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The governing body of the borough shall be the assembly. Except as otherwise provided by law or this charter, the assembly shall exercise all powers of the borough and shall provide for the performance of all duties and obligations of the borough.
B. 
The assembly shall be composed of seven members, which shall consist of the mayor, and six other assembly members. Hereinafter, the term "assembly member" includes the mayor unless specifically noted.
C. 
Only qualified voters of the borough who have resided within the borough at least one year immediately preceding his or her election, are eligible to serve on the borough assembly. If any assembly member ceases to be a resident of the borough, he or she shall thereupon forfeit office.
A. 
The mayor shall preside at meetings of the assembly, and shall certify the passage of all ordinances and resolutions passed by it. The mayor shall be recognized as the head of the borough government for all ceremonial purposes and by the governor for purposes of military law. The mayor shall have all powers, rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of assembly members, including the power to vote, however the mayor may not initiate motions. The mayor shall have no regular administrative duties except signing such written obligations of the borough as the assembly may require.
B. 
At the first meeting following certification of the regular election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the assembly shall elect one of its members vice mayor, who shall serve as such until the next such first meeting. The vice mayor shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor, or, if a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, until another mayor is elected or appointed by the assembly and qualifies. If the office of vice mayor becomes vacant, the assembly shall elect from its members another vice mayor for completion of the unexpired term.
No assembly member may receive any compensation for serving on the assembly, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her official duties. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, an assembly member may hold no other compensated borough office or employment.
Except for the initial assembly elected, the term of the office of mayor shall be two years and until a successor qualifies and the term of other assembly members shall be three years and until a successor qualifies.
No assembly member may direct or request the appointment of any person to, or removal from, office or employment by the borough manager or, except as provided in this charter, participate in any manner in the appointment or removal of officers and employees of the borough. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the assembly, and its members shall deal with employees hired by the borough manager solely through the borough manager; and the assembly and its members may not give orders on administrative matters to those employees either publicly or privately, except as otherwise provided in this charter or by ordinance.
There shall be a borough clerk, who shall be an officer of the borough. The clerk shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the borough assembly.
A. 
The assembly shall hold at least one regular meeting every month at such time or times as it may prescribe by ordinance, resolution or rules of the assembly. All meetings of the assembly shall be open to the public, and the public shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The journal of its proceedings shall be open to public inspection.
B. 
Special meetings of the assembly shall be held at the regular meeting place of the assembly, unless otherwise provided by the assembly. Special meetings shall be called by the borough clerk on the written request of the mayor, the borough manager, or of any two members of the assembly.
C. 
The assembly may recess for the purpose of discussing, in a closed or executive session, any question permitted by law which is expressed in the motion calling for the executive session. The public may be excluded from the session, but the final action shall not be taken by the assembly on any matter discussed until brought back into regular session.
The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the assembly shall be, "Be it ordained by the Assembly of the City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska," and of all ordinances proposed by the voters under their power of initiative, "Be it ordained by the People of the City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska."
A. 
A proposed ordinance shall be read, and voted upon. The vote on final passage of every ordinance shall be yeas and nays, and shall be entered in the journal. The mayor shall have no power of veto. Within ten days after its passage, every ordinance shall be published in full or by number and title.
B. 
All ordinances shall go into effect upon adoption, unless a later time is specified.
An emergency ordinance is an ordinance which in the judgment of the assembly is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, and which may be introduced and adopted at the same meeting. Every such ordinance shall contain, as a part of its title, the words, "and declaring an emergency"; and in a separate section, herein called the emergency section, shall declare the emergency.
The assembly by ordinance may adopt by reference codes, ordinances, standards and regulations relating to building, plumbing, electrical installations, and other matters which it has power to regulate otherwise. Such code, ordinance, standard or regulation so adopted need not be enrolled in the book of ordinances; but a copy shall be filed and kept in the office of the borough clerk. The borough clerk shall keep copies of all such codes, ordinances, standards and regulations in force for distribution or sale at their approximate cost.
A. 
The ordinances of the borough shall be codified by perpetually keeping the ordinance provisions of permanent nature updated by use of a loose-leaf system. Titles, enacting clauses and emergency sections may be omitted from the code. Temporary and special sections and parts of ordinances may be omitted from the code. Permanent general ordinances and parts of ordinances which are to be repealed from the code shall be omitted therefrom. A copy of the code shall be filed and kept in the office of the borough clerk.
B. 
Resolutions adopted by the assembly shall be given a permanent identifying number, and bearing a notation of the date of adoption and adopting authority, be entered by the clerk in a properly indexed book of resolutions.
A. 
A person, partnership, corporation, or association or agent thereof who violates a provision of an ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, punishable as prescribed by ordinance which shall not exceed a fine of $1000.00, imprisonment for ninety days, or both.
B. 
The borough may institute a civil action against any person who violates a borough ordinance. In addition to injunctive and compensatory relief, a civil penalty not to exceed $1000.00 may be imposed for each violation. Each day, or part thereof, that a violation of a borough ordinance continues shall constitute a separate violation.