Title 7, Title 7

All meetings of the study commission are open to the public as provided in Title 2, chapter 3, part 2. The study commission shall hold public hearings and community forums and may use other suitable means to disseminate information, receive suggestions and comments, and stimulate…

(1) A study commission may employ and fix the compensation and duties of necessary staff. State, municipal, and county officers and employees, at the request of the study commission and with the consent of the employing agency, may be granted leave with or without pay from their …

(1) A study commission shall prepare a budget for each fiscal year that it is in existence and shall submit it to the local governing body for approval. (2) (a) For the support of the study commission, for each fiscal year that the study commission is in existence, each local gov…

(1) (a) A study commission examining the government of a county may: (i) recommend amendments to the existing plan of government; (ii) recommend any plan of government authorized by Title 7, chapter 3, parts 1 through 6; (iii) draft a charter; (iv) recommend municipal-county cons…

(1) Each local government study commission shall, within 90 days of its organizational meeting, establish a timetable for its deliberations and actions. The timetable must be published in a local newspaper of general circulation. The timetable may be revised, but each revision mu…

(1) A study commission shall adopt a final report. If the study commission recommends an alteration of a local government, the final report must contain the following materials and documents, each signed by a majority of the study commission members: (a) those materials and docum…

(1) Consolidation or merger may be placed on the ballot only by a joint report by cooperative study commissions. (2) A final report, in addition to the material required in 7-3-187, must contain a consolidation plan if county-municipal consolidation or county merger is recommende…

If a study commission proposes municipal disincorporation, the final report shall contain the following additional material and documents: (1) a certificate of disincorporation instead of a plan of government; and (2) a recommended plan of disincorporation.

A study commission may prepare separate reports in addition to its final report. These reports may recommend consolidation of services and functions and indicate potential areas for interlocal agreements. Such reports shall be submitted to all appropriate governing bodies for rea…

Each study commission shall publish once each week for 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the area of the affected local government a summary of its findings and recommendations, together with the address of a convenient public place where the tex…

(1) An alternative form or plan of government recommended by a study commission must be submitted to the voters in the same manner as provided in 7-3-149. (2) Ballot requirements and treatment of suboptions on an alternative form or plan of government recommended by a study commi…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the provisions of 7-3-122 and 7-3-152 through 7-3-161 apply to the adoption of an alternative form or plan of government upon recommendation by a study commission. (2) (a) The presiding officer of the study commission and …

The commission-executive form (which may be called the council-executive, the council-mayor, or the commission-mayor form) consists of an elected commission (which may be referred to as the council) and one elected executive (who may be referred to as the mayor) who is elected at…

The plan of government submitted to the qualified electors shall determine the powers of the local government unit by authorizing: (1) general government powers; or (2) self-government powers.

The executive shall: (1) enforce laws, ordinances, and resolutions; (2) perform duties required by law, ordinance, or resolution; (3) administer affairs of the local government; (4) carry out policies established by the commission; (5) recommend measures to the commission; (6) re…

The plan of government submitted to the qualified electors shall further define the structural characteristics of the form by including one item from each of the choices listed in 7-3-212 through 7-3-224.

The executive: (1) shall appoint one or more administrative assistants to assist in the supervision and operation of the local government, and the administrative assistants are answerable solely to the executive; or (2) may appoint one or more administrative assistants to assist …

The executive may: (1) appoint and remove all employees of the local government; (2) appoint and remove, with the consent of a majority of the commission, all employees of the local government; (3) appoint, with the consent of a majority of the commission, all department heads an…

The executive may: (1) veto ordinances and resolutions, subject to override by a majority plus one of the whole number of the commission; (2) veto ordinances and resolutions, subject to override by a two-thirds vote of the commission; or (3) sign all ordinances and resolutions wi…

The executive may: (1) prepare the budget and present it to the commission for adoption; or (2) prepare the budget in consultation with the commission and department heads.

The executive may: (1) exercise control and supervision of the administration of all departments and boards; or (2) exercise control and supervision of all departments and boards to the degree authorized by ordinance of the commission.

A financial officer (who may be called the treasurer): (1) shall be elected; (2) shall be appointed by the executive with the consent of the council; (3) shall be selected as provided by ordinance; or (4) may, at the discretion of the commission, be selected as provided by ordina…

The commission shall be: (1) elected at large; (2) elected by districts in which candidates must reside and which are apportioned by population; (3) elected at large and nominated by a plan of nomination that may not preclude the possibility of the majority of the electors nomina…

Local government elections shall be conducted on a: (1) partisan basis; or (2) nonpartisan basis.

The commission must have a presiding officer who must be: (1) elected by the members of the commission from their own number for a term established by ordinance; or (2) selected as provided by ordinance.

The presiding officer of the commission: (1) may vote as other members of the commission; (2) is the executive, who may vote as the commissioners; (3) is the executive, who shall decide all tie votes of the commission but may not have another vote (the presiding officer of the co…

Commission members shall be elected for: (1) concurrent terms of office; or (2) overlapping terms of office.

The size of the commission, which shall be a number not less than three, shall be established when the form is adopted by the voters, and: (1) community councils of at least three members shall be elected within each district to advise the commissioner from that district. Local g…

The term of office of elected officials may not exceed 4 years and shall be established when the form is adopted by the voters.

The commission-manager form, which may be called the council-manager form, consists of an elected commission, which may be called the council, and a manager appointed by the commission, who is the chief administrative officer of the local government. The manager is responsible to…

The plan of government submitted to the qualified electors shall determine the powers of the local government unit by authorizing: (1) general government powers; or (2) self-government powers.

The manager shall be appointed by the commission for an indefinite term on the basis of merit only and removed only by a majority vote of the whole number of the commission.

The manager shall: (1) enforce laws, ordinances, and resolutions; (2) perform the duties required by law, ordinance, or resolution; (3) administer the affairs of the local government; (4) direct, supervise, and administer all departments, agencies, and offices of the local govern…

(1) Employees appointed by the manager and the manager's subordinates must be administratively responsible to the manager. (2) Neither the commission nor any of its members may dictate the appointment or removal of any employee whom the manager or any of the manager's subordinate…

The plan of government submitted to the qualified electors shall further define the structural characteristics of the form by including one item from each of the choices listed in 7-3-312 through 7-3-318.

All members of boards, other than temporary advisory committees established by the manager, must be appointed by: (1) the presiding officer with the consent of the commission; (2) the manager with the consent of the commission; or (3) the commission.

The commission shall be: (1) elected at large; (2) elected by districts in which candidates must reside and which are apportioned by population; (3) elected at large and nominated by a plan of nomination that may not preclude the possibility of the majority of the electors nomina…

Local government elections shall be conducted on a: (1) partisan basis; or (2) nonpartisan basis.

The presiding officer of the commission must be: (1) elected by the members of the commission from their own number for a term established by ordinance; (2) elected by the qualified electors for a term of office; or (3) selected as provided by ordinance.

Commission members shall be elected for: (1) concurrent terms of office; or (2) overlapping terms of office.

The size of the commission, which shall be a number not less than three, shall be established when the form is adopted by the voters, and: (1) community councils of at least three members shall be elected within each district to advise the commissioner from that district. Local g…

The term of office of elected officials may not exceed 4 years and shall be established when the form is adopted by the voters.

The commission form consists of an elected commission (which may also be called the council) and other elected officers as provided in this part. All legislative, executive, and administrative powers and duties of the local government not specifically reserved by law or ordinance…

Local governments that adopt this form shall have general government powers.

The presiding officer of the commission may be referred to as the mayor. All members of boards and committees must be appointed by the presiding officer with the consent of the commission. The presiding officer must be recognized as the head of the local government unit and may v…

(1) The qualified electors of any city or town in this state may, in the manner provided in chapter 5, part 42, adopt an ordinance vesting any or all of the following powers with the office of mayor of the city or town: (a) to appoint and remove, without consent of the council, a…