The City Council shall have authority to establish by ordinance
such boards and commissions as it may deem necessary for the conduct
of City business and management of municipal affairs. The authority,
functions and responsibilities of such boards and commissions shall
be such as are spelled out in the ordinance establishing them. All
existing boards and commissions heretofore established shall be continued
in accordance with the ordinance or other acts under which they have
been created, or until the City Council shall by ordinance abolish,
modify or alter the ordinance or acts under which they exist. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Charter, the City Council shall have paramount
authority over all matters affecting the budgets, appropriation of
funds, expenditures, purchases and sale of properties and procedures
for accounting therefore, consistent with the express provisions of
this Charter and applicable provisions of the state constitution and
laws of this state.
(Amended May 1, 2021)
Qualifications shall be set by ordinance rather than Charter.
(Amended November 7, 2006)
No member of a Board or Commission shall continue in such position
after being elected or appointed to the City Council.
(Amended May 6, 2017; Amended May 1, 2021)
There shall be a City Planning and Zoning Commission which shall
be established by ordinance consisting of seven (7) members serving
staggered terms of three (3) years.
For purposes of transitioning from two-year terms to three-years
terms the following shall apply: After June 30, 2021, the Commissioners
for Place 6 and Place 7 (Mayor) shall be appointed to a one-year term,
and the Commissioner for Place 4 shall be appointed to a two-year
term. After June 30, 2022, the Commissioner for Place 1 shall be appointed
to a one-year term, the Commissioners for Place 2 and Place 5 shall
be appointed to two-year terms, and the Commissioners for Place 3,
Place 6, and Place 7 (Mayor) shall be appointed to three-year terms.
The Commission shall have the power and be required to:
a) be
responsible to and act as an advisory body to the City Council;
b) recommend
to the City Council for its action an official zoning map and recommend
any changes to the map;
c) approve
or disapprove plats and plans of proposed subdivisions and insure
that all plats and plans conform to the City’s subdivision and
development ordinances;
d) annually
recommend a five (5) year Capital Improvement Program to the City
Council;
e) annually
recommend an annexation plan to the City Council;
f) annually
review the General Plan for the City and recommend to the City Council
any change; and
g) perform
such other functions as may be duly delegated to them from time to
time by the City Council.
h) establish
that a quorum is set at four (4) members present.
(Amended May 1, 2021; Amended May 4, 2024)