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(A) The village Board of Trustees shall have the power to pass ordinances:
(1) To prevent and remove nuisances within the village or within its one-mile zoning jurisdiction;
(2) To restrain and prohibit gambling;
(3) To provide for licensing and regulating theatrical and other amusements within the village;
(4) To prevent the introduction and spread of contagious diseases;
(5) To establish and regulate markets;
(6) To erect and repair bridges;
(7) To erect, repair and regulate wharves;
(8) To regulate the landing of watercraft;
(9) To provide for the inspection of building materials to be used or offered for sale in the village;
(10) To govern the planting and protection of shade trees in the streets and the building of structures projecting upon or over and adjoining and all excavations through and under, the sidewalks of the village;
(11) To maintain the peace, good government and welfare of the village and its trade and commerce; and
(12) To enforce all ordinances by inflicting penalties upon inhabitants or other persons for violation of such ordinances not exceeding $500 for any one offense, recoverable with costs.
(Neb. RS 17-207)
(B) The village has the power and authority by ordinance to define, regulate, suppress and prevent nuisances and to declare what constitutes a nuisance and to abate and remove the same. The village may exercise this power and authority within its zoning jurisdiction.
(Neb. RS 18-1720)
Every village Trustee, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Nebraska and faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of his or her office. All Trustees elected to office shall qualify and meet on the first regular meeting of the Board of Trustees in December thereafter, organize, elect a Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and appoint the officers required by law.
(Neb. RS 17-204)
Statutory reference:
Oath, see Neb. RS 11-101
(A) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Trustees and perform all duties of his or her office in accordance with the laws of the state and the ordinances of the village.
(B) The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees shall cause the ordinances of the Board to be printed and published for the information of the inhabitants and cause such ordinances to be carried into effect. In the absence of the Chairperson from any meeting of the Board, the Board shall have power to appoint a Chairperson pro tempore, who shall exercise and have the powers and perform the same duties as the regular Chairperson.
(Neb. RS 17-210)
(C) The Chairperson and the Chairperson pro tempore shall have the same powers and privileges as other members of the Board of Trustees.
(A) At the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees each year, the Chairperson shall appoint members of those standing committees as the Board may create by ordinance or resolution. The membership of the standing committees may be changed at any time by the Chairperson. The Chairperson shall be an ex officio member of each standing committee. The members of the standing committees shall serve terms of office of one year, unless reappointed.
(B) The standing committees shall be appointed or reappointed each year until changed by the Board of Trustees.
(A) Every elective office shall be vacant upon the happening of any of the events specified in Neb. RS 32-560, except as provided in Neb. RS 32-561.
(B) (1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C) or (D) below, vacancies in village elected offices shall be filled by the Board of Trustees for the balance of the unexpired term. Notice of a vacancy, except a vacancy resulting from the death of the incumbent, shall be in writing and presented to the Board at a regular or special meeting and shall appear as a part of the minutes of that meeting. The Board shall at once give public notice of the vacancy by causing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the village or by posting in three public places in the village the office vacated and the length of the unexpired term.
(2) The Chairperson of the Board shall call a special meeting of the Board or place the issue of filling the vacancy on the agenda at the next regular meeting at which time the Chairperson shall submit the name of a qualified registered voter to fill the vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term. The regular or special meeting shall occur upon the death of the incumbent or within four weeks after the meeting at which such notice of vacancy has been presented. The Board shall vote upon the nominee and if a majority votes in favor of the nominee, the vacancy shall be declared filled. If the nominee fails to receive a majority of the votes, the nomination shall be rejected and the Chairperson shall, at the next regular or special meeting, submit the name of another qualified registered voter to fill the vacancy. If the subsequent nominee fails to receive a majority of the votes, the Chairperson shall continue at that meeting to submit the names of qualified registered voters in nomination and the Board shall continue to vote upon the nominations at such meeting until the vacancy is filled. All Trustees present shall cast a ballot for or against the nominee. Any member of the Board who has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board shall have the same rights, including voting, as if that person were elected.
(C) The Chairperson and Board of Trustees may, in lieu of filling a vacancy in a village elected office as provided in division (B) above, call a special election to fill that vacancy.
(D) If vacancies exist in the offices of one-half or more of the members of the Board of Trustees, the Secretary of State shall conduct a special village election to fill those vacancies.
(Neb. RS 32-569)
Statutory reference:
Additional and similar provisions, see Neb. RS 32-560 through 32-572
Ineligibility of official subjected to recall, see Neb. RS 32-1308
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