No officer shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract under the City, or in any work done by the City, or in furnishing supplies for the City, or any of its institutions; and any appointed officer becoming so interested shall be dismissed from office immediately by the Mayor; and upon the Mayor becoming satisfied that any elective officer is so interested, he shall immediately suspend such officer and report the facts to the Council, whereupon the Council, as soon as practicable, shall be convened to hear and determine the same; and if, by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Council, he be found so interested, he shall be immediately dismissed from such office.
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Activities Prohibited.
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No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to any City position or appointive City administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations.
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No person shall willfully make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report in regard to any test, certification or appointment under the personnel provisions of this Charter or the rules and regulations made thereunder, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of such provisions, rules and regulations.
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No person who seeks appointment or promotion with respect to any City position or appointive City administrative office shall directly or indirectly give, render or pay any money, service or other valuable thing to any person for or in connection with his test, appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion.
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Penalties. Any person who by himself or with others willfully violates any of the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of Subsection (A) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or both.
No action shall be maintained against the City for or on account of any injury growing out of alleged negligence of the City unless notice shall first have been given in writing to the Mayor within ninety (90) days of the occurrence for which said damage is claimed, stating the place, time, character and circumstances of the injury and that the person so injured will claim damages therefor from the City.
All officers and employees of the City who receive, disburse, or are responsible for City funds, and such other officers and employees as the Council by ordinance may designate, shall, within such time after election or appointment as may be fixed by ordinance, and before entering upon the discharge of their duties, give bond to the City in such sums and with such sureties as shall be prescribed by ordinance, and subject to approval by the Council conditioned upon the faithful and proper performance of their duties and for the prompt accounting for and paying over to the City of all monies belonging to the City that may come into their hands. The City shall pay the premiums on all such bonds.
Amendments to this Charter may be framed and submitted to the electors by a commission in the manner provided by law and the Constitution for framing and submitting a complete Charter. Amendments may also be proposed by the Council or by petition of not less than ten percent (10%) of the registered qualified electors of the City, filed with the City Clerk, setting forth the proposed amendment. The Council shall at once provide by ordinance that any amendment so proposed shall be submitted to the electors at the next election held in the City not less than sixty (60) days after its passage, or at a special election held as provided by law and the Constitution for a Charter. Any amendment approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon shall become a part of the Charter at the time and under the conditions fixed in the amendment. Sections or Articles may be submitted separately or in the alternative and determined as provided by law and the Constitution for a complete Charter.
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Improvements. The procedure for making, altering, vacating or abandoning a public improvement shall be governed by general ordinance, consistent with applicable State law.
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Special Assessments. The procedure for levying, collecting and enforcing the payment of special assessments for public improvements or special tax bills evidencing such assessments shall be governed by general ordinance, consistent with applicable State law.
Any ordinance may be proved by a copy thereof certified by the City Clerk under the Seal of the City; or, when printed and published by authority of the City, it shall be received in evidence in all courts, or other places, without further proof of authenticity.
If any provision of this Charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the Charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the Charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of the Charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.