[Adopted as Secs. 2-1 through 2-9 of
the 1965 Code (Ch. 3, Art. I, of the 1986 Code)]
[Amended 1-6-1969 by Ord. No. 8372]
Regular meetings of the City Council shall be
held on the Monday of each week, commencing at 8:00 p.m., and may
from time to time be suspended by a majority vote of the City Council.
Special meetings may be called by the President and shall be called
at the written request of three members. Special meetings may also
be called by the Mayor. Members shall be notified of all special meetings
on or before 12:00 noon on the day of the meeting.
The Mayor and City Council shall annually appropriate
a definite sum for the salaries of City officers.
All fees, charges and commissions of every kind
and description allowed by law to the City Clerk, City Treasurer and
Collector of Taxes or any other official of the City shall be paid
by such official into the treasury of the City and become the property
thereof in accordance with MGL c. 41, § 108. Such compensation
as the City Council may from time to time determine to pay such officials
for their services shall be deemed compensation in full for all such
services.
All deeds, conveyances, leases and other instruments,
which shall be given by the City and which must be signed, sealed
and acknowledged, shall be signed and acknowledged and delivered by
the Mayor on behalf of the City, who shall affix thereto the City
Seal.
Whenever the amount due and payable on any mortgage
belonging to the City is paid to the Treasurer, he shall certify the
same to the Mayor, who shall thereupon discharge the mortgage or,
by and with the consent of the City Council, may assign the same without
liability of or recourse to the City, and for that purpose the Mayor
shall execute and deliver all necessary papers.
[Amended 6-21-1993 by Ord. No. 93-5020A-2]
When a person entitled to redeem an estate sold
for nonpayment of taxes or assessments and purchased by the City makes
application for such redemption, the Mayor may, on the payment to
the Treasurer of the amount due to the City on such estate, execute,
in behalf of the City, any and all legal instruments that may be necessary
to vest in such person the City's title to such estate. Transactions
under this section shall comply with MGL Chapter 30B
[Amended 6-21-1993 by Ord. No. 93-5020A-3; 12-20-1993 by Ord. No. 93-5192A]
No contract involving the creation of an obligation
against another in favor of the City of $5,000 or more, except for
grants, gifts and obligations otherwise authorized, shall be made
unless it is in writing, approved by the Mayor and authorized by a
vote of the City Council, provided further that any such agreement
subject to Chapter 30B of the General Laws shall also be signed by
the Chief Procurement Officer. In the disposal of surplus supplies
pursuant to § 15 of said Chapter 30B, the Mayor may declare
a municipal supply as surplus, providing the item has a resale or
salvage value estimated at less than $5,000.
A.
No proposal shall be received from any person offering
to contract for such work, materials or supplies referred to in the
MGL c. 43, §§ 28 and 29, unless the same is sealed.
B.
All proposals shall be publicly opened and recorded,
at the hour and place designated in the advertisement, in the presence
of the Mayor or such person as he may designate. The contract shall
be awarded to the lowest bidder complying with the terms; provided,
however, that if any such proposal shall be offered by any person
who, in the judgment of the board or department issuing the advertisement,
shall be incompetent to perform this contract in a workmanlike manner,
or irresponsible in respect to the means of faithfully executing the
same, such proposal may be rejected, notwithstanding the same be at
a lower rate than other proposals offered for the same work, materials
or supplies, and the next highest bidder shall be substituted, and
provided, also, that in all cases the board or department may reject
all bids and issue new advertisements. All bids shall be preserved
by the board or department issuing the advertisement on the record
of its department and shall be opened to public inspection after the
contract has been awarded and accepted by the bidder.
The bonds of the Treasurer and Collector of
Taxes shall be kept by the Mayor. The bonds of other City officers
shall be kept by the Treasurer.
[Added 4-30-1984 by Ord. No. 23868]
A.
Position created; term. There shall be a Clerk of Committees appointed by the President of the City Council, subject to confirmation by majority vote of the members of the said Council, who shall serve in said position until such time as the individual resigns or is removed as set forth in Subsection B of this section.
B.
Removal. No individual serving as Clerk of Committees of the City Council, once appointed pursuant to Subsection A of this section, shall be removed from said position other than by motion of a City Councilor and majority vote of the Council.
C.
Duties. The duties of the Clerk of Committees shall
include but not be limited to the following: attending committee meetings
and making proper records of all proceedings and votes of said committees;
assisting the members of the several committees in the conduct of
business of said committees.
[Added 4-30-1984 by Ord. No. 23869;
amended 9-18-1989 by Ord. No. 89-3002A]
A.
Position created; term. There shall be a Secretary/Research Assistant to the City Council appointed by the President of the City Council, subject to confirmation by majority vote of the members of said Council, who shall serve in said position until such time as the individual resigns or is removed as set forth in Subsection B of this section.
B.
Removal. No individual serving as Secretary/Research Assistant to the City Council, once appointed pursuant to Subsection A of this section, shall be removed from said position other than by motion of a City Councilor and majority vote of the Council.
C.
Duties. The duties of the Secretary/Research Assistant
to the City Council shall include but not be limited to the following:
attendance at all regular or special City Council meetings; performance
of all secretarial duties and/or administrative tasks requested by
a Councilor; preparation of all notices of committee meetings; transcription
of all minutes taken by the Clerk of Committees; research of laws,
statutes, ordinances and case law as directed or requested by any
City Councilor; preliminary drafting of proposed ordinances, subject
to the final review of the City Solicitor; and maintenance of current
status reports on any pending state legislation at the request of
any City Councilor.
[Added 2-13-2012 by Ord. No. 12-1004063]
All members of the Marlborough City Council shall be considered
as members of each of the Council's standing committees. The President
shall name those members of each committee, to include its chairman
and vice chairman, who are authorized to vote on matters while pending
in committee; all other members of each committee are not authorized
to vote on such matters while pending in committee. A quorum of the
committee shall be determined on the basis of the voting members only.
