(A) Form. Pursuant to SDCL § 9-8-4, the municipality is an aldermanic form of government made up of elected officers who shall consist of six Council members and one Mayor at large. The city is divided into three wards, and two Council members shall be elected from each ward.
(B) Terms of office. The Council shall consist of the Mayor elected at large and two Alderpersons elected from and by the voters of each of the three wards.
(C) Mayoral duties. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the Council but shall have no vote except in case of a tie. He or she shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the laws and ordinances and shall take care that such laws and ordinances are faithfully executed. He or she shall give the Council information relative to the affairs of the city and shall recommend for its consideration on such measures as he or she may deem expedient. He or she shall have the power to sign or veto any ordinance or resolution passed by the Council and the power to veto any part or item of an ordinance or resolution appropriating money. The Mayor shall structure committees and committee functions as to best serve the governing of municipal affairs. Appointment to committees and committee functions shall be determined by the Mayor.
(D) Elected officials. At the first regular meeting after the annual election in each year and after the qualifications of the newly elected Council member, the Council shall elect from among its own members a President and Vice President who shall hold their respective offices for the municipal year. The President of the Council, in the absence of the Mayor, shall be the presiding officer of the Council and, during the absence of the Mayor from the city or his or her temporary disability, shall be Acting Mayor and possess all of the powers of the Mayor. In the absence or disability of the Mayor and President of the Council, the presiding Vice President shall perform the duties of the Mayor and President of the Council. In the event of the death of the Mayor, the President of the Council shall act as Mayor and receive the pay of the Mayor. He or she shall retain the duty of Mayor until the Council officially appoints him or her, selects a new Mayor, or a city election is held for the office of Mayor.
(Prior Code, § 2.04.010) (Ord. 15-01, passed 4-9-2015; Ord. 16-02, passed 4-21-2016)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-8-4