(A) The City Council shall appoint a Board of Health which shall consist of four members. The members of the Board shall include the Mayor, who shall serve as Chairperson, the President of the City Council and two other members. One member shall be a physician or health care provider, if one can be found who is willing to serve. The physician or health care provider, if appointed, shall be the Board’s medical advisor. If the Mayor has appointed a Chief of Police, The Chief of Police shall serve on the Board as Secretary and quarantine officer. The members of the Board shall serve, without compensation, a one-year term of office, unless reappointed and shall reorganize at the first meeting in December of each year. No member of the Board of Health shall hold more than one Board of Health position.
(B) The Secretary shall keep full and correct minutes and records of all meetings and file the same with the City Clerk where they shall be available for public inspection during office hours. The Board of Health shall be funded by the City Council from time to time out of the General Fund. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of doing business. The Board shall meet at the times as the City Council may designate. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the Chairperson or any two members of the Board.
(C) The Board shall enact rates and regulations, which shall have the full force and effect of the law, to safeguard the health of the people of the city. The Board shall enforce the rules and regulations and provide fines and punishments for any violations thereof. It may regulate, suppress and prevent the occurrence of nuisances and enforce all laws of the state and ordinances of the city relating to nuisances and to matters of sanitation which affect the health and safety of the people. The Board shall regularly inspect the premises and businesses as the City Council may direct. All members of the Board shall be responsible for making the reports and performing such other duties as the City Council may, from time to time, designate.
(Prior Code, § 2-213)
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Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-121