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The official corporate seal of the city shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk, and shall bear the following inscription, “Corporate Seal, City of Gothenburg, Nebraska.” The City Clerk shall affix an impression of the official seal to all warrants, licenses, permits, ordinances, and all other official papers issued by order of the City Council and countersigned by the City Clerk.
(Neb. RS 17-502) (Prior Code, § 1-401)
ELECTED OFFICIALS
(A) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council. The Mayor may vote when his or her vote would provide the additional vote required to attain the number of votes equal to a majority of the number of members elected to the City Council on any pending matter, legislation, or transaction, and the Mayor shall, for the purpose of such vote, be deemed to be a member of the Council. He or she shall have superintendence and control of all the officers and affairs of the city, and shall take care that the ordinances of the city and all laws governing cities of the second class are complied with.
(Neb. RS 17-110)
(B) The Mayor shall have the power to veto or sign any ordinance passed by the City Council and to approve or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim. If the Mayor approves the ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, contract, or claim, he or she shall sign it, and it shall become effective. If the Mayor vetoes the ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, contract, or any item or items of appropriations or claims, he or she shall return it to the City Council stating that the measure is vetoed. The Mayor may issue the veto at the meeting at which the measure passed or within seven calendar days after the meeting. If the Mayor issues the veto after the meeting, the Mayor shall notify the City Clerk of the veto in writing. The Clerk shall notify the City Council in writing of the Mayor's veto. Any order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim vetoed by the Mayor may be passed over his or her veto by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Council. If the Mayor neglects or refuses to sign any ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim, but fails to veto the measure within the time required by this section, the measure shall become effective without his or her signature. The Mayor may veto any item or items of any appropriation bill or any claims bill, and approve the remainder thereof, and the item or items vetoed may be passed by the Council over the veto as in other cases.
(Neb. RS 17-111)
(C) The Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the City Council such information and recommend such measures as, in his or her opinion, may tend to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort, and general prosperity of the city.
(Neb. RS 17-112)
(D) The Mayor shall have the power, when he or she deems it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his or her accounts or other papers, and to make reports to the Council, in writing, touching any subject or matter pertaining to his or her office.
(Neb. RS 17-113)
(E) The Mayor shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him or her by ordinance, over all places within five miles of the corporate limits of the city, for the enforcement of any health or quarantine ordinance and regulation thereof, and shall have jurisdiction in all matters vested in him or her by ordinance, excepting taxation, within one-half mile of the corporate limits of the city.
(Neb. RS 17-114)
(F) The Mayor shall have the power to remit fines and forfeitures, and to grant reprieves and pardons for all offenses arising under the ordinances of the city.
(Neb. RS 17-117)
(G) The Mayor shall hold no other elective or appointive office or employment with the city.
(H) The Mayor shall sign the City Clerk's minutes of all meetings of the City Council, and he or she shall sign all resolutions that have been passed and warrants for the payment of money when ordered by the Council.
(I) The Mayor shall have such other duties as are reposed in the Mayor by the laws of the State of Nebraska or as the Council may by resolution confer upon the Mayor.
(Prior Code, § 1-101) (Am. Ord. 911, passed 3-17-2015)
Statutory reference:
Restrictions on holding other office or employment, see Neb. RS 17-108.02, 32-109, 32-603, and 32-604
(A) The City Council shall elect one of its own body each year who shall be styled the President of the Council, and who shall preside at all meetings of the City Council in the absence of the Mayor. In the absence of the Mayor, and the President of the Council, the City Council shall elect one of its own body to occupy his place temporarily, who shall be styled Acting President of the Council. Both the President of the Council and the Acting President of the Council, when occupying the position of the Mayor, shall have the same privileges as the other members of the City Council, and all acts of the President of the Council, or Acting President of the Council, while so acting, shall be as binding upon the City Council, and upon the city, as if done by the elected Mayor.
(Neb. RS 17-148) (Prior Code, § 1-102)
(B) The members of the City Council shall be elected and serve for a four-year term. The City Council shall be the legislative division of the city government, and shall perform the duties, and have the powers as may be authorized by law. The City Council shall maintain the peace, regulate business, protect the public health and safety, and assess the taxes and fees as are necessary and appropriate in the exercise of these functions.
(Neb. RS 17-104, 17-505) (Prior Code, § 1-103)
(C) City Council members of this city shall take office, and commence their duties on the first regular meeting in December following their election. The newly elected Council members who have qualified as prescribed by law, together with the members of the City Council holding over, shall assemble in a regular meeting at the hour and place hereinafter prescribed and perfect the reorganization of the City Council as herein provided, and all appointive offices in which the terms of incumbents are expired shall be filled by appointment. After the meeting has been called to order, the City Clerk shall report to the City Council the names of all City Council members-elect who have qualified for their respective offices, and this report shall be spread upon the minutes of the meeting preceding the roll call. Each ward of the city shall be represented by at least two Council members. No person shall be eligible who is not at the time of his or her election an actual resident of the ward for which he or she is qualified and should any City Council member move from the ward from which he or she was elected, his or her office shall thereby become vacant.
(Neb. RS 17-104) (Prior Code, § 1-104)
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