[CC 1989 §2-1; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The City Council shall consist of eight (8) members, in addition to the Mayor, with two (2) Council members from each ward.
[CC 1989 §2-2; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
No person shall be Council member unless he/she is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, a citizen of the United States, an inhabitant of the City for at least one (1) year next preceding his/her election, and a resident of the ward from which he/she is elected at least six (6) months next preceding his/her election.
[CC 1989 §2-13; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. 
Each Council member of the City shall receive as an expense reimbursement in the sum as set by budget.
B. 
The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to take such action as is necessary to insure that the expense reimbursement payments hereby authorized are properly made.
The Mayor and Council of each City governed by this Chapter shall have the care, management and control of the City and its finances, and shall have power to enact and ordain any and all ordinances not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, and such as they shall deem expedient for the good government of the City, the preservation of peace and good order, the benefit of trade and commerce, and the health of the inhabitants thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect, and to alter, modify or repeal the same.
[CC 1989 §2-5; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995; Ord. No. 7149 §1—2, 3-29-2005]
At the first (1st) regular meeting of the City Council after the general City election each year, the Council shall elect one (1) of its members President Pro Tem who shall hold his/her office for the term of one (1) year and who, in the absence of the Mayor, shall preside at the meetings of the Council, provided, that in the absence of both Mayor and President Pro Tem, the Council hereby selects the Chairman of the Finance Committee to serve as the Acting President Pro Tem. In the absence of Mayor, President Pro Tem and Chairman of Finance, the Council may elect one (1) of its members present to preside at such meeting who shall be styled "Acting President Pro Tem" and, provided further, that should the office of President Pro Tem become vacant, then the Council may at any regular meeting elect a President Pro Tem who shall fill the unexpired term.
[CC 1989 §2-6; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. 
At the first (1st) regular meeting of the City Council after the general City election each year, and at other meetings following the occurrence of a vacancy on a committee or the creation of a new committee, the Mayor, subject to approval of the City Council, shall appoint the membership of such committees as may be established by resolution of the City Council.
B. 
The City Council may, by resolution, provide for such standing and special committees as it may consider desirable to facilitate the transaction of its business and prescribe for the organization powers and duties thereof.
The Council shall publish a full and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the City at the end of each fiscal year and six (6) months after the end of each fiscal year in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. Each such statement shall be for the six (6) month period preceding the date of the statement.
[CC 1989 §2-10; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
No bill against the City for supplies or services rendered to or for the City or any of its departments, offices or agencies or for money for salaries and wages of City Officers and employees shall be certified as correct and approved by any City Council committee or allowed by the Council, unless such bill shall have been in the office of the City Clerk on or before Friday next preceding the meeting of the Council at which said bills against the City are allowed.
[CC 1989 §2-11; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
No work of whatever nature, including the construction of sidewalks and crosswalks, location of trees and poles, the construction of curbs and gutters and public or district sewers, the establishment of property lines or any other work of a public nature whatsoever, shall be accepted and paid for by the City Council until the Community Services Director shall have issued a certificate stating that the work has been satisfactorily and accurately done in accordance with the ordinances regulating such work and the contract entered into for the performance thereof. This provision shall not apply to public works projects, the total cost of which does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).