CHAPTER 30: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section

General Provisions

   30.01   Compensation of officers and employees

   30.02   Purchases and contracts

   30.03   City printing; official newspaper; duty of City Clerk

   30.04   Right of entry for purposes of inspection

   30.05   Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of city; unclaimed property escrow fund established

   30.06   Criminal history background investigations for city employees, appointees and licensees

   30.07   Prepayment of levied special assessments

   30.08   Administrative citations and civil fines

Official Bonds

   30.20   Persons handling city funds

   30.21   Persons authorized to carry firearms

City Funds

   30.35   Payment of city funds and the like by city personnel to City Clerk; depository and safe deposit box

   30.36   Disbursements of city fund; how made

   30.37   Disbursements of city fund; signatures on checks

Fees

   30.50   Fees for emergency protection services

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 30.01 COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

   (A)   The members of the City Council, the Mayor, the City Administrator and all subordinate officers and employees shall receive compensation as the City Council shall fix from time to time by ordinance or resolution.

   (B)   Financial consideration shall be provided to City Council members who serve as the city’s representatives on various organizations which conduct business during daytime business hours. The City Council members shall receive a stipend as fixed from time to time by ordinance or resolution.

(1973 Code, § 2-3) (Ord. 311, passed 8-9-1971; Ord. 543, passed 10-27-2014; Ord. 532, passed 4-9-2012)

§ 30.02 PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS.

   The City Administrator shall act on behalf of the City Council as the chief purchasing agent of the city. All purchases on behalf of the city shall be made and all contracts let by the City Administrator in accordance with Minnesota Statutes and the Charter. Council approval must be given in advance whenever the amount of the purchase or contract exceeds the amount established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. All contracts, bonds and instruments of every kind to which the city shall be a party shall be signed by the Mayor, on behalf of the city, as well as by the City Clerk and shall be executed in the name of the city.

(1973 Code, § 2-7) (Ord. 311, passed 8-9-1971; Ord. 356, passed 6-9-1980; Ord. 427, passed 7-11-1994)

Charter reference:

   Designation of City Council as chief purchasing agent of the city and authority of Council to designate an official to act in its behalf, see Charter § 6.04

   Purchases and letting of contracts, see Charter §§ 6.04 and 6.05