CHAPTER 8
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

SECTION:

1-8-1: Body Corporate

1-8-2: Powers And Duties

1-8-3: Mayor And Vice Mayor

1-8-4: Council Meetings

1-8-5: Agenda; Order Of Business

1-8-1: BODY CORPORATE:

The mayor and council of the city and their successors in office shall constitute a body politic and corporate, by the name of the city of Jay, and shall be capable in law to prosecute and defend suits to which they are a party. (1985 Code ch. 1 part 1 § 2-1)

1-8-2: POWERS AND DUTIES:

All powers of an aldermanic city, including the determination of matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council may:

   A.   Enact municipal legislation subject to limitations as may now or hereafter be imposed by the Oklahoma constitution and law.

   B.   Raise revenue, make appropriations, regulate salaries and wages, and all other fiscal affairs of the city, subject to such limitations as may now or hereafter be imposed by the Oklahoma constitution and law.

   C.   Inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the city, and investigate municipal affairs, or authorize and provide for such inquiries.

   D.   Appoint or elect and remove its own subordinates, members of commissions and boards and other quasi-legislative officers as provided by law, or prescribe the method of appointing or electing and removing them.

   E.   Create, change and abolish offices, departments and agencies other than those established by law, and assign additional functions and duties to offices, departments and agencies established by this code.

   F.   Grant pardons for violations of municipal ordinances, including the remission of fines and costs, upon the recommendation of the municipal judge. (1985 Code ch. 1 part 1 § 2-2; amd. 2016 Code)