(A) The Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, may appoint such officers as shall be required by ordinance or otherwise required by law. The Mayor, by and with the consent of the City Council, shall appoint such a number of regular police officers as may be necessary. The City Council may establish and provide for the appointment of members of a law enforcement reserve force as provided by law.
(B) All police officers and other appointed officials may be removed at any time by the Mayor, except that if the city has a Municipal Water Commissioner, he or she may at any time, for sufficient cause, be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the City Council.
(C) (1) The terms of office for all officers, except regular police officers, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, shall be established by the City Council by ordinance.
(2) The ordinance shall provide that either:
(a) The officers hold the office to which they have been appointed until the end of the Mayor’s term of office and until their successors are appointed and qualified unless sooner removed; or
(b) The officers hold office for one year unless sooner removed.
(Prior Code, § 1-201) (Ord. 635, passed 7-22-1997)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-107, 17-541 and 81-1438