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14-47-121. Acting city manager.
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14-47-121. Acting city manager.
(a) If the city manager is absent from the city or is unable to perform his or her duties, if the board of directors or the mayor, if authorized, suspends the city manager, or if there is a vacancy in the office of city manager, the board, by resolution, or the mayor, if authorized to employ the city manager pursuant to § 14-47-119(a), may appoint an acting city manager to serve until the city manager returns, until his or her disability or suspension ceases, or until another city manager is appointed and qualifies, as the case may be.
(b) The board or the mayor, if authorized, may suspend or remove an acting city manager at any time.
(c)(1) The board, in the exercise of its discretion, or the mayor, if authorized, may determine whether the acting city manager shall furnish bond.
(2) If in any instance the board requires the acting city manager to furnish bond, in respect to form, amount, and security it shall be subject to the approval of the board or the mayor.
(d) The acting city manager shall receive a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the board.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-47-121
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14-47-121. Acting city manager.
(a) If the city manager is absent from the city or is unable to perform his or her duties, if the board of directors or the mayor, if authorized, suspends the city manager, or if there is a vacancy in the office of city manager, the board, by resolution, or the mayor, if authorized to employ the city manager pursuant to § 14-47-119(a), may appoint an acting city manager to serve until the city manager returns, until his or her disability or suspension ceases, or until another city manager is appointed and qualifies, as the case may be.
(b) The board or the mayor, if authorized, may suspend or remove an acting city manager at any time.
(c)(1) The board, in the exercise of its discretion, or the mayor, if authorized, may determine whether the acting city manager shall furnish bond.
(2) If in any instance the board requires the acting city manager to furnish bond, in respect to form, amount, and security it shall be subject to the approval of the board or the mayor.
(d) The acting city manager shall receive a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the board.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-47-119. Employment of city manager.
(a)(1)(A) The initial board of directors, as promptly as possible after effecting its organization, shall employ a city manager.
(B) However, in cities with the city manager form of government having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, the mayor may be authorized to employ a city manager. The mayor may be authorized by:
(i) An ordinance of the initial board; or
(ii) An initiated measure, adopted pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 7, authorizing the mayor to employ a city manager. If the authority is vested by an initiated measure, the board shall not have the power to rescind the authority.
(2)(A) The city manager's employment shall be for an indefinite term.
(B) Thereafter, subject only to such interruptions as are unavoidable, a city manager shall be maintained in the employ of the city.
(3) The appointment and continued employment by the board or mayor of a city manager shall be mandatory.
(b)(1) It shall not be essential that the city manager, at the time of his or her employment, be a qualified elector of the city or of the State of Arkansas or a resident of the city or of the State of Arkansas.
(2) However, the city manager shall be a person found by the board or mayor to have special qualifications in respect to the management of municipal affairs.
(3) During his or her employment, the city manager shall reside in the city and devote his or her full time to the business of the city.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (b)(3) of this section regarding the residency requirements for city managers, the city manager of a city with a city manager form of government and with a population of fewer than s
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-47-119
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 14-47-119. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.