Section 9-10-3 – Employment of city manager after approval by voters.
9-10-3. Employment of city manager after approval by voters. When authorized by a majority vote of all voters voting at a special election to be called for that purpose, the governing body of any first or second class municipality shall employ a city manager and fix his compensation. Source: SL 1917, ch 303, §8; SL […]
Section 9-10-4 – Mayor and aldermen elected in first or second class municipality under aldermanic form.
9-10-4. Mayor and aldermen elected in first or second class municipality under aldermanic form. In first or second class municipalities under the aldermanic form employing a city manager, a mayor, and aldermen shall be elected as for such municipalities not employing a city manager. Source: SL 1935, ch 158, §6; SDC 1939, §45.0905; SL 1992, […]
Section 9-10-5 – Number, election, and terms of office of commissioners in commission-governed municipalities.
9-10-5. Number, election, and terms of office of commissioners in commission-governed municipalities. In all commission-governed municipalities employing a city manager the number of commissioners shall be nine, whose terms of office shall be three years. At the first election thereof there shall be elected nine commissioners, three to serve until the next annual election, three […]
Section 9-10-6 – Special election of commissioners after employment of manager–Mayor–Powers of board.
9-10-6. Special election of commissioners after employment of manager–Mayor–Powers of board. Within sixty days after an election directing the employment of a manager in any commission-governed municipality, a special election shall be called and held to elect the nine commissioners. A plurality vote in the election of commissioners is sufficient to elect the commissioners. The […]
Section 9-10-7 – Powers and duties of mayor.
9-10-7. Powers and duties of mayor. The duties and power of the mayor of any first or second class municipality employing a city manager shall be as follows: (1)He shall be the presiding officer of the council or commission, and in municipalities having the aldermanic form of government he shall have the powers and duties […]
Section 9-10-8 – Regular and special meetings of governing body.
9-10-8. Regular and special meetings of governing body. The governing body of any first or second class municipality employing a manager shall hold its regular meetings on the first Monday of each month at such hour as may be fixed by it. It may prescribe by ordinance the manner in which special meetings may be […]
Section 9-10-1 – Petition for employment of city manager–Election.
9-10-1. Petition for employment of city manager–Election. If a petition signed by fifteen percent of the registered voters of any first or second class municipality as determined by the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election is presented requesting that an election be called to vote upon the proposition of employing […]
Section 9-10-2 – Waiting period after rejection of city manager proposition by voters.
9-10-2. Waiting period after rejection of city manager proposition by voters. When there has been an election as provided in §9-10-1 and when the proposition to employ a city manager has failed to receive a majority vote, such proposition shall not be again submitted for the period of one year. Source: SL 1935, ch 158, […]