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14-43-504. Powers and duties of mayor generally.
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14-43-504. Powers and duties of mayor generally.
(a) The mayor of the city shall be its chief executive officer and conservator of its peace. It shall be his or her special duty to cause the ordinances and regulations of the city to be faithfully and constantly obeyed.
(b) The mayor shall:
(1) Supervise the conduct of all the officers of the city, examine the grounds of all reasonable complaints made against them, and cause all their violations of duty or other neglect to be properly punished or reported to the proper tribunal for correction;
(2) Have and exercise the power conferred on sheriffs, within the city limits, to suppress disorder and keep the peace; and
(3) Perform such other duties compatible with the nature of his or her office as the city council may from time to time require.
(c) The mayor shall report, within the first ninety (90) days of each year and at such other times as he or she shall deem expedient, to the council the municipal affairs of the city and recommend such measures as may seem advisable.
(d)(1) In addition to the powers and duties already pertaining to that office, the mayor of any city of the first class shall be clothed with and exercise and perform the following:
(A) A mayor may veto within five (5) days, Sundays excepted, after the action of the city council thereon, any ordinance, resolution, or order adopted or made by the council, or any part thereof, which in his or her judgment is contrary to the public interest; and
(B)(i) In case of a veto, before the next regular meeting of the council, the mayor shall file in the office of the city clerk, to be laid before that meeting, a written statement of his or her reasons for so doing.
(ii) An ordinance, an order, or a resolution or part thereof, vetoed by the mayor
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-43-504
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14-43-504. Powers and duties of mayor generally.
(a) The mayor of the city shall be its chief executive officer and conservator of its peace. It shall be his or her special duty to cause the ordinances and regulations of the city to be faithfully and constantly obeyed.
(b) The mayor shall:
(1) Supervise the conduct of all the officers of the city, examine the grounds of all reasonable complaints made against them, and cause all their violations of duty or other neglect to be properly punished or reported to the proper tribunal for correction;
(2) Have and exercise the power conferred on sheriffs, within the city limits, to suppress disorder and keep the peace; and
(3) Perform such other duties compatible with the nature of his or her office as the city council may from time to time require.
(c) The mayor shall report, within the first ninety (90) days of each year and at such other times as he or she shall deem expedient, to the council the municipal affairs of the city and recommend such measures as may seem advisable.
(d)(1) In addition to the powers and duties already pertaining to that office, the mayor of any city of the first class shall be clothed with and exercise and perform the following:
(A) A mayor may veto within five (5) days, Sundays excepted, after the action of the city council thereon, any ordinance, resolution, or order adopted or made by the council, or any part thereof, which in his or her judgment is contrary to the public interest; and
(B)(i) In case of a veto, before the next regular meeting of the council, the mayor shall file in the office of the city clerk, to be laid before that meeting, a written statement of his or her reasons for so doing.
(ii) An ordinance, an order, or a resolution or part thereof, vetoed by the mayor is invalid unless, after the written statement is laid before it, the council, by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the council members elected thereto, passes it over the veto.
(2) The mayor does not have the power of veto in circumstances prescribed under § 14-43-501(a) or § 14-43-411(a).
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14-43-411. Council member vacancy in mayor-council form of government.
(a)(1)(A) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of council member in a city of the first class having a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) according to the most recent federal decennial census, at the first regular meeting after the occurrence of the vacancy, the city council shall proceed to elect by a majority vote of the remaining members elected to the council a council member to serve for the unexpired term.
(B)(i) However, at least a quorum of the whole number of the city council shall remain in order to fill a vacancy.
(ii) The election by the remaining members of the city council is not subject to veto by the mayor.
(2) The person elected by the council shall be a resident of the ward where the vacancy occurs at the time of the vacancy.
(b) When a vacancy occurs in any position of council member in a city having a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more according to the most recent federal decennial census, a new council member shall be chosen in the following manner:
(1) If the unexpired portion of the term of a council member exceeds one (1) year, at the first regular meeting after the occurrence of the vacancy, the city council shall proceed to either elect by a majority vote of the remaining members elected to the council a council member to serve for the unexpired term or call for a special election to be held in accordance with § 7-11-101 to fill the vacancy; or
(2) If the unexpired portion of the term of a council member is one (1) year or less, a successor shall be chosen by a majority vote of the members of the council.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-43-411
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14-43-501. Organization of governing body — Definition.
(a)(1) The members of a governing body elected for each city or town shall annually in January assemble and organize the governing body.
(2)(A) A majority of the whole number of members of a governing body constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(B)(i) The governing body shall judge the election returns and the qualifications of its own members.
(ii) These judgments of the governing body are not subject to veto by the mayor.
(C)(i) The governing body shall determine the rules of its proceedings and keep a journal of its proceedings, and the journal shall be open to the inspection and examination of any citizen.
(ii) The governing body may also compel the attendance of absent members in such a manner and under such penalties as it prescribes.
(iii) The governing body may consider the passage of rules on the following subjects, including without limitation:
(a) The agenda for meetings;
(b) The filing of resolutions and ordinances; and
(c) Citizen commentary.
(b)(1)(A) In a mayor-council form of government, the mayor shall be ex officio president of the city council and shall preside at its meetings.
(B) The mayor shall have a vote to establish a quorum of the city council at any regular or special meeting of the city council and when his or her vote is needed to pass any ordinance, bylaw, resolution, order, or motion.
(2) In the absence of the mayor, the city council shall elect a president pro tempore to preside over council meetings.
(3) If the mayor is unable to perform the duties of office or cannot be located, one (1) of the following individuals may perform all functions of a mayor during the disability or absence of the mayor:
(A) The city clerk;
(B) Another electe
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-43-501
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-43-501. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.