CHARTER

Chapter

CHAPTER 1
INCORPORATION AND BOUNDARIES

   1-01   Body corporate politic; general powers

   1-02   Boundaries

CHAPTER 2
WARD AND ELECTION PRECINCTS

   2-01   One ward

   2-02   Election precincts; number, boundaries

CHAPTER 3
REGISTRATION, NOMINATION AND ELECTION

   3-01   Registered voters; registration required, state law

   3-02   Candidates; nomination at primary election

   3-03   Primary elections; time

   3-04   Precinct election inspectors; compensation

   3-05   Candidates; statement of candidacy; filing, forms; petitions, signatures; restriction, inspection

   3-06   Challengers, appointment

   3-07   Conducting primary elections; state law

   3-08   Canvass of votes; returns

   3-09   Candidates nominated for general election; tie vote, recount; determination

   3-10   Number of candidates; primary election not required

   3-11   Filling vacancies; petitions, ballots, statements of candidacy, requirements

   3-12   Municipal general elections; time, state law

   3-13   Special elections; council authority

   3-14   Qualified voters

   3-15   Ballots, ballot boxes; printing, filing; city clerk, duties

   3-16   City election commission; composition, meetings; special officers; powers and duties enumerated

   3-17   Election officers, compensation

   3-18   Elections; notice required; city clerk, duties

   3-19   Conduct of elections; state law

   3-20   Canvass of votes; declaration, statement required; state law

   3-21   Tie vote; determination

   3-22   Recount; petition, procedure; state law

CHAPTER 4
ELECTIVE OFFICERS

   4-01   Elective officers enumerated; term

   4-02   Elective officers; qualifications

   4-03   Elective offices; filling vacancies

   4-04   Council members who run for mayor

   4-05   Mayor who runs for council

CHAPTER 5
APPOINTED DEPARTMENT HEADS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS

   5-01   Appointed department heads, boards, commissions; qualifications, removals; filling vacancies

   5-02   Appointed boards and commissions, term

   5-03   Department heads, boards and commissions; term; oath required; removal

   5-04   Department heads, boards and commissions; nepotism, political, religious consideration prohibited

   5-05   Elective officers; appointments, compensation, restrictions

   5-06   Appointed department heads, boards or commissions; compensation, determination

CHAPTER 6
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO ELECTIVE OFFICERS, AND DEPARTMENT HEADS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

   6-01   Elective officers; notice of election required

   6-02   Oath of office required; form

   6-03   Officers; bonds, filing; requisites

   6-04   Officers; additional, new bonds

   6-05   Bonds, liability

   6-06   Oaths, bonds; failure to file, penalty

   6-07   Oaths, bonds; failure to file; declaration of vacancy

   6-08   Elective, appointive office; persons in default disqualified

   6-09   Delivery of books, papers, etc., to successor required

   6-10   Officers, employees; surety bonds; prohibition

   6-11   Declaration of vacancy in office; causes enumerated

   6-12   Appointive officers; powers and duties

   6-13   Fees; duty to pay to city treasurer

   6-14   Officers; charter violations, penalty; city attorney, duty

   6-15   Officers; expenditures, commitments in excess of appropriations prohibited; penalty; city attorney, duty

   6-16   Principles of personnel management

   6-17   Appointments to office, restriction

   6-18   Officers; resignations, procedure

   6-19   Filling vacancies; procedure, term

CHAPTER 7
COUNCIL

   7-01   Council, composition; compensation

   7-02   Legislative authority; administrative, executive powers

   7-03   Meetings; presiding officer; determination; clerk; appointive officers; attendance, duty

   7-04   Journal of proceedings required; rules of procedure; disorderly conduct, ordinance authorized

   7-05   General welfare; ordinances, regulations

   7-06   Resolutions, majority vote; mayor’s voting rights

   7-07   Specific powers; enumeration not construed as limitation

   7-08   Officers, employees, departments; city council, authority

   7-09   Regular, special meetings; time, place; open to public; quorum

   7-10   Accounts, claims; audit, approval required; requisites

CHAPTER 8
POWERS OF CITY AND COUNCIL IN GENERAL

   8-01   General powers

   8-02   Intergovernmental contracts

CHAPTER 9
POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS

Mayor

   9-01   Powers and duties

   9-02   Mayor pro tem

   9-03   Compensation of mayor and mayor pro tem

City Clerk

   9-04   Powers and duties

City Controller

   9-05   Powers and duties

   9-06   Monthly, annual financial statements, contents; funds, management, liability; records, bond required

   9-07   Controller, records; audit required

City Treasurer

   9-08   Powers and duties; bond; taxes, collection

   9-09   City funds, custody; disbursements, duty; accounts

   9-10   Monthly, annual reports required contents

   9-11   Disbursements; vouchers required

   9-12   City funds; separate accounts

   9-13   Depositories, designation by council; interest; daily deposits

City Assessor

   9-14   Powers and duties

City Attorney

   9-15   Qualifications; powers and duties

Chief of Police

   9-16   Qualifications; powers and duties

Chief of Fire Department

   9-17   Qualifications; powers and duties

City Manager

   9-18   City manager; appointment; qualifications; compensation

Civil Service System

   9-19   Establishment; city council, authority

CHAPTER 10
POLICE DEPARTMENT

   10-01   Maintenance; temporary appointments

   10-02   City manager; regular appointments, vacancies, authority

Chief of Police

   10-03   Chief of police; powers and duties

   10-04   Police; powers and duties

   10-05   Police, compensation

CHAPTER 11
FIRE DEPARTMENT

   11-01   Maintenance; temporary appointments

   11-02   Fire chief, firemen; appointment

Chief of the Fire Department

   11-03   Fire department, supervision

   11-04   Extinguishing fires; authority to command aid; violation, penalty

   11-05   Fire hazards, nuisances; abatement

   11-06   Fire chief, firemen, department employees; compensation

CHAPTER 12
ORDINANCES

   12-01   Enacting clause, style

   12-02   Adoption, requisites; effective date

   12-03   Record, authentication required

   12-04   Record, publication; city clerk, duties

   12-05   Violations of ordinances; penalty, restriction

   12-06   Violations; fines, recovery; procedure

   12-07   Complaints, pleadings; reference to ordinances

CHAPTER 13
TAXATION AND FINANCE

   13-01   Power to tax; limitations

   13-02   Exemption from taxes

   13-03   Tax day

   13-04   Preparation of the assessment roll

   13-05   Board of review

   13-06   Duties and functions of board of review

   13-07   Clerk to certify tax levy

   13-08   City tax roll

   13-09   Tax roll certified for collection

   13-10   Tax lien on property

   13-11   Taxes due; notification

   13-12   Collection fees

   13-13   Failure or refusal to pay personal property tax

   13-14   Delinquent tax roll to county treasurer

   13-15   Protection of city lien

   13-16   Additional rights, duties, powers, immunities and procedures

   13-17   Budget procedure contracts

   13-18   Purchasing and contractual procedure

   13-19   Contracts, purchases, expenditures; regulations, restrictions

   13-20   Authority to expend funds

   13-21   Contracts, expenditures; budget provision required

   13-22   Contracts, expenditures; controller, approval prerequisite

CHAPTER 14
GENERAL FINANCE BORROWING POWERS

   14-01   General borrowing

   14-02   Special assessment bonds

   14-03   Other bonds

   14-04   Preparation and record

   14-05   Limitations of indebtedness

CHAPTER 15
IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS

   15-01   General power relative to special assessments

   15-02   Lien for special assessments

   15-03   Contested assessments

CHAPTER 16
STREETS, PARKS, TREES, AND SIDEWALKS

   16-01   Public ways; supervision and control

   16-02   Public ways; naming; vacation, abolition; notice, procedure

   16-03   Parks; vacation

   16-04   Improvements; taxes, special assessments authorized; procedure

   16-05   Special assessment districts; city; expense, apportionment

   16-06   Public ways; encumbrances, obstructions; prohibitions, remedy

   16-07   Trees; regulations authorized

   16-08   Sidewalks; council authority

   16-09   Sidewalks; snow, ice, encumbrances; council authority

   16-10   Compliance with orders required; violations, remedy; procedure

   16-11   Signs, awnings, etc.; regulations, prohibitions authorized

CHAPTER 17
SEWERS

   17-01   Maintenance, construction; appropriation of private property

   17-02   Construction, etc.; costs; special assessments, taxes authorized

   17-03   Private drains; authority to require; costs; connection to public drains

CHAPTER 18
PUBLIC UTILITIES

   18-01   General powers regarding utilities

   18-02   Rates

Water Works

   18-03   Water system; city manager responsibilities

   18-04   Water and sewer rates; meters; assessments for water

   18-05   Water for public purposes; appropriations required

   18-06   Connecting pipes; construction, maintenance; ordinance required; connections, permit required

   18-07   Ordinances, resolutions authorized

Franchises

   18-08   Use of public ways; franchise required

   18-09   Franchises, licenses; term, restriction

   18-10   Irrevocable franchises; approval of registered voters required

   18-11   Exclusive franchise prohibited; renewal, requisites

   18-12   Leasing, assigning franchises

   18-13   Changing, modifying franchises, procedure

   18-14   Public utilities; license fees authorized

   18-15   Franchises; reservations in favor of city required

   18-16   Joint use of franchise property; compensation; council authority

CHAPTER 19
APPROPRIATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

   19-01   Procedure, state law

   19-02   Awards in condemnation proceedings; special assessments authorized; conditions, procedure; portion payable from general taxes

CHAPTER 20
RECALL; REMOVAL; INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

   20-01   State law

   20-02   Appointive officers; removal

   20-03   Petitions; contents, signatures, requisites

   20-04   Form of petition

   20-05   Petition; filing; city clerk, duties

   20-06   Petitions; signatures; examination, determination; city clerk duties

   20-07   Petitions; insufficiency; additional signatures, procedure

   20-08   Petitions; sufficiency; return to council

   20-09   Ordinance; submission to registered voters; special election

   20-10   Ordinance; submission to registered voters; regular election

   20-11   Referendum; petition, requisites; suspension of ordinance; procedure

   20-12   Referendum; submission by council; time, restriction

   20-13   Conflicting ordinances; adoption; construction, determination

   20-14   Ordinances; submission to registered voters; notice, publication required

   20-15   Ordinance adopted by referendum; amending, repealing; restriction

   20-16   Additional regulation authorized, restriction

CHAPTER 21
MISCELLANEOUS

   21-01   Definitions

   21-02   Notice; posting, publication; requirements, evidence

   21-03   Process against city; service upon designated officers

   21-04   “Newspaper of general circulation” defined

   21-05   Records required

   21-06   Records; public inspection

   21-07   Fiscal year

   21-08   Uniform system of accounts; state law

   21-09   Books, records, accounts, etc.; examination, audit

   21-10   Misdemeanors; penalty

   21-11   Officers, employees; service in military forces; compensation authorized

   21-12   Severability of provisions

   21-13   Charter; amending, revising; procedure; state law

   21-14   City seal; design, contents

   21-15   “He”, “masculine form” defined

   21-16   Council, officers; powers construed

CHAPTER 22
SUBMISSION AND ELECTION

   22-01   Charter; submission to registered voters, date

   22-02   Charter; publication required; official ballot

Official Ballot

   22-03   Effective date of charter

      (a-c)   Elected officers transition to revised charter

      (d)   Continuation of public and private rights

      (e)   Rights of employees

      (f)   Pension system

      (g)   One-year exemption for city clerk and treasurer

      (h)   Compensation for city clerk, city treasurer, council, mayor and mayor pro tem

      (i)   General provision

      (j)   Conflicts of Interest and ethics ordinance