The governing body of any city or town, organized under a special act or home rule charter or under the general laws of the state, has the power to create, by ordinance, a nonpolitical local legislative body designated as a board of commissioners, referred to in this part 5 as the “board”, to have complete […]
The municipality shall by ordinance prescribe the number of commissioners, their qualifications, their terms of office, methods for their election or appointment or removal, the amount and nature of any fidelity bond required to be given, the number of meetings required to be held, their compensation, if any, the selection and term of office of […]
Each commissioner, before assuming the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before an officer authorized to administer oaths that he will support the constitutions and laws of the United States and of this state and that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office to the […]
The board, on behalf and in the name of the municipality, has the following powers: To fix the time and place at which its regular meetings shall be held within the municipality and to provide for the calling and holding of special meetings; To adopt and amend or otherwise modify bylaws and rules for procedure; […]
All meetings of the board shall be held within the municipality and shall be open to the public. No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the total membership of the board is present. Any action of […]
The board, on behalf and in the name of the municipality, also has the following powers: To require and fix the amount of all official fidelity and completion bonds necessary or desirable and convenient in the opinion of the board for the protection of the funds and property of the municipality under the jurisdiction of […]
The board, in connection with the facilities or joint system under the board’s jurisdiction, shall adopt a budget for each fiscal year of the municipality, shall maintain accounts, and shall cause an annual audit to be made pertaining to the financial affairs of the board as provided in parts 1, 5, and 6 of article […]
On all resolutions and orders, the roll shall be called, and the ayes and noes shall be recorded. All resolutions and orders, as soon as may be after their passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of the board and […]
No commissioner nor officer, employee, or agent of the municipality under the board’s jurisdiction shall be interested in any contract or transaction with the municipality except in his official representative capacity or as is provided in his contract of employment with the municipality, subject to the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to section 31-35-502. […]
The municipality, acting by and through the board, may acquire, improve, equip, relocate, maintain, and operate the facilities or joint system under the board’s jurisdiction, any project, or any part thereof for the benefit of the municipality and the inhabitants thereof after the board has made such preliminary studies and otherwise taken such action as […]
The board, in connection with the facilities or joint system of the municipality under the board’s jurisdiction and any project pertaining thereto, may from time to time condemn, otherwise acquire, improve, equip, operate, maintain, and dispose of property within or without or both within and without the municipality. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. […]
The municipality, acting by and through the board, has the following powers: To have the duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities pertaining to a body corporate and politic and constituting a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the state established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental and proprietary functions to provide for […]
The municipality, acting by and through the board, also has the following powers: To borrow money and to issue municipal securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the municipality, to provide for and secure the payment of any municipal securities and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold, and dispose […]
The delineation of powers in this part 5 which may be exercised by the board does not by implication deny any other powers which are otherwise granted to the municipality by law. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1264, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 31-35-431 […]
