HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 971 ORDINANCE NO. 971
AMENDING SECTION 2.04.070 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL
CODE, ELECTIVE AND APPOINTIVE OFFICES.
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Laurel, Montana, that Section 2.04.070 of the Laurel Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2.04.070. Elective and Appointive Offices.
1. The executive offices of the City shall be the Mayor,
who shall act as chief ~xecutive officer of the city, and
one treasurer, who may act as ex-officio tax collector.
The Mayor may further appoint, with the advice and
consent of the council, one city clerk, who shall be
ex-officio city assessor; one chief of police; one
city attorney; one director of public works; one
assistant director of public works; one engineer; one
maintenance director; one public utilities director;
and any other offices necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Title 2 of this code. The council,
from time to time, by ordinance or resolution, as
appropriate, may prescribe the duties of all appointed
officers and fix the compensation of each, subject to
the limitations contained in state law and city ordinance.
2. The legislative officers of the city shall be the
aldermen.
3. The judicial officer of the city shall be the city judge.
By special nomination and appointment by the mayor and
the council, a justice of the peace may fill the office
of city judge.
4. The council shall have power and authority to abolish,
by a majority vote of the council, the executive
offices of city attorney, city clerk, chief of
police, director of public works, assistant director
of public works, engineer, maintenance director,
public utilities director, and any other office the
appointment to which is made by the mayor upon advice
and consent of the coucil; and, the council may
discharge any officers so appointed, by a majority
Vote.
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after
final passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
Introduced on first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on June 5, 1990, by Alderman Teeters ,
and passed.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second
reading this 19th day of Ju.ne, 1~90, upon motion by
A~lderman Rodger$
APPROVED by the Mayor this 19th day of June, 1990.
Gauthier, Mayor
ATTEST:
Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk
A~roved as to form:
Jos~h ~. r~a~ley, City A torney1