01-921A City Code Provision For Mayor CITY OF MERIDIAN
ORDINANCE NO. /~/t__
RECEIVED
JUL 2 0 2001
CITY OF MERIDIAN
BY COUNCIL MEMBER:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, AMENDING TITLE 1
CHAPTER 6 SECTION 3 SUBSECTIONS A 1. AND 2. AND PROVIDING FORA
NEW SUBSECTION 3. AND RENUMBERING THE SUBSECTIONS
THEIR; PROVIDING THAT THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE
MAYOR BE A FULL TIME POSITION; PROVIDING THAT THE MAYOR IS THE
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL OF THE CITYAND SHALL PRESIDE
OVER MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND DETERMINE THE ORDER
OF BUSINESS, SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL, AND TO HAVE
SUPERINTENDING CONTROL OVER ALL OFFICERS AND AFFAIRS OF THE
CITY, PRESERVE ORDER, AND TAIC, E CARE THAT THE ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY, AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE IDAHO STATE LAW
GOVERNING MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ARE COMPLIED WITH; AND
PROVIDING IN THE RENUMBERED SUBSECTIONS 4.5. AND 6. A CHANGE
OF THE WORD "HE" TO THE WORD "THE MAYOR" ALL IN SECTION 3 OF
CHAPTER 6 OF TITI.E I MERIDIAN CITY CODE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
SECTION 1: That Subsection A. 1. and 2. and providing for a new subsection
3. and renumbering the subsections thereafter and providing for the new subsections
4, 5, and 6. to change the word "He" to the words "The Mayor" in section 3 of
Chapter 6 of Title 1 Meridian City Code of the City of Meridian be amended and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
I-6-3 A. Generally:
and faithful discharge of the duties of the office of the Mayor shall be a
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full time elected position.
Mayor shall be the chief administrative official of the city, preside over
the meetings of the city council and determine the order of business
subiect to such rules as the council may prescribe, have a vote only
when the council is equally divided, have the superintending control of
all the officers and affairs in the city_, preserve order, and take care that
the ordinances of the city, and the provisions of the Idaho State Law
governing Municipal co~orations are complied with.
The Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the city council
such information and recommend such measures as, in the Mayor's
opinion, may tend to the improvement of the finances, the protection.
the health, the security, the ornament, the comfort, and the general
welfare and prosperity of the city.
He The Mayor shall examine the grounds 'of all complaints against any
of the officers of the City to determine existence of a violation or neglect
of duty, and report the evidence thereof, if deemed sufficient for the
removal of said officer, to the Council.
~ The Mayor shall require that every officer, on the expiration of that
officer's term of office or resignation or removal from the same, deliver
to a successor all monies, books, paper, maps, plats, furniture, fixtures;
apparatus, machinery, tools and instruments and appurtenances
belonging to such office.
&6~. He The Mayor shall perform all other duties imposed by the laws of the
State:
Sign Contracts: The Mayor is authorized and empowered to sign
officially for and in behalf of the City on all contracts, including
deeds, bonds, bills, notes, obligations, and other agreements,
documents and papers to which the City is a party, and to require
that the conditions in the said instruments are faithfully
performed, and to borrow money on the credit of the City when
authorized by the Council. (Ord. 140, 8-30-1965)
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Veto Power: The Mayor shall have power to veto or sign any
ordinance passed by the City Council; provided, that any
ordinance vetoed by the Mayor may be passed over that veto by a
vote of one-half (1/2) plus one of the members of the Cotmcil
elected notwithstanding the veto, and should the Mayor neglect
or refuse to sign any ordinances and return the same with the
Mayor's obiection, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the
Council, the same shall become a law without the Mayor's
signature.
Accounts And Reports Of Officers: The Mayor shall have the
power, when deemed necessary, to require any officer of the City
to exhibit accounts or other papers, and to make reports to the
Council in writing, touching any subject or matter pertaining to
that office.
Police Powers: The Mayor shall have jurisdiction, as may be
vested by ordinance, over all places within five (5) miles of the
corporate limits of the City, for the enforcement of any health or
quarantine ordinance and regulation thereofi and shall have
jurisdiction in all matters vested by ordinance, e~xcepting taxation,
wittfin one mile of the corporate limits of the City, and over such
properties as may be owned by the City without the corporate
limits.
May Require Aid In Enforcing Law: The Mayor is hereby
authorized to call on every male inhabkant in the City over
twenty one (21) years of age to aid in enforcing the laws. (Ord.
140, 8-30-1965; amd. 1999 Code)
Special Meetings Of Council: The Mayor shall have the power to
call special meetings of the City Council, the obiect of which shall
be submitted to the Council in writing; the call and object, as
well as the disposition thereof, shall be entered upon the joumai
by the City Clerk. (1999 Code)
Other Powers: The Mayor shall have all other powers granted by
the laws of the State of Idaho~. (Ord. 140, 8-30-1965)
~ I.C. § 50-602 et seq.
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SECTION 2:. All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict
herewith, are hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled.
SECTION 3: VALIDITY: The Meridian City Council hereby declares that
any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance as adopted and amended
herein be &dared for any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the Meridian City
Council that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of
the elLmination herefrom of any portion as may be declared invalid.
SECTION 4: SAVINGS CLAUSE: This ordinance does not a~fect an
action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before this ordinance takes effect.
SECTION 5: DATE OF EFFECT:
and effect on October 1, 2001.
This ordinance shall be in full force
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
Z4"~ day of X~'~ ,2001.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
~4~ day of ~-~a/ ,200I.
e~YCJR ROBERT D. CORRIE
ATTEST:
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