[10-11-1965; Ord. of 6-27-2023]
Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held in the City
Council chamber, City Hall, at 7:00 p.m. on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month, except when one of such Tuesdays falls on
a legal holiday or on Election Day. The Council shall meet on the
following day in such event. The President may cancel a meeting due
to an emergency.
The Mayor or the President or a majority of the members of the
City Council may at any time call a special meeting of the City Council
by causing a written notification thereof, together with a statement
of the subjects to be considered thereat, to be filed with the City
Clerk; and a copy thereof is to be sent digitally and available for
pick up at the City Clerk’s Office, and the public posting of
such notice on the official municipal bulletin board at least in compliance
with Massachusetts Open Meeting Law before the time appointed for
such meeting.
Every officer in charge of a department, board or commission
shall annually, on or before the first day of February, transmit to
the Mayor a report containing a statement of the acts and doings of
the department, board or commission, together with such other matters
as may be required by law, or as the Mayor or officer may deem to
be of public interest.
[Ord. of 8-22-2017]
Every board and commission shall file minutes of each of its
meetings, whether or not approved, with the City Clerk within two
weeks of said meeting.
Every officer in charge of a department, other officers, members
of boards, commissions, fire and police departments shall be sworn
to the faithful performance of their duties before entering upon same.
There shall be a Board of License Commissioners which shall
consist of three members appointed in accordance with the provisions
of General Laws, Chapter 138, Section 4, who shall have such powers
and perform such duties as are prescribed by law, in addition to such
powers and duties as the City Council, by ordinance, may from time
to time prescribe. Members shall receive such compensation as the
City Council may determine.
[Ord. of 2-8-1994]
All city-owned or -operated vehicles and equipment operating
on wheels, which the Mayor or his designee may designate to be identified
by a decalcomania transfer, shall be identified by use of decalcomania
transfers, which shall be made up as follows:
The background of the transfer shall be red and all figures
and letters shall be white. City of North Adams shall be executed
in block letters; the words "City" and "North Adams" to be made of
letters not less than two inches in height. The word "City" shall
be at the top center of the transfer; the word "of" centered under
the word "City"; the words "North Adams" shall be placed under the
word "of" and extended across the entire width of the transfer. In
the upper left-hand corner in a three-inch circle, a reproduction
of the City seal in red on a white background shall be shown. In the
upper right-hand corner there shall be a white oblong, whose outside
measurement shall be 33/4 of an inch wide and 21/2 inches high. This
oblong is to contain the number of the vehicle, such number to be
either painted on the transfer or installed by the use of decalcomania
transfer numbers.
The size of the transfer shall be 15 inches wide and eight inches
high, and there shall be a white line 1/8 of an inch in width framing
all of the lettering, numbers and the City seal. The outside edge
of this frame shall be 5/16 of an inch in from the outside edge of
the transfer.
The Mayor of his designee is responsible for the assignment
of personnel to operate all city-owned or -operated vehicles and equipment.
[Ord. of 2-8-1994]
The Mayor or his designee shall assign numbers to all vehicles
and equipment operating on wheels and shall keep a record of such
assignments.
[Ord. of 2-8-1994]
No city-owned vehicle or piece of equipment shall be taken beyond
the limits of the City without the permission of the Mayor or his
designee.
