Sec. 2-65. Board of health designated.

   (a)   The County Council is, and may act as, the County Board of Health.

   (b)   When meeting as the Board of Health, the County Council has all the powers delegated to a local board of health under State and County law.

   (c)   The County Council, meeting as the Board of Health, may adopt any regulation which a local board of health is authorized to adopt. Before it adopts a regulation, the Board must hold a public hearing after giving reasonable notice, as specified in the Council Rules of Procedure, to each municipality in the County and the public. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-66; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 25, § 1.)

   Editor’s note—See County Attorney Opinion dated 5/6/98 indicating that the County Council, sitting as a Board of Health, may enforce County law regarding group homes in the eight home-rule municipalities that have not adopted their own law.

Division 2. County Council. [Note]

 

Notes

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*Charter reference-Legislative branch, § 101 et seq.

Subdivision I. In General.

Sec. 2-66. Reserved.

   Editor's note-Section 2-66, compensation of members of the County Council, was repealed by 1986 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 4. The section was formerly derived from 1969 L.M.C., ch. 29, § 1; 1974 L.M.C., ch. 48, § 2; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 39, § 2; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 3; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 15, § 1. This subject is now covered in § 1A-106.

   Charter reference-Compensation of County Council, § 107.

Sec. 2-67. Election of officers.

   The council shall elect from among its members not later than December 31 in the year in which they take office, and at such other times as the council in office shall determine, a president and a vice-president. The president shall be the presiding officer, and in his absence the vice-president shall preside and perform the duties of the president. (1970 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)

   Charter reference-Officers of the Council, § 108.

Sec. 2-68. Order and decorum.

   The president shall preserve order and decorum during the meetings and sessions of the council. He shall have general supervision of the county council offices, hearing and conference rooms, and other building spaces immediately adjacent thereto. In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct therein, he shall have the power to order any such place to be cleared. (1970 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)

Sec. 2-69. Absence of the president.

   In the absence of the president of the county council, the vice-president shall preside. In the absence of both president and vice-president, the council members present shall elect a president pro tempore. The vice-president or president pro tempore, while acting as president, shall have all the authority and voting rights thereof. (1970 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)

Sec. 2-70. Duties of Clerk of the Council.

   (a)   The Clerk of the Council must keep minutes of Council meetings, maintain its journal, and provide other administrative services required to assist the legislative process, including those specified in the Council rules of procedure.

   (b)   The Clerk may designate an employee to act in the place of the Clerk as official custodian of Council records for purposes of authenticating records and responding to subpoenas and other orders or requests for records. The designated person has the same authority and position as the Clerk for the purpose designated, and response by that person satisfies any writ or order directed to the Clerk except for any writ or order which requires a response with personal knowledge of facts by the Clerk. (1970 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1; 1971 L.M.C., ch. 43, § 1; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 3; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1.)