Elective officers--terms--appointment--offices combined--section tobe effective after vote (cities of 7,500 to 100,000 in certaincounties).
81.280. 1. At municipal elections in all cities and townsunder special legislative charters, located in a countycontaining a city, or a part of a city, of over four hundredthousand population, which have attained a population of seventhousand five hundred inhabitants, and not more than one hundredthousand there shall be elected one alderman from each ward for afour-year term; at municipal elections there shall be elected amayor for a four-year term; and there shall be elected anattorney, a treasurer, who shall be, by virtue of his office,collector of revenue of the city, an auditor, a municipal judge,and a clerk, each of whom shall hold his respective office for aterm of two years, and their successors shall be electedaccordingly, except that any such city may provide by ordinancethat the attorney, treasurer, municipal judge, and clerk beappointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of the citycouncil, and the ordinance may further provide that all or any ofsuch officers when so appointed and any of the appointiveofficers of any such city, except the members of any boardcreated by statute, shall hold office for an indefinite term andat the pleasure of the mayor and city council. In addition tothe above officers the city council shall provide by ordinancefor the appointment of an assessor and a chief of police, whoseduties shall be prescribed by ordinance.
2. The city council may by ordinance combine the offices ofclerk and treasurer. When so combined, this office may be filledby election at municipal elections or may be made appointive byordinance under the same provisions applying to the officesseparately.
3. The provisions of this section shall apply only after amajority of the voters voting thereon at a municipal electionapprove the effectiveness of this section for such city or town.The question shall be placed upon the ballot by a petition signedby a number of voters of the city or town equal to five percentof the total number of votes cast for mayor at the last election,or by a resolution of the board of aldermen of the city or town.
(L. 1965 p. 194 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971 merged with H.B. 1634)
Elective officers--terms--appointment--offices combined--section tobe effective after vote (cities of 7,500 to 100,000 in certaincounties).
81.280. 1. At municipal elections in all cities and townsunder special legislative charters, located in a countycontaining a city, or a part of a city, of over four hundredthousand population, which have attained a population of seventhousand five hundred inhabitants, and not more than one hundredthousand there shall be elected one alderman from each ward for afour-year term; at municipal elections there shall be elected amayor for a four-year term; and there shall be elected anattorney, a treasurer, who shall be, by virtue of his office,collector of revenue of the city, an auditor, a municipal judge,and a clerk, each of whom shall hold his respective office for aterm of two years, and their successors shall be electedaccordingly, except that any such city may provide by ordinancethat the attorney, treasurer, municipal judge, and clerk beappointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of the citycouncil, and the ordinance may further provide that all or any ofsuch officers when so appointed and any of the appointiveofficers of any such city, except the members of any boardcreated by statute, shall hold office for an indefinite term andat the pleasure of the mayor and city council. In addition tothe above officers the city council shall provide by ordinancefor the appointment of an assessor and a chief of police, whoseduties shall be prescribed by ordinance.
2. The city council may by ordinance combine the offices ofclerk and treasurer. When so combined, this office may be filledby election at municipal elections or may be made appointive byordinance under the same provisions applying to the officesseparately.
3. The provisions of this section shall apply only after amajority of the voters voting thereon at a municipal electionapprove the effectiveness of this section for such city or town.The question shall be placed upon the ballot by a petition signedby a number of voters of the city or town equal to five percentof the total number of votes cast for mayor at the last election,or by a resolution of the board of aldermen of the city or town.
(L. 1965 p. 194 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971 merged with H.B. 1634)
Elective officers--terms--appointment--offices combined--section tobe effective after vote (cities of 7,500 to 100,000 in certaincounties).
81.280. 1. At municipal elections in all cities and townsunder special legislative charters, located in a countycontaining a city, or a part of a city, of over four hundredthousand population, which have attained a population of seventhousand five hundred inhabitants, and not more than one hundredthousand there shall be elected one alderman from each ward for afour-year term; at municipal elections there shall be elected amayor for a four-year term; and there shall be elected anattorney, a treasurer, who shall be, by virtue of his office,collector of revenue of the city, an auditor, a municipal judge,and a clerk, each of whom shall hold his respective office for aterm of two years, and their successors shall be electedaccordingly, except that any such city may provide by ordinancethat the attorney, treasurer, municipal judge, and clerk beappointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of the citycouncil, and the ordinance may further provide that all or any ofsuch officers when so appointed and any of the appointiveofficers of any such city, except the members of any boardcreated by statute, shall hold office for an indefinite term andat the pleasure of the mayor and city council. In addition tothe above officers the city council shall provide by ordinancefor the appointment of an assessor and a chief of police, whoseduties shall be prescribed by ordinance.
2. The city council may by ordinance combine the offices ofclerk and treasurer. When so combined, this office may be filledby election at municipal elections or may be made appointive byordinance under the same provisions applying to the officesseparately.
3. The provisions of this section shall apply only after amajority of the voters voting thereon at a municipal electionapprove the effectiveness of this section for such city or town.The question shall be placed upon the ballot by a petition signedby a number of voters of the city or town equal to five percentof the total number of votes cast for mayor at the last election,or by a resolution of the board of aldermen of the city or town.
(L. 1965 p. 194 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971 merged with H.B. 1634)
