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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1961
Page
4
The Scottsdale charter outlines a Council Manager form with a Mayor and six Council members elected citywide. It details powers, property actions, boundaries, and terms beginning in 1962 with qualifications and duties for the mayor and council members.
The document sets forth mayoral duties and salary, council qualifications and powers, open meetings, and procedures for vacancies. It specifies the mayor's ceremonial role, salary, and mayor pro tempore, with council authority to judge qualifications and summon witnesses. It outlines open meetings, journal keeping, quorum rules, petition handling, and limits on council involvement in city staff appointments. It also introduces the appointment and qualifications of a City Manager as chief executive.
The City Manager is responsible to the council for administering all city affairs and must enforce ordinances and contracts. He appoints and, when needed, removes city officers and employees, prepares and manages the budget, reports to the council, oversees purchasing, and may have other duties as prescribed. An acting City Manager is appointed during absence, incapacity, suspension, or vacancy.
The charter assigns a three member civil service board appointed by the city council. Terms are six years, with staggered two four and six year initial terms. Vacancies are filled by the council. The board will prescribe rules for town employees excluding elected officials and department heads, which become law upon city council approval.
The council may create or modify boards and commissions and assign powers as allowed by law. All members must be city residents at appointment and for their term. The Mayor and City Manager serve as ex officio nonvoting members on all boards. The city fiscal year begins July 1 each year.
The document details adoption of an ordinance fixing city tax rate by August, plus authority to levy additional taxes for debt service and public purposes. It follows with administration duties, City Clerk and Treasurer roles, City Attorney, civil service board creation, and council power to organize departments and appoint the City Manager with hearings and severance rules.
The text outlines council procedures for readings and final passage of measures including emergency clauses, budget processes with annual public hearings, and contract execution rules. It covers signing, publication, amendments, codification, audits, transfers, and thresholds for city improvements.
The document outlines procurement thresholds and bidding rules for city purchases, with no bids required under $500, written bids invited for $500 to $2,500, and lowest responsible bidder for over $2,500 unless council rejects all bids. It covers transfers of supplies, fraud, personal interest, leases, and city property sales, plus sections on permitted election types and elector qualifications.
The text outlines sections on general municipal elections timing and candidate qualification, initiative and recall powers, a City Court establishment and presiding officer terms, and ordinances to grant public utility franchises. It details election methods, tie handling by lot, and franchise publication and voter approval processes.
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