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City Council Members:
Wayne Broadway
Rainer Declerk
Keith Futrell
Timothy Scott
Danny Swann
Russel Winbaugh
The City council meets on the second Tuesday of each month at
6 PM in the city hall building.
A copy of the meeting minutes can be obtained by contacting
the clerks office.
Duties of the Aldermen / Council Members
City council members are officers and officials of their city. The city council:
- Has the management and control of the city finances and all real and personal property
belonging to the city.
- Approves or disapproves an annual operating budget by February of each year.
- Sets the procedures by ordinance for making purchases that do not exceed the sum of
$10,000 in cities of the first class.
- May override the mayor's veto by two-thirds vote.
- Calls for a special election in cities of the first class to fill the vacancy of the
unexpired mayor's term of office, if the unexpired term is for more than six months.
- May fill, by appointment in cities of the first class, the vacancy to the office of
mayor if the expired term is less than six months.
- Sets the salaries of the mayor, council, and other municipal officials. Salaries may be
increased during the term, but not decreased during the term of office.
- May remove, on the mayor's recommendation, and by a majority vote of the members of
council in a non-civil service city, the police or fire chief in cities of the first
class.
Information quoted from the Guidebook for Newly Elected Municipal Officials of Mayor -
Council Cities
Rules for city Council Agenda Submissions
In order to submit something to be considered for the city council agenda, the proposal
must be turned in by 10:00 AM the week prior to the council meeting.
Persons wishing to address the council must submit the request to the City Clerk in
writing by 10:AM the Tuesday prior to the meeting.
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