Section 49-C:33 – Optional Provisions; Limitations.
49-C:33 Optional Provisions; Limitations. – I. City charters may include provisions relating to any or all of the following matters: (a) Referendum procedures whereby voters may petition to suspend implementation of an ordinance, except budget adoption and land use regulation ordinances, enacted by the elected body, require a reconsideration by the body and, failing […]
Section 49-C:19 – Non-Interference by the Elected Body.
49-C:19 Non-Interference by the Elected Body. – The elected body shall act in all matters as a body, and shall not seek individually to influence the official acts of the chief administrative officer, or any other official, or to direct or request, except in writing, the appointment of any person to, or his removal […]
Section 49-C:20 – Appointive Officers.
49-C:20 Appointive Officers. – The charter shall provide for the appointment of a city clerk, a treasurer, one or more assessors, a fire chief, a police chief, a health officer, a city solicitor, a general assistance administrator, and such other officers as may be necessary to administer all departments which the elected body and […]
Section 49-C:21 – Departments; Administrative Code.
49-C:21 Departments; Administrative Code. – The city shall have departments, divisions, and bureaus as may be established by the charter or as the elected body may establish by ordinance. It shall be the duty of the first chief administrative officer, under the provisions of the charter to draft and submit to the elected body […]
Section 49-C:22 – Fiscal Year.
49-C:22 Fiscal Year. – The fiscal and budget year of the city shall begin on January 1, or July 1, unless another date shall be fixed by the charter or by ordinance, and the charter shall address any interim period or transition. Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.
Section 49-C:23 – Budget Process and Fiscal Control.
49-C:23 Budget Process and Fiscal Control. – The charter shall provide for the following: I. A budget submission date and a date by which an annual budget shall be finally adopted by the elected body. Failing final adoption by the established date, the budget shall be determined as provided in the city charter, or […]
Section 49-C:14 – Ordinances.
49-C:14 Ordinances. – Municipal legislation shall be by ordinance. Each ordinance shall be identified by a number and a short title. The enacting clause of each ordinance shall be "The City of __________ ordains," and the effective date of each ordinance shall be specified in it. All ordinances shall be recorded at length uniformly […]
Section 49-C:15 – General Powers.
49-C:15 General Powers. – Except as otherwise provided, the elected body hereby established shall have all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed upon city councils in convention, city councils voting concurrently, or boards of mayor and aldermen acting separately, by RSA 44 through RSA 48 or other general law now […]
Section 49-C:16 – General Powers and Duties of Mayor and City Manager.
49-C:16 General Powers and Duties of Mayor and City Manager. – The charter shall specify a mayor or city manager who shall be the chief administrative officer and the head of the administrative branch of the city government, supervising the administrative affairs of the city and carrying out the policies enacted by the elected […]
Section 49-C:17 – Appointment of City Manager; Qualification; Removal.
49-C:17 Appointment of City Manager; Qualification; Removal. – I. The city council shall appoint as city manager for an indefinite term, and fix the salary of, a qualified person who receives the votes of at least a majority of the council. The first city council elected under this charter shall appoint a manager within […]