Article CH-3 ARTICLE III Executive Department

(a) Serve as ex officio president of the city council and preside over its meetings.

(d) Perform such emergency duties as may be necessary for the health, welfare and safety of the city.

(e) Perform such other duties, except administrative duties assigned by the city council to the city manager, as may be prescribed by ordinance or by the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes which apply to a mayor of a city organized under the provisions of a special charter.

3. The city council shall elect one of its members to bethe mayor pro tempore who:

(a) Holds such office and title, without additional compensation, during the term for which he was elected.

(b) Must perform the duties of mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor.

1. The City Manager shall perform such administrative duties as the city council may designate. The city council shall fix the duties and salary of the city manager.

2. The City Manager may appoint such personnel as he may deem necessary, subject to the approval of the city council.

2. Attend all meetings of the city council and keep an accurate journal of its proceedings, including a record of all ordinances, bylaws and resolutions passed or adopted by it. After approval at each meeting of the city council, the city clerk shall attest the journal after it has been signed by the mayor.

4. Number and countersign all licenses issued by the city. All licenses must be in a form devised by the city clerk and approved by the city council.

5. Enter upon the journal the result of the vote of the city council upon the passage of ordinances, or of any resolution appropriating money, abolishing licenses or increasing or decreasing the rates of licenses.

Sec. 3.040 City clerk's bond. The city clerk is liable and accountable on his official bond for the performance of his duties under the provisions of this charter, and the city council may require from him such additional security as may be necessary from time to time.

1. A duly licensed member of the State Bar of Nevada but he need not be a resident of the city.

Sec. 3.070 Chief of police: Police officers. The chief of police may, subject to approval of the city council, appoint and supervise such police officers as may be deemed necessary.

Sec. 3.080 City officers: Duties restricted and altered. The city council may prescribe by ordinance the powers and duties of all city officers and may add to, alter or restrict such powers and duties.

Sec. 3.090 City officers: Absence from office. If any appointive officer removes his office from the city, or absents himself therefrom for more than 30 days without leave of the city council, his office must be declared vacant by the city council, and the vacancy filled by appointment as provided in this charter.

1. All taxes, fines, forfeitures or other money collected or recovered by any officer or person pursuant to the provisions of this charter or any valid ordinance of the city must be paid by the officer or person collecting or receiving the money to the finance department of the city , which shall dispose of the money in accordance with the ordinances, regulations and procedures established by the city council.

2. The city council may, by proper legal action, collect all money that is due and unpaid to the city or any officer thereof, and the city council may pay from the general fund all fees and expenses necessarily incurred by it in connection with the collection of that money.

Sec. 3.110 Removal of officers. If any officer is adjudged guilty of nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance in office, by any court of competent jurisdiction, the city council may declare the office vacant and fill the vacancy so caused as provided by law.

(Ord. AB11, Amended, 10/02/2001, Prior Text; Article III, Amended, 10/23/2000, Prior Text)