§ 21-8-1. Adoption of mayor-council form authorized
Any municipality, regardless of the form of government under which it is operating, may adopt the mayor-council form of government, as hereinafter provided, by the procedure hereinafter set forth.
§ 21-8-11. Council officers; meetings; quorum; voting; council members shall not serve as members of commissions or boards under their control
During the first council meeting of a new council, the council shall elect one (1) member as president of the council and one (1) of its other members as vice president, both of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The president shall preside at all council meetings. In the event of the […]
§ 21-8-13. General powers and duties of council
The council shall appoint a clerk of the council and deputy clerks, as necessary, who shall compile the minutes and records of its proceedings, its ordinances and resolutions as this chapter requires, and perform such duties as may be required by law. At the end of each fiscal year, the council shall cause a full […]
§ 21-8-15. Mayor to exercise executive power
The executive power of the municipality shall be exercised by the mayor, and the mayor shall have the superintending control of all the officers and affairs of the municipality, and shall take care that the laws and ordinances are executed.
§ 21-8-17. General powers and duties of mayor; approval of ordinances
The mayor shall enforce the charter and ordinances of the municipality and all general laws applicable thereto. He shall annually report to the council and the public on the work of the previous year and on the condition and requirements of the municipal government and shall, from time to time, make such recommendations for action […]
§ 21-8-19. Acting mayor; filling of vacancy in office of mayor
Whenever the mayor shall be prevented by absence from the municipality, disability or other cause from attending to the duties of his office, the mayor shall appoint a member of the council to assume the duties of the mayor. However, any acting mayor so appointed shall retain his right to vote in the council. Whenever […]
§ 21-8-21. Mayor and councilmen to be qualified electors of city; compensation; overtime to members of police and fire departments
The mayor and the members of the council shall be qualified electors of the municipality. The compensation for the mayor and the members of the council shall be set by the council. After the salaries of the first mayor and first council have been determined by the council of any municipality electing to come under […]
§ 21-8-23. Municipal departments; surety bond
The municipality may have a department of administration and such other departments as the council may establish by ordinance. All of the administrative functions, powers and duties of the municipality shall be allocated and assigned among and within such departments. Each department shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the mayor […]
§ 21-8-25. Chief administrative officer
The council of any municipality adopting the mayor-council form of government may, within its discretion, adopt an ordinance providing that the mayor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the council, a chief administrative officer to coordinate and direct the operations of the various departments and functions of municipal government; such chief administrative officer […]
§ 21-8-27. Control of mayor and his subordinates by council
The members of the council shall not direct or dictate the appointment of any person to or his removal from office by the mayor or any department directors. Except for the purposes of inquiring or receiving information or advice, the council shall deal with the municipal departments and personnel solely through the mayor and no […]
§ 21-8-3. Initiation of proceedings for adoption
The manner of effecting the change in the government of any such municipality from the form of government under which it is operating to the mayor-council form of government shall be as follows: One (1) or more petitions, similar in form and substance, addressed to the mayor, praying that an election be held to determine […]
§ 21-8-31. Election offenses
Any municipal officer or employee, other than the mayor and councilmen of any such municipality, who shall, during hours of employment solicit or attempt to influence any person to vote for any particular candidate at any election held in such municipality shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a […]
§ 21-8-33. Existing laws unaffected by reorganization; application of civil service laws
All laws governing any municipality coming under the provisions of this chapter which are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof respecting the mayor-council form of government shall apply to and govern such municipalities respectively when they shall come under the mayor-council form. All orders, ordinances or resolutions heretofore adopted by a municipality adopting the mayor-council […]
§ 21-8-35. Rights and liabilities of municipality unaffected by reorganization; police court and public schools unaffected by reorganization
The territorial limits of any such municipality shall remain the same as under its former organization and any litigation concerning annexation in progress at the time any municipality shall adopt the mayor-council form of government shall not be affected by such change; provided that nothing herein shall affect the rights of such municipality to expand […]
§ 21-8-37. Corporate name
The corporate name of every such municipality shall be “The City, Town, Village of (name of municipality)” under which name the mayor and council shall exercise and perform all the corporate powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed on it by the members thereof.
§ 21-8-39. Provisions as to disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen to continue unaffected
All of the provisions of law pertaining to policemen and firemen under the “disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen” as provided in Sections 21-29-201 et seq., shall be unimpaired, and there shall be no interruption or change in the operation or administration of the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen, and […]
§ 21-8-41. Applicability of general municipal law
All of the provisions of law with reference to the government of municipalities not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any municipality operating under the mayor-council form of government as herein provided.
§ 21-8-43. Inconsistent statutes repealed
In the event a municipality adopts the mayor-council form of government as hereinabove set out, all statutes in conflict with the provisions of such form of government as set out in this chapter are hereby repealed.
§ 21-8-45. Election of officers; taking of office
Any municipality voting to adopt the mayor-council form of government after adoption of this chapter shall have an election of municipal officers within the time and in the manner provided by statute, and such officers and the form of government shall take effect and be instituted at the time of the taking of office for […]
§ 21-8-47. “Ordinance” defined for purposes of chapter
The term “ordinance” as used in this chapter shall be deemed to include ordinances, resolutions, orders and any other official actions of the council, except those procedural actions governing the conduct of the council’s meetings, appointing a clerk of council, and exercising the council’s investigative functions under Section 21-8-13(4).