[CC 1985 § 24-1; Ord. No. 109 § 1, 1-13-1947]
There is hereby established within
the City of St. James an executive department to be known as the "Utility
Board."
[CC 1985 § 24-2; Ord. No. 109 § 1, 1-13-1947]
Which board shall consist of four
(4) persons, and who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed
by the City Council as other appointive officers of the City, as is
now, or hereafter may be provided for by ordinance, are appointed
and confirmed.
[CC 1985 § 24-3; Ord. No. 109 § 3, 1-13-1947]
The board members shall be electors
of the City of St. James who have resided therein for a period of
two (2) years next before their appointment, and no more than two
(2) members of said board shall belong to the same political party,
and its administration shall in all respects be entirely non-partisan.
No member shall hold any other office, either by appointment or election,
during his/her official term as a member of the board, and any member
of said Utility Board who shall accept a nomination or appointment
for any other office during his/her official term shall be deemed
thereby to have resigned as a member of said board, and his/her said
membership shall thereby be ipso facto vacated.
[CC 1985 § 24-4; Ord. No. 109 § 2, 1-13-1947]
The members of such board shall hold
office for a term of four (4) years, or until their successors are
appointed and qualified; provided, however, the first incumbents appointed
as members of said Utility Board shall be appointed and hold office
for the term of one (1), two (2), three (3) and four (4) years respectively,
as may be designated by the Mayor in making the appointment.
[CC 1985 § 24-5; Ord. No. 382 § 1, 7-7-1976]
Each member of the board so appointed
under this Chapter shall receive a salary for his/her services of
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month, to be paid out once annually.
[CC 1985 § 24-6; Ord. No. 109 § 9, 1-13-1947]
It shall be the duty of said board
to keep books of account showing with entire accuracy contemporaneous
current entries of the receipts and expenditures of the board in such
manner as to enable the same to be understood and investigated, and
also to preserve on file in its office duplicate vouchers for all
its expenditures, which books and duplicates shall at all times be
open to the examination of the Finance Committee of the City Council,
or any other committee appointed by the City Council, and such board
shall make such reports of its business and transactions to the Mayor
and City Council of the City of St. James monthly.
[CC 1985 § 24-7; Ord. No. 109 § 16, 1-13-1947]
It shall be the duty of the Utility
Board to make up an account monthly of all obligations and expenses
incurred by said board in operating said utilities, including salaries
of all employees, setting forth in items the amounts due, to whom,
and for what service or account, which such statement of accounts
shall be examined, checked, and certified by the board for payment
as true and correct. And it shall be the duty of the Mayor and the
City Council to allow and order paid such accounts in the same manner
that bills and salaries of other officers and employees of such City
are allowed and paid; provided, however, that said payment shall be
made out of said special utility account, and provided further that
checks thereon shall be drawn only by the Secretary of said board
and countersigned as provided.
[CC 1985 § 24-8; Ord. No. 940, 12-8-2008]
That the Mayor is hereby appointed
as Director of the Commission and the Public Works Director is hereby
appointed as Alternate Director. Said Director and Alternate Director
shall perform such duties and functions as required by the provisions
of any and all utility service joint contracts until replaced by this
Governing Body.
