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Bonds of every character and description which are necessary to be furnished by the city by virtue of the provisions of any ordinance, except bonds required to be furnished by public officials, may be approved by the endorsement of the city manager thereon and filed in the office of the city clerk, and such approval shall have the same force and effect as if they were approved by the city council. (2007 Code § 2-2)
A. Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of the city at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the city council may meet at any place within or without the territorial limits of the city, or at any place within or without the territorial limits of the state, on the call of the mayor or on the call of any two (2) council members.
B. Alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location or locations of city government where all or any part of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency may be established or designated by resolution or by proclamation.
C. During the period when the public business is being conducted at the temporary location or locations, the city council and other officers of the city shall have and possess and shall exercise, at such location or locations, all of the executive, legislative and judicial powers and functions conferred upon the city council and other officers of the city by or under the laws of the state. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation without regard to or compliance with time consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law and pertaining thereto, and all acts of the city council and officers of the city shall be as valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of the city. (2007 Code § 2-3)
A. Established: The seal heretofore provided and used by and for the city, having in the center the words "La Petite Nuit", and around the edge "Seal of the City of Dubuque, Iowa", is hereby established and declared to have been and now to be the seal of the city.
B. Custody: The seal of the city shall be and remain in the custody of the city clerk of the city or the city clerk's deputy, and shall be affixed by the city clerk to all ordinances, passed by the council, which require the signature of the mayor and city clerk, or either of them; it shall also be affixed by the city clerk to all such notices, certificates, and other authenticated papers as shall be required to be issued by the city clerk, by law. (2007 Code § 2-4)
A. Specifications: The flag designed by Maureen E. Frommelt, selected through an open competition in 1967, and which flag being rectangular in shape consisting of a United Nations blue border followed by an Irish green band with a gold center upon which the city seal is imprinted in black lettering, as such design is displayed on the flag in city council chambers in city hall, is hereby adopted as the official city flag, for use on all occasions where the official city flag may be appropriately displayed.
B. Use: Such design may be used as the official flag and may as such be displayed on all proper occasions where the city is officially represented, such display shall be subservient to the display of the Iowa state banner and/or the national flag. (2007 Code § 2-6)