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14-47-131. Creation of new departments, etc.
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14-47-131. Creation of new departments, etc.
(a) The board of directors may from time to time by ordinance:
(1) Create any new municipal:
(A) Department;
(B) Office;
(C) Employment;
(D) Board;
(E) Authority;
(F) Commission; or
(G) Agency;
(2)(A) Appoint the personnel to serve in the department, office, employment, board, authority, commission, or agency.
(B) However, the appointment of personnel shall be by the mayor if the mayor has appointment power pursuant to § 14-47-108(a)(2)(E);
(3) Fix the term of employment and compensation of each appointee; and
(4) Specify whether each appointee shall or shall not be subject to the city's civil service or merit system.
(b)(1) By ordinance, the board also, in the exercise of its discretion, may consolidate the office of city treasurer with the office of city clerk or such other office or position as the board, by ordinance, may charge with the responsibility of administering the financial affairs of the city.
(2) The board may:
(A) Delegate all of the duties of the city treasurer to the person holding that office or position in the city;
(B) Fill the consolidated office by appointment;
(C) Fix the term and compensation of the appointee; and
(D) Specify whether the appointee shall be subject to the city's civil service or merit system.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-47-131
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14-47-131. Creation of new departments, etc.
(a) The board of directors may from time to time by ordinance:
(1) Create any new municipal:
(A) Department;
(B) Office;
(C) Employment;
(D) Board;
(E) Authority;
(F) Commission; or
(G) Agency;
(2)(A) Appoint the personnel to serve in the department, office, employment, board, authority, commission, or agency.
(B) However, the appointment of personnel shall be by the mayor if the mayor has appointment power pursuant to § 14-47-108(a)(2)(E);
(3) Fix the term of employment and compensation of each appointee; and
(4) Specify whether each appointee shall or shall not be subject to the city's civil service or merit system.
(b)(1) By ordinance, the board also, in the exercise of its discretion, may consolidate the office of city treasurer with the office of city clerk or such other office or position as the board, by ordinance, may charge with the responsibility of administering the financial affairs of the city.
(2) The board may:
(A) Delegate all of the duties of the city treasurer to the person holding that office or position in the city;
(B) Fill the consolidated office by appointment;
(C) Fix the term and compensation of the appointee; and
(D) Specify whether the appointee shall be subject to the city's civil service or merit system.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-47-108. Effect of reorganization.
(a)(1) A reorganization is effective when in connection with the reorganization of a municipality under this chapter an initial board of directors shall be elected and the respective terms of office of the directors commence or when changes are made under subdivision (a)(2)(D) of this section.
(2) Concurrent with the commencement of the terms of the directors:
(A) The office of mayor, as existing under the mayor-council form of government, all memberships on the city council, and all memberships on the board of public affairs shall become vacant, each of these offices being abolished as to cities reorganized under this chapter;
(B) Subject to subdivision (a)(2)(D) of this section and except as is otherwise provided for city attorneys in cities with the city manager form of government, the statutory term of office of the city treasurer, city clerk, city attorney, city marshal, and recorder in cities of the second class shall cease and terminate, and the incumbent of each of these offices shall remain in office subject to removal and replacement at any time by the board of directors;
(C) Subject to subdivision (a)(2)(D) of this section, 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 statutory term of office of the city attorney shall cease and terminate, and the incumbent city attorney shall remain in office subject to removal and replacement at any time by the city manager, if the authority is vested in the city manager through:
(i) An ordinance of the board of directors; or
(ii) An initiated measure adopted pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 7;
(D) In cities with the city man
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-47-108
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 14-47-108. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.