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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd1954-241 r -,......... .',. ,~ ORDINANCE NO. 241 AN ORDTI\!ANCE TO Alv.END Sections 2 and 3 of Article I, Article II, Sections I, 2, 3 and 7 of Article III, Sections 1, 5, 11, and 13 of Article IV, Article V, and to Repeal Sections 2 and 4 of Article IV.of Ordinance No. 86, An Ordinance to Provide Rules and ?"egulations for the Transaction of Business by the city of Seward, and for other purposes: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWAi.=tD, ALASLA: SECTION 1. Section 2 of Article I of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amended to read as follows: I I' Sec. 2. ELECTION OF OFFICEI''..S: The M.ayor shall be elected by direct vote of the qualified electors biennially in odd numbered years at the general municipal election held on the first Tuesday of October of said years for a term of two years, holding office until his term has expired and his successor is elected and qualified. At said General Election there shall also be elected annually three rn.en1.ber s of the Common Council for the term of two years. SECTION 2. Section 3 of Article I of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby anlended to read as follows: Sec. 3. APPOINTMENT OF O~~FICERS: The },~unicipal Attorney and Municipal Treasurer shall be appointed by the Common Council 0 f the City of Seward, Alaska, at its first regular meeting in October of each year following the General Election or as soon thereafter as the Council may deem e:h.-pedient. SECTION 3. Article II of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: SECTION 6. VACANCIES AND ABSENCES OF MUNICIPAL lvIAGIS- TRATE. If the office of Municipal Magistrate shall become__vCl._c_a.l1t by death or otherwise prior to the 'expiration of the term such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the City Council. Whenever a Municipal 11/Iagistrate is about to become temp'orarily absent from his office for a2.e_r~_ocl.Jl~L€l:x~e~d- ing Sixty (60) .<ic:I:" the duties of the office for the duration of such absence may be performed by some other qualified person designated by the Munici- pal Magistrate to take his place. SECTION 4. Section 1 of Article III of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 1. DUTIES AND POWE::lS OF IvIA YOR: VETO. It shall be the duty of the mayor to preside at meetings of the council, to approve or disapprove of all ordinances or resolutions passed by the council. If the mayor was elected as a member of the council, he shall have a vote on all matters, but if he was elected mayor by direct vote of the people. then he shall have no vote except in cases of a tie. Any ordinance or _J:"c;:solution passed by the cou.ncil by only four affirmative votes, may be vetoed by the mayor at the time of its passage. Upon vetoing any ordinance or resolution the mayor shall submit to the council at its next regular meeting, a written statement r '-- ~ giving his reasons for vetoing same. Any ordinance or resolution so vetoed, thereafter passed, or adopted by the affirmative vote of five members of the council at any regular meeting shall become effective without the signature of the mayor and notwithstanding such veto. SECTION 5. Section 2 of Article III of Ordinance No. 86 1S hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. DUTIES OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK: The Municipal Clerk shall attend the meetings of the council, keep a full record of all its proceedings, and of all disbursements of the city's monies, excepting mt:nici- pal utility operations, or other quasi-independent operations, under a duly constituted board, and attest all deeds and other city documents signed by the mayor or city manager in accord with action of the council, and he shall also file and duly keep all the records and public paper s of the city, shall counter- sign all warrants drawn on the treasury, and shall to all intents and purposes be deemed to be the clerk and bookkeeper of the city and shall officiate as such. The municipal clerk shall be subject to the executive authority of the city manager. SECTION 6. Section 3 of Article III of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 3. DUTIES OF MUNICIPAL TREASURER: BOND: The municipal treasurer shall be the custodian of all the monies of the city; pro- vided that said treasurer shall pay over to the treasurer of the school board all monies available for the maintenance of schools. He shall keep an itemized, full and correct account of all monies received and disbursed, and he shall payout no money except upon an orc.er signed by the city manager and counter- signed by the cler~, and specifying the object and purpose of the payment and the page and book of the record of the council proceedings where such payment is shown to have been authorized, and no such order shall be issued except upon vote of four members of the council at a meeting in which five members, or four members and the n1ayor, are present, provided, however, that he shall payout money on the order of the city manager, and counter signed by the city clerk only, under a purchase order and requisition system or other administrative procedure theretofore approved by the council. He shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give his bond to the city with sufficient sureties to be approved by the council in such sums as the council may direct, but not less than twenty-five per cent of the annual total of collectible property taxes, and in no case shall a bond in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars be required, which bond shall be conditioned that he will faithfully and honestly collect, keep and disburse all the monies belonging to the city, which bond shall be filed with and kept by the municipal clerk. The municipall treasurer shall be subject to the executive authority of the city manager. SECTION 7. Section 7 of Article III of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 7. DUTIES OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE: The Chief of Police shall be the head of the Police Department of the City and the patrolmen or watchmen employed by the City shall be subject to his orders. He shall take his instructions from the City Manager, and shall obey and enforce all lawful orders and instructions given him by the said City Manager. r---- , SECTION 8. Section 1 of Article IV of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 1. QUORUM OF COUNCIL: REQUISITE NU.!'/LBER OF VOTES: ELECTING MEMBER TO ACT IN MAYORIS ABSENCE: At all meetings of the council, five members or four members and the mayor, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no .Q;;dinance or :respluti()!l shall be~f?se~at any_}neet~ng unless it_receives at least four votes. In case of the absence of the m.ayor from the city or his temporary disability or other cause responsible for his absence, and, if a regular quorum of five be present, the council shall elect one of its members to preside and to otherwise perform the duties of the mayor for the meeting in question or other temporary period involved. The person so elected shall be known as "Acting Mayor". SECTION 9. Section 5 of Article N of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amended by deleting Item No.7, theref:=oln. SECTION 10. Section 11 of Article IV of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 11. PROCEDURE TO REGULATE RATES: Whenever the city council shall deenl it advisable to regulate, change or fix the rates to be charged by any public service corporation, association or individual it shall proceed in accordance with Sections l6-l-LH and 16-1-42 of the: Alaska Compileci Laws Annotated, 1949. SECTION 11. Section 13 of Article IV of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby amende] to read as follows: Sec. 13. CL.iUI\'1S AGAIl,:ST TEE CITY: All clainls aGainst the _ ,_ 0 city shall ~e itemized and properly verified ano. presented to the City Ivcanager. SECTION 12. Article V of Ordinance No. 86 is hereby aC1I'3nded by adding at the end thereof t:"le following: S:SCTION 5: ANNUAL AUDIT: ~ the conclusion of each fiscal year the School Board shall submit to the city council an audit of the financial transactions for the year concluded, performed by a Certified Public Accountant- authorized to do business in the Territory of Alas:<;:a. SECTION 13. Sections 2 and 4 of Article IV of Ordinance No. 86 are hereby repealed. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from ana after the date of its passage and approval. Passed under suspension of the rules and approved by the Gon11Don Council of the City of Seward, Territory of Alaska, the 11th day of January, 195'1. ~~ Clty G1er": (~'iZ~7:;/ ---- , :N:ayor ATTEST: