CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF ETOWAH, TENNESSEE

Chapter

   Article I

   Article II: Corporate Boundaries

   Article III: Corporate Powers

   Article IV: Elections

   Article V: City Commission

   Article VI: Ordinances

   Article VII: Mayor

   Article VIII: Officers and Employees

   Article IX: City Manager

   Article X: City Attorney

   Article XI: Taxation

   Article XII: Department of Finance

   Article XIII: Taxation and Revenues

   Article XIV: City Bonds

   Article XV: Budget and Appropriations

   Article XVI: Departments Under the City Manager

   Article XVII: Etowah City Board of Education

   Article XVIII: Etowah Utilities Board

   Article XIX: City Court

   Article XX: Construction of this Charter

   Article XXI: Effective Date of this Charter

Editor’s note:

   In 1964 the city of Etowah adopted “home rule” and became a home rule municipality as authorized in article 11, section 9, of the constitution of Tennessee. Ordinance No. 299, which provided for the submission to the voters the question, “Shall this municipality adopt home rule?” was adopted by the board of commissioners on January 2, 1964. On April 6, 1964, at the election for the purpose of determining whether the city voters would ratify home rule, the results were 432 “yes” and 413 “no” votes. From 1964 until 1984 the city continued to operate under its private act charter, Chapter 116, Private Acts of 1909, as amended. On August 2, 1984, the voters of the city, by a vote of 466 to 243, ratified ordinance No. 389 which provided the city with the comprehensive new charter. On August 7, 2014, the voters of the City of Etowah, by a vote of 399 to 125, ratified Ordinance No. 757, which provided the City of Etowah with a new, revised charter which is set out herein. The table of contents is unofficial.