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§ 32.05 HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD.
   (A)   The City Council shall appoint five persons who shall constitute the Housing Authority and the persons shall be called the Commissioners. One Commissioner shall be appointed each year. Each Commissioner shall serve a five-year term of office or until his or her successor is duly appointed; provided, that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any Commissioner shall be filed with the City Clerk/Treasurer and the certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the proper appointment of the Commissioner. A Commissioner shall receive no compensation for his or her services, but he or she shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in discharge of his or her duties. The Housing Authority Commissioners shall meet on the third Tuesday, unless the same shall be a legal holiday, it which event the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding nonsecular day. The meetings are to be held in June, September, December, and March. The annual meeting shall be held in conjunction with the regular June meeting of each year. Be it further ordained that all meetings be held in the business office of the Community Building at the Camp Clarke Villa at 8:00 p.m. Three Commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the Authority for the purpose of conducting its business, exercising its powers, and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the Authority upon the vote of the majority of the Commissioners present unless in any case the bylaws of the Authority shall require a larger number. The Commissioners shall elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson from among the Commissioners and shall have the power to employ an executive director who shall serve as ex officio Secretary of the Authority. The Authority may also employ legal counsel, or it may call upon the chief law officer of the city, for the services as it may require. It may employ technical experts and any other officers, agents, and employees as it may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties, compensations, and terms of office. The Authority may delegate any other powers and duties to its agents or employees as it may deem proper. During his or her tenure, and for one year thereafter, no commissioner, officer, or employee of the City Housing Authority shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract or proposed contract relating to any housing project. If any such commissioner, officer, or employee involuntarily acquires any such interest, or voluntarily or involuntarily acquired any such interest prior to appointment or employment as commissioner, officer, or employee, he or she shall immediately disclose his or her interest in writing to the Authority, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Authority, and he or she shall not participate in any action by the Authority relating to the property or contract in which he or she has any such interest; provided, that nothing herein shall apply to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of the Authority issued in connection with any housing project, or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for deposit or handling of funds in connection with a project or to act as trustee under any trust indenture, or to utility services, the rates for which are fixed or controlled by a governmental agency. The Mayor may remove a Commissioner for neglect of duty or misconduct in office in the manner prescribed hereinafter. The Mayor shall send a notice of removal to the Commissioner which notice shall contain a statement containing the charges against him or her. Unless, within ten days from the receipt of the notice, the Commissioner files with the Clerk/Treasurer a request for a hearing before the City Council, the Commissioner shall be deemed as removed from office. If a request for a hearing is filed with the Clerk/Treasurer, the City Council shall hold a hearing at which the Commissioner shall have the right to appear in person or by counsel and the City Council shall determine whether the removal shall be disapproved or upheld. If the removal is disapproved, the Commissioner shall continue to hold his or her position.
   (B)   The Housing Authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and disbursements and shall make a report to the City Council on all the information.
(1973 Code, § 2-106) (Ord. 568, passed 12-5-1985)
§ 32.06 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
   (A)   Per Neb. RS 18-2,101.01, the city hereby creates a Community Development Agency, which Agency shall consist of the Mayor and City Council.
   (B)   The name of the Community Development Agency shall be the Community Redevelopment Authority of the city.
   (C)   The Community Redevelopment Authority of the city shall function in the manner prescribed by ordinance and may exercise all of the power and authority granted to a community redevelopment authority in Neb. RS 18-2,101 through 18-2,144.
   (D)   The Mayor shall function as the Chairperson of the Community Redevelopment Authority.
(1973 Code, § 2-201) (Ord. 752, passed 7-6-2006)
§ 32.07 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   The Police Department shall consist of the Police Chief and any further number of regular police officers as may be duly ordered by resolution of the Council. The Police Chief shall, subject to the direction of the Mayor, have control and management of all matters relating to the Police Department, and its officers and members, and shall have the custody and control of all property and books belonging to the Department. He or she shall devote his or her whole time to city affairs, the interests of the city, and to the preservation of peace, order, safety, and cleanliness thereof. The Department shall execute and enforce all laws and also the orders of the Mayor. It shall be the duty of the Department to protect the rights of persons and property. There shall be a proper police force at all fires. The Department shall take notice of all nuisances, impediments, obstructions, and defects in the streets, avenues, alleys, business places, and residences of the city. The Department shall execute, or cause to be executed, the processes issued and shall cause all persons arrested to be brought before the proper court for trial as speedily as possible. The Police Chief, and all regular and special police officers, shall become thoroughly conversant with the laws of the city, and shall see that the same are strictly enforced, and shall make sworn complaints against any person or persons for violation of the same.
(1973 Code, § 3-401)
§ 32.08 POLICE; ARREST AND ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTION.
   (A)   The police officers of the municipality shall have the power to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state or of the city, by day or by night, in the same manner as the County Sheriff and to keep such offenders in the municipal prison or other place to prevent their escape until trial can be had before the proper officer.
(Neb. RS 17-118)
   (B)   Every municipal law enforcement officer has the power and authority to enforce the laws of this state and the municipality or otherwise perform the functions of that office anywhere within his or her primary jurisdiction.
   (C)   For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.
         (a)   A law enforcement officer whose life is in danger; or
         (b)   A law enforcement officer who needs assistance in making an arrest and the suspect:
            1.   Will not be apprehended unless immediately arrested;
            2.   May cause injury to himself or herself or others or damage to property unless immediately arrested; or
            3.   May destroy or conceal evidence of the commission of a crime.
      PRIMARY JURISDICTION. The geographic area within territorial limits of the municipality.
   (D)   Any municipal law enforcement officer who is within this state, but beyond his or her primary jurisdiction, has the power and authority to enforce the laws of this state or any legal ordinance of any city or incorporated village or otherwise perform the functions of his or her office, including the authority to arrest and detain suspects, as if enforcing the laws or performing the functions within his or her primary jurisdiction in the following cases:
      (1)   Any municipal law enforcement officer, if in a fresh attempt to apprehend a person suspected of committing a felony, may follow that person into any other jurisdiction in this state and there arrest and detain that person and return that person to the officer's primary jurisdiction;
      (2)   Any municipal law enforcement officer, if in a fresh attempt to apprehend a person suspected of committing a misdemeanor or a traffic infraction, may follow that person anywhere in an area within 25 miles of the boundaries of the officer's primary jurisdiction and there arrest and detain that person and return that person to the officer's primary jurisdiction;
      (3)   Any municipal law enforcement officer has this enforcement and arrest and detention authority when responding to a call in which a local, state, or federal law enforcement officer is in need of assistance; and
      (4)   If the municipality, under the provisions of the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act, enters into a contract with any other municipality or county for law enforcement services or joint law enforcement services, law enforcement personnel may have this enforcement authority within the jurisdiction of each of the participating political subdivisions if provided for in the agreement. Unless otherwise provided in the agreement, the municipality shall provide liability insurance coverage for its own law enforcement personnel as provided in Neb. RS 13-1802.
   (E)   When probable cause exists to believe that a person is operating or in the actual physical control of any motor vehicle, motorboat, personal watercraft, or aircraft while under the influence of alcoholic liquor or of any drug or otherwise in violation of Neb. RS 28-1465, 28-1466, 28-1472, 37-1254.01, 37-1254.02, 60-4,163, 60-4,164, 60-6,196, 60-6,197, 60-6,211.01, or 60-6,211.02, a municipal law enforcement officer has the power and authority to do any of the following or any combination thereof:
      (1)   Transport that person to a facility outside of the law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction for appropriate chemical testing of the person;
      (2)   Administer outside of the law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction any post-arrest test advisement to the person; or
      (3)   With respect to that person, perform other procedures or functions outside of the law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction which are directly and solely related to enforcing the laws that concern a person operating or being in the actual physical control of any motor vehicle, motorboat, personal watercraft, or aircraft while under the influence of alcoholic liquor or of any other drug or otherwise in violation of Neb. RS 28-1465, 28-1466, 28-1472, 37-1254.01, 37-1254.02, 60-4,163, 60-4,164, 60-6,196, 60-6,197, 60-6,211.01, or 60-6,211.02.
(Neb. RS 29-215)
   (F)   If municipal law enforcement personnel are rendering aid in their law enforcement capacity outside the limits of the municipality in the event of disaster, emergency, or civil defense emergency or in connection with any program of practice or training for a disaster, emergency, or civil defense emergency when that program is conducted or participated in by the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency or with any other related training program, the law enforcement personnel have the power and authority to enforce the laws of this state or any legal ordinances or resolutions of the local government where they are rendering aid or otherwise perform the functions of their office, including the authority to arrest and detain suspects, as if enforcing the laws or performing the functions within their primary jurisdiction. The municipality shall self-insure or contract for insurance against any liability for personal injuries or property damage that may be incurred by it or by its personnel as the result of any movement made pursuant to this division.
(Neb. RS 81-829.65)
(Ord. 840, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 32.09 BRIDGEPORT TREE BOARD .
   The City of Bridgeport hereby creates the Tree Board:
   (A)   The City Council shall appoint the Tree Board. The Board shall consist of six members. The members of the Board shall serve a three year term of office unless reappointed. The Board shall serve without compensation and may be required, in the discretion of the City Council, to give a bond in a sum set by resolution of the City Council, and conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties.
   (B)   The membership of the Board shall be comprised of the following individuals:
      (1)   A member of the Park Board;
      (2)   A member of the City Council;
      (3)   An employee of the city;
      (4)   A member of the Planning Commission;
      (5)   A member of the law enforcement agency for the city;
      (6)   A resident of the city;
   (C)   At the time of the Board's first meeting, which shall occur on or before February 1 of each year, or at such alternate day as otherwise determined from the Board, the Board shall organize by selecting from their number a Chairperson and Secretary. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep the full and correct minutes and records of all meetings, and to file the same with the City Clerk/Treasurer where they shall be available for public inspection at any reasonable time. A majority of the Board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
   (D)   The Board shall meet at any times as the City Council may designate. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the Chairperson, or any two of the Board members.
   (E)   It shall be the duty of the Board to take the immediate charge of all trees located on or above city property and/or city rights-of-way. The Board shall establish appropriate rules and regulations for the management, use, and operation of the same.
   (F)   It shall be the responsibility of the Tree Board to study, investigate, counsel, and develop a written plan for the care, preservation, trimming, planting, removal, or disposition of trees and shrubs in public ways, streets, alleys, and on or above city property. The plan will be presented to the City Council and upon its acceptance and approval shall constitute the City Official Comprehensive Community Tree Plan. The Board shall review annually and update if needed the Comprehensive Community Tree Plan. The Board shall prepare and present an annual work plan to the City Council for its acceptance and approval.
   (G)   All employees of the city doing work at the bequest of the Tree Board shall be under the supervision and direction of the Board. All actions of the Board shall be subject to the review and control of the City Council. The Board shall be responsible for making the reports and performing any other duties as the City Council may, from time to time, designate. The Board, when requested by the City Council, shall consider, investigate, make finding, report, and recommend upon any special matter of question coming within the scope of its work.
(Ord. 959, passed 11-14-2019; Ord. 988, passed 2-9-2023; Ord. 993, passed 5-11-2023)
§ 32.10 KENO DISTRIBUTIONS BOARD.
   (A)   The Keno Distributions Board shall consist of five members who shall be chosen by the Mayor with the approval of a majority vote of the elected members of the City Council. Commencing with the appointments made in January 2021, two of the five members shall be appointed to two year terms, and three of the five members shall be appointed to four year terms. Upon the expiration of the terms of those appointments made in January 2021, each member so appointed shall serve a four year term. Members appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve the remainder of the term of the member which he or she has been appointed to replace.
   (B)   The Board shall serve without compensation and may be required, in the discretion of the City Council, to give a bond in a sum set by resolution of the City Council, and conditions upon the faithful performance of their duties.
   (C)   The Board shall meet in September of each year. At the time of the Board's meeting in September of each year, the Board shall organize by selecting from their number a Chairperson and Secretary. A majority of the Board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the Chairperson, or any two of the Board members.
   (D)   It shall be the responsibility of the Keno Distributions Advisory Board to provide recommendations to the City Council for the disbursement of Keno funds. Authority to disburse Keno funds shall rest with the City Council.
(Ord. 899, passed 11-17-2015; Ord. 972, passed 1-14-2021; Ord. 984, passed 10-20-2022)