage over the veto. The failure of the mayor to return to
the clerk an ordinance or resolution with his or her veto within 10 days...
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11-43C-28
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 night, at a regular hour to be fixed by said council from time
to time and publicly announced; it may hold such special or other meetings as the business
of the city may require. The presence of three council members will constitute a quorum for
the conduct of official council business. The affirmative vote of at least three members of
the council shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, ordinance, or the
transaction of any business of any sort by the said council or the exercise of any of the
powers conferred upon it by the terms of this chapter or bylaw, or which may hereafter be
conferred upon it. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting any franchise,...
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11-44C-28
Section 11-44C-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 night, at a regular hour to be fixed by said council from time
to time and publicly announced; it may hold such special or other meetings as the business
of the city may require. The presence of five council members will constitute a quorum for
the conduct of official council business. The affirmative vote of at least five members of
the council shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw ordinance, or the
transaction of any business of any sort by the said council or the exercise of any of the
powers conferred upon it by the terms of this chapter or bylaw, or which may hereafter be
conferred upon it. No resolution, bylaw or ordinance granting any franchise,...
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45-37A-52.64
Section 45-37A-52.64 Meetings; passage of ordinances, etc. The council shall hold regular public
meetings on Tuesday of each and every week at a regular hour to be fixed by the order of the
council from time to time and publicly announced. The council may hold such adjourned, called,
special, or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The president of the council,
when present, shall preside at all meetings of the council. Five members of the council shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council,
and the affirmative vote of at least four members of the council provided such four constitute
a majority of those voting shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or
ordinance, or the transaction of any business of any sort by the council, or the exercise
of any of the powers conferred upon it by this part or by law, or which may hereafter be conferred
upon the council. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance...
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11-44B-11
Section 11-44B-11 City clerk, finance director, revenue director, city attorney, assistant
city attorneys, and city department heads continued in office; powers and duties; claims against
city; financial records; warrants; deposit of public money; payment of moneys due municipality;
office space, supplies, and other support. (a) If the city clerk of any city which adopts
the mayor-council form of government as herein provided holds office subject to any civil
service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor-council
form of government of such city and his successors shall be selected and hold office subject
to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. The city clerk shall attend the meetings
of the council and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall have the custody of the rules,
ordinances and resolutions of the council and shall keep a record of them when adopted by
the council. He shall also have the custody of the city seal....
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11-45-3
Section 11-45-3 Transmittal of ordinances or resolutions to mayor for consideration; approval
by mayor and publication by clerk; recall of ordinances or resolutions from mayor. In cities
having a population of 12,000 or more, all resolutions or ordinances intended to be of permanent
operation, after having been passed by the council, shall be transmitted by the clerk, within
48 hours after their passage, to the mayor or acting mayor for his consideration, who, if
he shall approve thereof, shall sign and return the same to the clerk, who shall publish them,
and such ordinances and resolutions shall thereupon have the force of law; provided, that
the council may provide that they shall be effective from approval. An ordinance or resolution
may be recalled from the mayor at any time before it has become a law or has been acted on
by him by a resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to the council in regular
or special session. (Code 1907, §1185; Code 1923, §1901; Code...
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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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45-8A-23.066
Section 45-8A-23.066 Meetings, passage or ordinances, etc. The council shall hold regular public
meetings as may be prescribed by its own rules, provided that a regular hour and day shall
be fixed by the order of the council, and publicly announced. It may hold such adjourned,
called, special, or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The mayor when
present and in his or her absence the assistant mayor shall preside at all meetings of the
council. A majority of the whole qualified membership of the council shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. The affirmative vote
of a majority of the quorum shall be necessary and sufficient for the passage of any resolution,
rule, or ordinance, or the transaction of any business of any sort by the council or the exercise
of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this part or which may hereafter be
conferred upon it. No resolution or ordinance granting any...
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11-44C-66
Section 11-44C-66 Director of finance - Powers and duties. The director of finance shall have
general management and control of the several divisions and units of the department of finance.
He or she shall have charge, subject to the direction and control of the mayor, of the administration
of the financial affairs of the city, and to that end shall have authority and be required
to: (1) Cooperate with the mayor in compiling estimates for the general fund, public utility,
and capital budgets; (2) Supervise and control all encumbrances, expenditures, and disbursements
to insure that budget appropriations are not exceeded; (3) Prescribe and install systems of
accounts for all departments, offices, and agencies of the city and provide instructions for
their use; and prescribe the form of receipts, vouchers, bills, or claims to be used and of
accounts to be kept by all departments, offices, and agencies of the city; (4) Require daily,
or at such other intervals, a report of receipts from...
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