SECTION 4-2. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

   Public improvements may be made by the City government itself or by contract. The Council shall award all contracts for such improvements; provided that the Council may authorize the City Manager to award such contracts not exceeding an amount to be determined by the Council, and subject to such regulations as the Council may prescribe. Every contract for public improvements of such amount as the Council may determine by ordinance, or such amount as may be required by the Oklahoma Public Competitive Bidding Act, whichever amount is greater, shall be awarded to the lowest and best responsible bidder after such notice and opportunity for competitive bidding as the Council may prescribe, or as is required by law. All bids may be rejected and further notice and opportunity for competitive bidding may be given. Such contracts may be altered by mutual consent of the parties. Public improvement means any beneficial or valuable change or addition, betterment, enhancement, or amelioration of or upon any real property, or interest therein, belonging to the City, its public trusts or agencies and intended to enhance its value, beauty, or utility, or to adopt it to new or future purposes. The term does not include the direct purchase of materials, equipment, or supplies by the City, its public trusts or agencies. Nothing herein shall prevent the City from constructing public improvements by the force account method.

ARTICLE V. MUNICIPAL COURT

SECTION 5-1. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

   The Municipal Court of the City of Guthrie shall be as provided by the Constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma unless otherwise provided by this Charter. The City Council may by ordinance establish rules, policies or procedures for the operation of the Guthrie Municipal Court, and when such policies, rules or procedures are so adopted they shall take precedence over conflicting State statutory law affecting the Guthrie Municipal Court.

ARTICLE VI. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

SECTION 6-1. COUNTY TO CONDUCT ELECTIONS.

   All municipal elections for the City of Guthrie, Oklahoma, shall be conducted by the County Election Board of Logan County, unless otherwise provided by law.

 Cross-reference:

   Municipal elections, see § 1-190

SECTION 6-2. NOTIFICATION TO COUNTY.

   Not fewer than fifteen (15) days before the filing period for a City election, or in the event of a special election, not fewer than thirty (30) days before such election, the City council shall cause the Mayor to submit a resolution to the secretary of the Logan County Election Board. Said resolution shall contain the following facts:

   1.   The dates of the election or elections;

   2.   The offices to be filled or the questions to be voted upon at said election or elections;

   3.   Qualifications for said offices;

   4.   Designation of which offices shall be filled by voting by ward and which offices shall be filled by voting at large;

   5.   Any other information necessary for conducting said election or elections.

SECTION 6-3. ELECTIONS; TIME AND MANNER.

   The City of Guthrie municipal elections shall be held at the same place and in the same manner prescribed for the conduct of state and county elections, unless otherwise provided by the Charter, or by state law. All precincts totally or partially contained within the limits of the City of Guthrie, Oklahoma, shall be open for all elections held by the City of Guthrie; provided, however, that the City may authorize any precinct which is only partially contained within the limits of the City not to be opened by certifying to the County Election Board in its resolution calling for an election that no person reside within that portion of the precinct contained within the limits of the City of Guthrie. The polling places shall be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Each precinct election board shall be the same as for state and county elections; provided, however, that substitutions, if necessary, shall be made by the County Election Board. Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, all elections for municipal officers in the City of Guthrie shall be held and conducted as provided by the Statutes of the State of Oklahoma.

SECTION 6-4. CANDIDACY; WHEN FILING FEE REQUIRED.

   Persons filing Declarations of Candidacy, who do not file accompanying petitions supporting the filing, shall be required to post the filing fee in the amount and in the form as required by the state law governing municipal elections. Petitions and Declarations of Candidacy shall not state political party affiliations.