All legislative powers of the town are vested in a Council consisting of five (5) Commissioners who shall be elected as hereinafter provided and who shall hold office for a term of four (4) years or until their successors take office. The regular term of Commissioners shall expire on the third Monday in December following the election of their successors. Two (2) Commissioners shall be elected in December, 1976, and every four (4) years thereafter, and three (3) Commissioners shall be elected in December 1978 and every four (4) years thereafter. Commissioners holding office at the time this Charter becomes effective shall hold office for the term for which they were elected. Said Commissioners before entering the duties of their office shall make oath before the Clerk of the Town of Sharptown that they will diligently and faithfully without partiality, favor or prejudice, well and truly perform the duties of Commissioners of Sharptown.
Commissioners shall have resided in the town for at least one (1) year immediately preceding their election or, if they reside within an area annexed to the town, shall have resided within the annexed area for at least one (1) year immediately preceding their election and shall have been qualified to vote at the last state or congressional election held prior to the date of their election. The Commissioners of Sharptown shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its membership.
Commissioners shall receive such salaries for their services as Town Commissioners as the Commissioners may hereafter from time to time by ordinance,[1] but shall receive no pay until the passage of such ordinance, and further provided that no salary ordinance shall become effective until after the expiration of the current terms of all Commissioners in office when such ordinance is passed. The Commissioners may in any salary ordinance hereafter passed provide that the President of the Commissioners receive a higher rate of pay for his services in such office than do the remainder of the Commissioners.
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Editor's Note: So in original. Probably should read "...may... from time to time prescribe by ordinance..."
The Commissioners shall meet on the third Monday in December in every year after the election of Commissioners for the purpose of organization, after which the Commissioners shall meet regularly on the first and third Mondays in each month, unless said date shall be a legal holiday, in which case the Commissioners shall meet on such other date as they by their rules provide. Special meetings shall be called by the Clerk-Treasurer upon the request of the President or of a majority of the Commissioners. All meetings of the Commissioners shall be open to the public, and the rules of the Commissioners shall provide that residents of the town shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any meeting in regard to any municipal question.
At every meeting held on the third Monday in December following the election of Commissioners, the Commissioners shall elect one (1) of their number as President of the Commissioners who shall serve as such for a term of two (2) years. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Commissioners. He may take part in all discussions but shall have no vote except in cases of a tie vote, or unless required to assure the passage of any ordinance by three (3) affirmative votes. In the absence of the President, the Commissioners shall designate one (1) of their members to act as Chairman of the meeting, but his right to vote shall be unimpaired.
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Generally. The President shall see that the ordinances of the town are faithfully executed and shall be the chief executive officer of the town government.
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Appointments and removals. The President shall nominate the heads of all offices, departments and agencies of the town as established by this Charter or by ordinance. Such appointments shall require the approval of a majority of the total number of Commissioners. All such heads of offices, departments and agencies shall thereafter serve at the pleasure of the Commissioners. All subordinate officers and employees of the town government shall be appointed and removed by the President, in accordance with rules and regulations in any personnel system which may be adopted by the Commissioners.
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Reports and recommendations to Commissioners. The President each year shall report to the Commissioners the condition of municipal affairs and make such recommendations as he deems proper for the public good and welfare of the town.
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Supervision of financial administration of government. The President shall supervise the financial administration of the town government. He shall prepare or have prepared annually a budget and submit it to the Commissioners. He shall supervise the administration of the budget as adopted by the Commissioners. He shall supervise the disbursements of all moneys and shall keep the Commissioners informed as to the available balances in budget appropriations so they may not be exceeded.
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Other powers and duties. The President shall have such other duties as may be prescribed by this Charter, by ordinance or as may be required of him by the Commissioners not inconsistent with this Charter.
A majority of the members of the Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no ordinance shall be approved nor any other action taken without the favorable votes of a majority of the whole number of Commissioners.
The Commission shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings and enter therein the yeas and nays upon final action on any question, resolution or ordinance, or at any other time if required by any one (1) member. The journal shall be open to public inspection.
No ordinance shall be passed at the meeting at which it is introduced. At any regular or special meeting of the Commissioners held not less than six (6) nor more than sixty (60) days after the meeting at which an ordinance was introduced, it shall be passed, passed as amended or rejected or its consideration deferred to some specified future date. In cases of emergency the provision that an ordinance may not be passed at the meeting at which it is introduced may be suspended by the affirmative votes of four (4) of the Commissioners. Every ordinance shall become effective upon the date of its final passage or on the date specified therein. Each ordinance shall be published at least twice in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality. All ordinances shall be permanently filed by the Clerk-Treasurer and shall be kept available for public inspection.