(A) The governing board of municipalities shall appoint such officers as needed and provided for by ordinance.
(B) All appointive officers of a municipality governed by a Mayor and Board of Commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Commissioners, and in other municipalities they shall be appointed by a majority vote of the members elected to the governing body, except as provided in the City Manager Law and subject to the provisions of the civil service applying to employees, police officers, and firefighters.
(Prior Code, § 31.01)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-14-3