CHARTER
Section
Article I. Incorporation and Corporate Powers
Sec. 1.1 Incorporation and general powers
Sec. 1.2 Exercise of powers
Sec. 1.3 Enumerated powers not exclusive
Article II. Corporate Boundaries
Sec. 2.1 Corporate boundaries
Article III. Mayor and City Council
Sec. 3.1 Temporary officers
Sec. 3.2 Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore
Sec. 3.3 Composition of City Council
Sec. 3.4 Terms; qualifications; vacancies
Sec. 3.5 Compensation of Mayor and Councilmen
Sec. 3.6 Organization of Council; oaths of office
Sec. 3.7 Meetings of Council
Sec. 3.8 Quorum; votes
Sec. 3.9 Ordinances and resolutions
Article IV. Election Procedure
Sec. 4.1 Regular municipal elections
Sec. 4.2 Regulation of elections
Article V. City Attorney
Sec. 5.1 Appointment; qualifications; terms; compensation
Sec. 5.2 Duties of the City Attorney
Article VI. Administrative Officers and Employees
Sec. 6.1 Form of government
Sec. 6.2 City Manager; appointment; powers and duties
Sec. 6.3 City Clerk
Sec. 6.4 City Tax Collector
Sec. 6.5 City Finance Officer
Sec. 6.6 Consolidation of functions
Sec. 6.7 Other employees
Article VII. Finance
Sec. 7.1 Custody of city money
Sec. 7.2 Issuance of bonds
Sec. 7.3 Purchases and contracts
Sec. 7.4 Independent audit
Sec. 7.5 Taxation
Article VIII. Claims Against the City
Sec. 8.1 Tort claims
Editor’s note:
Printed herein is the Charter of the City of Locust, being Session Laws 1973, chapter 246, House Bill 645, as adopted by the General Assembly on April 19, 1973, and effective on the same date. Amendments to the original Charter are indicated by parenthetical history notes following amended provisions. The absence of a history note indicates that the provision remains unchanged from the original Charter. For stylistic purposes, a uniform system of headings, catch lines, and citations to state statutes has been used.
Editor’s note:
This charter has been amended by Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina.