NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 787

HOUSE BILL 942

 

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CHERRYVILLE TO HIRE A CITY MANAGER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The governing body of the City of Cherryville is hereby authorized to employ a city manager who shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body.

Sec. 2. The city manager need not be a resident of the City of Cherryville and he shall receive such compensation as is deemed appropriate by the governing body of the City of Cherryville.

Sec. 3. The duties of the city manager shall be as follows:

a.         He shall be the administrative head of the city government.

b.         He shall see that within the city the laws of the State and the ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of the governing body are faithfully executed.

c.         He shall attend all meetings of the governing body and recommend for adoption such measures as he shall deem expedient.

d.         He shall make reports to the governing body from time to time upon the affairs of the city and keep the governing body fully advised of the city's financial condition and its future financial needs.

e.         He shall appoint and remove all heads of departments, superintendents, and other employees of the city; however, he shall not have authority to appoint or discharge the city clerk, the solicitor of the City Recorders' Court or the city attorney and he shall have no power to discharge any person acting as city auditor or comptroller without first obtaining approval from the governing body.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1965.