Title 45

In the budget and budget proposal in parallel columns opposite the several items of proposed expenditures, there shall be placed the amount of each item in the budget of the current year and the amount actually expended to the times of preparing the budget proposal plus the expen…

In the budget and budget proposal under the special caption of down payments on capital projects, as provided in subdivision (12) of Section 45–57A–63.103, there shall be separately stated as to each capital project for which it is expected that bonds will be authorized during th…

At the head of the budget and budget proposal shall appear a brief summary. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 5.28.)

There shall be a department of finance, the head of which shall be the director of finance, who shall be appointed by the city manager, subject to the provisions of any merit or civil service system applicable to the city. The chief financial officer of any city which adopts the …

The director of finance shall have knowledge of municipal accounting and taxation and shall have had experience in budgeting and financial control. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 6.02.)

The director of finance shall provide a bond with the surety and in an amount as the council may require by ordinance. The premium shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 6.03.)

The director of finance shall have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the city, and to that end he or she shall have authority and shall be required to: (1) Compile the current expense estimates for the budget for the city manager. (2) Compile the capital es…

Before the beginning of the budget year, the head of each office, department, board, or agency shall submit to the city manager, when required by him or her, a work program for the year, which program shall show the requested allotments of the appropriations for the office, depar…

The city manager shall file a copy of the original allotments and of each revised allotment with the director of finance, who shall authorize all expenditures for the offices, departments, boards, and agencies to be made from the appropriations on the basis of approved allotments…

The city manager may at any time transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, board, or agency, subject to paragraphs a. to c., inclusive, of subdivision (2) of Section 45–57A–63.6…

The director of finance shall have power and shall be required to: (1) Prescribe the forms of receipts, vouchers, bills, or claims to be used by all the offices, departments, boards, and agencies of the city government. (2) Examine and approve all contracts, orders, and other doc…

No officer, department, or agency, during any budget year, shall expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms involves the expenditure of money, for any purpose, in excess of the amounts appropriated for that general…

All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the budget year to the extent that they shall not have been expended or lawfully encumbered. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 6.10.)

All fees received by any officer or employee shall belong to the city government and shall be paid daily to the department of finance. Any officer or employee who shall fail to pay such fees to the department of finance on the day the fees are received by him or her shall be guil…

The director of finance, pursuant to rules and regulations established, shall be responsible for the purchase, storage, and distribution of all supplies, materials, and equipment required by any office, department, board, or agency of the city. The director of finance shall have …

All rules relating to competitive bidding adopted by the council shall meet the minimum requirements of Title 41. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 6.13; Act 2017–451, p.1490, § 2.)

The council shall adopt standards for competitive bids under this part. All standards shall meet the minimum requirements of Title 41. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 6.14; Act 2017–451, p. 1490, § 2.)

All purchases made by the purchasing agent shall be pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the office, department, board, or agency whose appropriation will be charged, and no contract or order shall be issued to any vendor unless and until the director of finance cer…

No contract shall be executed for the acquisition of any property or the construction of any improvement to be financed by the issuance of bonds until the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall have taken effect and any contract executed before that day shall be vo…

At any time in any budget year, the council, pursuant to this section, may make emergency appropriations to meet a pressing need for public expenditure, for other than a regular or recurring requirement, to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. The appropriation shall be…

In the absence of unappropriated available revenues to meet emergency appropriations under Section 45–57A–63.136, the council may by resolution authorize the issuance of notes, each of which shall be designated emergency note and may be renewed from time to time, but all such not…

In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection of the property tax for that year, whether levied or to be levied in that year, the council may by resolution authorize the borrowing of money by the issuance of negotiable notes of the city, each of which shall be designated …

In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection or receipt of other revenues of that budget year, the council may by resolution authorize the borrowing of money by the issuance of negotiable notes of the city, each of which shall be designated ‘‘special revenue note for the…

No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any note may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity on such notice and at such time as may be stated in the note. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 6.21.)

All notes issued pursuant to this subpart may be sold by the director of finance at not less than par and accrued interest at private sale and without previous advertisement. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 6.22.)

There shall be established three council districts to be designated respectively as District Post 1, District Post 2, and District Post 3, which districts shall have as nearly as is reasonable, the same population. The designation and boundaries of the initial council districts s…

Under Section 45–57A–63.06, the judge of probate shall establish the original districts, which shall contain as nearly equal a number of people as possible. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 7.02.)

Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the three districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of population published following the last federal census of population preceding March 4, 1977, or by virtue of a change in the corporation limits, …

Nothing in this part contained, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this part shall take effect, or any provision of law in f…

All persons holding administrative office at the time the council-manager form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of those duties or the disconti…

Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of the city under any civil service or merit system applicable to the city when the council-manager form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold the office in the civil service of the city under the counc…

All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by this part, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency t…

Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this part with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continued to exercise its powers and duties, until otherwise p…

All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by the city of the council-manager form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the…

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government, brought by or against the city of any office, department, board, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-man…

All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state or in Title 11, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when the city shall elect to…

All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility, and any municipally owned service enterprise, includin…

For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the council, this part shall become applicable to any city adopting the council-manager form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the judge of probate with the mayor of the city as provided for in Se…

All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the council-manager form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 8.11.)

No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to any city position or appointive city administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions, or affiliations. (Acts 1977, No. 71, p. 78, § 9.01.)

Subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system applicable to the city, any officer or employee whose successor may be appointed by the city manager or by the head of any office, department, board, or agency, may be removed by the manager or other appointing office…

The city manager, the heads of all departments, and other officers of the city as may be designated by the council, shall be entitled to attend meetings of the council, but shall have no vote therein. The city manager may take part in the discussion of all matters coming before t…

The council, the city manager, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, may inquire into the conduct of any office, department, board, or agency or officer of the city and may make investigations as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses…

No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any contract be valid unless made or approved by ordinance, and signed in the name of the city by the mayor and countersigned by…

All records and accounts of every office, department, board, or agency of the city shall be open to inspection by any person at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the city manager, except competitive bids for contracts under negotiation. (Acts 19…

No member of the council, officer, or employee elected or appointed shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for the city, and no member of the council, officer, or employee…