10-3b-203. Council in a council-mayor form of government.
(1) The council in a municipality operating under a council-mayor form of government: shall: by ordinance, provide for the manner in which: municipal property is bought, sold, traded, encumbered, or otherwise transferred; and a subdivision or annexation is approved, disapproved, or otherwise regulated; pass ordinances, appropriate funds, and review municipal administration; perform all duties that the law imposes on the council; and elect one of its members to be the chair of the council; may: adopt an ordinance, to be known as the municipal administrative code: dividing the municipality's administrative service into departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau; adopt an ordinance: creating, consolidating, or abolishing departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining or altering the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau; notwithstanding Subsection, make suggestions or recommendations to a subordinate of the mayor; (1)(c)(iii) notwithstanding Subsection, appoint a committee of council members or citizens to conduct an investigation into: (1)(c) an officer, department, or agency of the municipality; or any other matter relating to the welfare of the municipality; and delegate to an appointed committee powers of inquiry that the council considers necessary; make and enforce any additional rule or regulation for the government of the council, the preservation of order, and the transaction of the council's business that the council considers necessary; and take any action allowed under Section; and 10-8-84 may not: direct or request, other than in writing, the appointment of a person to or the removal of a person from an executive municipal office; interfere in any way with an executive officer's performance of the officer's duties; or publicly or privately give orders to a subordinate of the mayor.
(2) A member of a council in a municipality operating under the council-mayor form of government may not have any other compensated employment with the municipality.