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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)
(a) The purpose of this section is to allow maximum citizen participation with respect to controlled access highway design, placement and construction in order to protect existing neighborhoods as desired by the electorate.
(b) The City of Tucson shall not participate, as described herein, in the construction of any freeway, parkway or other controlled-access highway as defined by Arizona Revised Statutes section 28-602, or grade-separated interchange before the qualified electors of Tucson first vote to approve the location and preliminary design of such proposed project. Any freeway, parkway or other controlled-access highway or grade-separated interchange will be referred to as "project" throughout this section.
(c) For purposes of this section, participation by the City of Tucson in any project shall include approval or authorization of expenditure of funds for condemnation, right-of-way acquisition or construction of any project, or approval or concurrence in any approval of such project, or cooperation with any other governmental authority thereon, except as provided in paragraph (g) of this section.
(d) Voter approval for participation by the City of Tucson in any project shall be obtained by the mayor and city council at any regular election or special election called for that purpose. The design and proposed route of the project shall be described in such detail on the ballot that a reasonable person could understand the specific location, estimated cost and design of the proposed project, including whether the proposed project could reasonably be described as either a freeway, parkway or other controlled-access highway or a grade-separated interchange. The voters shall be asked on the ballot to "approve" or "reject" the proposed project.
(e) If the voters reject the proposed project, the mayor and council shall request that the state department of transportation not include the proposed project in the state highway system.
(f) Approvals of any project granted pursuant to this section shall be effective for five (5) years and, if no actual construction has commenced within that period, shall lapse, subject to new voter approval pursuant to this section.
(g) This section shall not apply to improvements to the existing federal Interstate system, nor to cooperation with other governmental authorities in purely planning and research activities, nor to obtaining sufficient information required to comply with paragraph (d) of this section. This section shall not apply to projects for which construction contracts have been let as of the effective date of this section, except for any proposed grade-separated interchanges connected with those projects, in which event this section shall apply.
(Ord. No. 6299, eff. 2-21-86)