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§ 30.22 THREE-BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CITY.
   The Mayor and Commissioners shall have the following responsibilities.
   (A)   Mayor’s responsibilities.
      (1)   The Mayor may exercise all the powers and perform all the duties provided by the laws of this state or the ordinances of the municipality not in conflict with the laws of the state.
      (2)   The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the municipality, presides at all meetings of the Board of Commissioners, and has general supervision over all departments and officers.
      (3)   In the absence or inability of a Commissioner, the Mayor shall temporarily take charge of the department of that Commissioner.
      (4)   The Mayor shall enforce all the laws of the municipality and require that the conditions of the grant of any franchise or privilege are faithfully complied with and performed.
      (5)   The Mayor shall grant all licenses or permits, except as are required by ordinance to be granted by the Board of Commissioners or by some other department or officer.
      (6)   She or he shall have under her or his special charge the supervision of the Police and Fire Departments, the Public Health Department, and all matters relating to the public welfare of the municipality.
      (7)   The Mayor shall annually and from time to time give the Board of Commissioners information relative to the affairs of the municipality and shall recommend for the Board of Commissioners’ consideration any measure the Mayor deems expedient.
   (B)   Commissioner’s responsibilities. All matters not designated to the Mayor shall be assigned or apportioned as equally as may be between the Commissioners by resolution of the Board of Commissioners adopted by a majority vote at the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners in the month following the election each year.
(Prior Code, § 30.066)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-9-20, 9-9-26, and 9-9-27
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
§ 30.35 STYLE OF ORDINANCES; SUBJECT.
   (A)   Ordinances must be in the following style:
      (1)   An ordinance (insert title);
      (2)   Be it ordained by the City of Summerset. The substance of the ordinance follows.
   (B)   Ordinances can only embrace one subject which must be expressed in its title.
(Prior Code, § 30.095)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-19-5 and 9-19-6
§ 30.36 READINGS, PASSAGE, AND PUBLICATION.
   (A)   All ordinances shall be read twice by title with at least five days between each reading. The ordinances, if passed, shall be signed by the Mayor or acting Mayor or President of the Board of Commissioners, and filed with the Finance Officer.
   (B)   (1)   After being signed and filed, the ordinances must be published at least once in the official newspaper. The only exception to this is that an ordinance incorporating or adopting comprehensive regulations or a code promulgated, approved, and published by a recognized and established national organization prescribing building, electrical, plumbing, safety, fire, health, or milk regulations need not be published in newspaper. All that is required is that the Finance Officer publish the fact of adoption once a week for two successive weeks in the official newspaper.
      (2)   If any amendment presented and approved by the governing body at the second reading of an ordinance substantially alters the substance of the ordinance from the first reading, the proposed ordinance as amended may not be considered for final adoption until at least five days after a duly noticed public meeting of the governing body pursuant to SDCL Chapter 1-25.
      (3)   The vote on the second reading of all ordinances must be recorded and published.
   (C)   Amendments to a planning or zoning ordinance may be published without republishing the full ordinance if the section or subsection of the ordinance containing the change is published in its entirety.
   (D)   Resolutions differ from ordinances in that any resolution may be passed after only one reading. The resolution must be recorded at length either separately or in the minutes of the meeting. The votes for and against the resolution must also be published.
(Prior Code, § 30.096)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-19-7, 9-19-7.1, 9-19-8, 9-19-9, and 11-4-8
§ 30.37 EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
   Unless an ordinance or resolution is drawn to take effect immediately upon passage, all ordinances and resolutions become effective on the twentieth day after passage and publication, unless suspended by operation of a referendum.
(Prior Code, § 30.097)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-19-3
§ 30.38 COMPILATION OF ORDINANCES.
   (A)   Municipalities can compile the ordinances of the municipality in book form, provided that while compiling the ordinances they are not revised or amended. The Finance Officer shall furnish a free copy of the newly compiled book to the Circuit Clerk of Court and the County Law Library of each county in which the municipality is situated.
   (B)   Every municipality also has the power to revise its ordinances once every five years.
   (C)   Revised ordinances must also be furnished to the Circuit Clerk of Court and County Law Library.
(Prior Code, § 30.098)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-19-15, 9-19-16, and 9-19-17