11-43A-1.1
Section 11-43A-1.1 Organization of council-manager form of government; election of council
members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge of probate has
certified to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality the sufficiency
of a petition asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, any Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality
having the mayor-council form of government, by resolution of the council, may provide for
the council in a municipality proposing to adopt the council-manager form of government to
be composed of either five or seven members as follows: One member shall be the mayor elected
at large, who shall be a voting member of the council and either four or six members shall
be council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the resolution
shall provide. If a municipality has single-member districts for the...
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45-35A-54.22
Section 45-35A-54.22 Election of mayor or associate commissioner - Statement of candidacy;
eligibility. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election which may be held under
this part for the office of mayor or associate commissioner may become such candidate by filing
in the office of the mayor or commission of the city, if at the first election of the commission
under this part, or with the commission at any subsequent election, a statement of candidacy,
accompanied by affidavit taken and certified by the mayor or by any member of the commission,
or by a notary public, that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he
or she desires to become a candidate. No person shall be eligible for such office unless he
or she is over the age of 21 at the time he or she becomes a candidate, or unless he or she
is qualified to vote in the election at which he or she shall be elected. The statement shall
be filed at least 20 days before the day set for such election,...
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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate
form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively
as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)"
and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided
and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members.
One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations
of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three
members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts.
The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following
the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal
governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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24-1-24
Section 24-1-24 Composition of authority; compensation of commissioners; quorum; officers and
employees; delegation of powers and duties by authority. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), an authority shall consist of five commissioners appointed by the mayor, who shall designate
the first chair. None of the commissioners may be city officials. The commissioners who are
first appointed shall be designated by the mayor to serve for terms of one, two, three, four,
and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of
office shall be five years. A commissioner shall hold office until his or her successor has
been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Three
commissioners shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall file with the city clerk a certificate
of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner and such certificate shall be conclusive
evidence of the due and proper appointment of such...
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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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11-52-16
Section 11-52-16 Alternative structure for Class 6 municipality planning commission. (a) The
governing body of any Class 6 municipality may determine by ordinance that the planning commission
of the municipality, created under authority of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of seven voting
members appointed as follows: (1) Six members appointed by the mayor. (2) One member, appointed
by a majority of the city council, who may be a member of the city council. (b) In addition,
one nonvoting advisory member shall be appointed by the mayor, who shall be a senior administrative
official of the municipality qualified by education, training, experience, and job responsibilities
to provide substantive and technical advice, assistance, and guidance to the planning commission
in the exercise of its statutory functions. (c) All members of the planning commission shall
be at least 21 years of age and, to the extent not inconsistent with this section, shall meet
the additional qualifications for...
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11-44B-21
Section 11-44B-21 Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect; references to certain officers
or governing body in existing ordinances, etc., deemed references to mayor or council. All
ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the
mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until
changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect
at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established, reference
is made to the mayor, chairman of the commission board, public safety commissioner, associate
commissioner No. 1, finance and water commissioner or associate commissioner No. 2, the same
shall be construed to refer to the mayor of the mayor-council form of government herein established.
Whenever in any ordinance, resolution or law in effect at the time of the adoption of the
mayor-council form of government herein established,...
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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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11-44F-25
Section 11-44F-25 Subsequent referendum to reconsider status of mayor as part-time position.
In the event that the governing body of any Class 8 municipality, which has adopted an ordinance
pursuant to Section 11-44F-22, shall later determine that it would be in the best interests
of the municipality that a subsequent referendum be held to reconsider the status of the mayor
as a part-time position in such city (town), then the governing body may, by resolution, provide
for a subsequent referendum upon the issue and, if so provided, the ballot shall be substantially
as set forth in Section 11-44F-21, except that the question presented shall read substantially
as follows: Check one of the following: Do you favor that the office of mayor of the City
(Town) of ___ shall no longer be required to be a full-time position? Yes ___ No ___. If a
majority of the voters voting cast their votes in favor of no longer requiring the position
of mayor to be full time, then the governing body of the...
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11-52-13
Section 11-52-13 Alternate structure for Class 5 municipality planning commission. (a) The
governing body of any Class 5 municipality may determine by ordinance that any planning commission
of the municipality created pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of
nine members: Namely, eight members appointed by the governing body representing as equally
as possible the several districts or wards of the municipality, such representation to be
determined by the governing body and one member appointed by the mayor or chief executive
officer of the municipality. The eight appointees appointed by the governing body shall serve
at the pleasure of the governing body and the member appointed by the mayor or chief executive
officer shall serve at his pleasure. Each member of the governing body excluding the mayor
or chief executive officer shall nominate persons to fill two vacancies on said commission
within two months after the vacancy occurs. Failure to do so shall result...
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