CHARTER
PREAMBLE
ARTICLE I: INCORPORATION, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, POWERS
1-1. Incorporation; Annexation, Consolidation, Merging
1-2. Form of Government
1-3. Powers of the City
1-4. Intergovernmental Relations
ARTICLE II: LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
2-1. Council; Legislative Authority Vested in, Election, Term, Term Limits
2-2. Council: Qualifications
2-3. Mayor: Qualifications, Term, Term Limits, Duties
2-4. Vice-Mayor: Appointment, Duties
2-5. Mayor and Council: Compensation
2-6. Council: Powers
2-7. Council Not to Interfere in Appointments and Removals
2-8. City Clerk
2-9. Mayor and Council: When Inducted Into Office, Meetings
2-10. Mayor and Council: Absences to Terminate Office
2-11. Mayor and Council: Removal
2-12. Council: Vacancies
2-13. Council: Quorum, Rules, Yeas and Nays
2-14. Ordinances: Enacting Clause
2-15. Ordinances: Passage, Publication, When Effective
2-16. Ordinances: Emergency
2-17. Adoption by Reference
2-18. Ordinances: Codification
ARTICLE III: CITY MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
3-1. City Manager: Appointment, Term, Qualifications, Removal
3-2. Acting City Manager
3-3. City Manager: Powers and Duties
3-4. Administrative Department, Offices and Agencies
ARTICLE IV: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, FISCAL AFFAIRS
4-1. City Clerk: Office Created, Duties
4-2. City Treasurer: Office Created, Duties
4-3. Purchases and Sales
4-4. Sale of Property Valued at More Than $10,000.00
4-5. Public Improvements
4-6. Fiscal Year
4-7. Independent Annual Audit
ARTICLE V: OFFICERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL
5-1. City Attorney: Appointment, Term, Qualifications, Duties
5-2. Municipal Court: Appointment, Term, Qualifications, Duties
ARTICLE VI: NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
6-1. Nomination and Election of Mayor and Councilmembers, Nonpartisan Elections
6-2. Filing for Councilmember or Mayor - General
6-3. Primary Election: Filing for Mayor
6-4. Primary Election: Filing for Councilmember
6-5. Primary Election: Time, When Not Required
6-6. Primary Election: Who Nominated or Elected
6-7. General Election: Time, Who Elected, When Not Required
6-8. Political Activity of Officers and Employees
6-9. Transitional Provisions
6-10. Council May Establish Election Dates and Filing Periods Under Certain Circumstances
ARTICLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
7-1. Feminine Gender
7-2. Initiative and Referendum
7-3. Merit System
7-4. Nepotism, Compatibility of Offices
7-5. Conflict of Interest
7-6. Bonds
7-7. Oath of Office
7-8. Who May Administer Oaths
7-9. Removal of Officers and Employees
7-9.1 Removal/Ouster of Councilmembers and Mayor
7-10. Acting Officers and Employees
7-11. Separability Clause
7-12. Publicity of Records
7-13. Abstention of Voting
ARTICLE VIII: PLANNING AND ZONING
8-1. General Grant of Power
8-1.1. Zoning Change Protests
ARTICLE IX: AMENDMENT
9-1. Amendment: Proposal, Ratification, Approval
9-2. Amendment: Board of Freeholders
ARTICLE X: SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT
10-1. Amendment: When Effective
10-2. Ordinances Continued
10-3. Pending Actions and Proceedings
PREAMBLE
We, the people of the City of Bethany, Oklahoma, exercising the powers of home rule granted to us by the Constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma, in order to provide for more efficient, adequate, and economical government, do hereby ordain, ratify, and establish this Charter of the City of Bethany, Oklahoma.
ARTICLE I: INCORPORATION, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, POWERS
The City of Bethany, Oklahoma, within the corporate limits as now established or as hereafter may be established, shall continue to be a municipal body politic and corporate in perpetuity under the name of the “City of Bethany.” It shall succeed to and possess all the property, rights, privileges, franchises, powers, and immunities now belonging to the corporation known as the City of Bethany, Oklahoma; and shall be liable for all debts and other obligations for which the corporation is now legally bound.
The City of Bethany, Oklahoma, may not be annexed by or to, or consolidated with any other city or other political subdivision, or merged into a combined county-city government, unless a majority of the qualified electors of the City of Bethany voting on the question approve such annexation, consolidation, or merger; and such question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City only by the City Council or by the Mayor on proper initiative petition at a special election; provided that nothing herein shall prohibit the City of Bethany from annexing additional territory to the City as provided by law.
The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the “Council-Manager Government.” All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this Charter or, if the manner is not prescribed, then in such manner as the Council may prescribe by ordinance.
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