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The city, by and through its mayor and council, may by ordinance enlarge and add to and incorporate within the present city, such adjacent land, and incorporate into the city such additional area and territory, as the said mayor and council shall deem proper and wise. The procedure for making such enlargement, extension and addition shall be such as is now, or may hereafter be prescribed by statute, or by ordinance passed and adopted by the said mayor and council.
Annotation--When city has authority to annex property and county board of supervisors has authority to create new municipalities, the first to obtain jurisdiction of proceedings for either purpose is entitled to retain it without interference from the other until the first proceedings are finally determined. Colquhoun v. City of Tucson, 88 Ariz. 320, 356 P. 2d 413.
State Law References: Annexation generally, A.R.S. § 9-471 et seq.
The mayor and council shall have plenary power to enact and make all proper and necessary ordinances, resolutions and orders to carry out and give effect to the express as well as the implied powers granted in this Charter, to the end that a complete, harmonious and effective municipal government may be initiated, installed, operated and maintained in the city, and thereby protect and safeguard the rights, interests, safety, morality, health and welfare of the city and its inhabitants.
Neither the manager nor any person in the employ of the city under appointment by, or employment of, said manager, mayor and council, or any other person authorized on behalf of said city to employ persons, shall take any active part in securing, or contributing any money toward, the nomination or election of any candidate or candidates for the office of mayor or members of the council, nor during the hours of service or duty to said city shall any such appointee or employee promote the candidacy or campaign of any person seeking office, elective or appointive, of the city, all under the penalty of dismissal from the service of the city.
All prosecutions to enforce penalties for the violation of any of the ordinances of the city, heretofore begun, shall be continued and concluded to judgment and execution before the city recorder, or the magistrate, in like manner, and to the same effect as if this Charter had not been adopted.
Any member of the police department or of the fire department in the employ of the city, in either of such departments at the time of taking effect of the civil service rules and regulations, and who has been so continuously employed at least ninety (90) days immediately prior thereto, shall be deemed qualified and shall be retained in his department until such employment is terminated under the provisions of the civil service rules and regulations.
Cross References: Policemen declared under civil service, ch. X, § 7; firemen declared under civil service, ch. X, § 9; civil service generally, ch. XXII.
The chief of the police department and the chief of the fire department, in office at the time of taking effect of the civil service rules and regulations, are hereby declared qualified, and shall be retained in his respective department as any other employee of said departments, but this section shall not be construed to provide for the continuance in office of the said chiefs, or either of them, unless appointed to such offices under the provisions of this Charter; and in case said chiefs, or either of them, is not so appointed, he may, if he so desire, remain as a qualified employee in his respective department, under and subject to the civil service rules and regulations, and provided, further, that nothing in this section shall be construed to shorten the present term of either one of said chiefs.
Cross References: Police chief declared under civil service, ch. X, § 7; fire chief declared under civil service, ch. X, § 9; civil service generally, ch. XXII.
All claims for damages against the city must be presented in writing to the city clerk within sixty (60) days after the occurrence from which it is claimed the damages have arisen. Such claims must be verified under oath by the claimant and shall state the name and address of the claimant, and shall further contain, insofar as it is then practicable, the date, time and place of the occurrence or injury for which damages are claimed, the nature and amount of said injuries or damages, and the items making up said amount. The omission to present such claim to the city clerk within sixty (60) days shall bar recovery on any such claim or by reason of the said occurrence for which damages are claimed.
(Ord. No. 2080, eff. 11-10-60)
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