The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-11-24
Chapter VI
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS.

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
SECTION l. COMMITTEES. The administra-
tive powers authority and duties of the City Officers
not otherwise provided for shall be distributed among
and assigned to the following committees:
1. Committee Accounts and Finances,
2. Committee on Parks, Grounds and Buildings,
8. Committee on Streets, Sewers and Sidewalks,
A. Committee Sales and Purchasing,
and such other committees the Council may deem
necessary. All standing and other committees to be
appointed by the Mayor.
SECTION 2. APPOINTIVE OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES. The chief appointve officers and
poyees of the City shall be the City Clerk, Assessor
Treasurer, City Attorney, City Engineer, Street Com
missioner and Chief of the Fire Department Their
appointments shall be by majority vote of the Council
and any officer employee may be removed, for cause
by majority vote of the Council except the Chief of
the Fire Department who shall be selected from and
by the membership of that department. subject to the
approval of the Council All appontive officers shall
be qualified voters of the City and shall be appointed at
the first meeting of the Council thereafter
practicable. The City Council may, when necessary,
appoint deputies, assistants and needed employees of
any of the appontive officers, provided for in this
Charter and fix their compensation except other
wise provided for in this Charter.
SECTION 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES The Council shall have the power to
create and discontinue offices and employmens other
than those prescribed in this Charter, to provide the
modes of filling them and prescribe the duties pertain
ing thereto according to its judgment of the needs of
the City. Any person so appointed may be removed
at any time by majority vote of the Council.
SECTION 4. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES. The compensation of all City
officers provided for by this Charter shall be by salary,
to be fixed by the Council The Council shall also fix
the compensation of all other officers and employees of
the City, except otherwise provided in this Charter
No officer employee shall be allowed any fee, reward
compensation other than the salary compensation
fixed by the Council, but all fees received by him in
connection with his official duties except those received
for services performed in civil actions shall be paid
into the City Treasury.
SECTION 5. OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTER
ESTED IN CONTRACTS OR FRANCHISES. No
officer employee elected appointed to any office
under the provisions of this Charter shall be interested
directly indirectly, in any contract job for work
or materials, profits thereof, services to be
furnished performed for the City except may be
provided in this Charter, unless such officer
poyee, the firm corporation in which such officer
employee is interested shall be the lowest bidder
of the lowest in which the Council may, by
unanimous vote accept the same but such contract
bid shall be in writing, and shall state explicitly the
relation and interest of such official employee in such
firm corporation, and shall be published in full in the
official proceedings of the Council and such officer
employee shall be interested, directly indirectly
| in any contract job for work Materials the
profits thereof services to be furnished performed
for any person. firm corporation operating inter-
urban railway street railway gas works, electric light
power plant heating plant telegraph line telephone
Exchange, other public utility, within the territorial
limits of the City, No such officer employee shall
accept receive directly indirectly from any per-
son firm corporation operating within the territorial
limits of the City, any interurban railway street rail-
way, gas works, water works. electric light or power
plant, heating plant, telegraph line telephone
change any other business operating under public
franchise any frank free ticket free service
cept receive directly indirectly, from any such
person, firm corporation, any service upon terms
more favorable than is granted to the public generally
Any violation of the provisions of this Section shall be
misdemeanor, and every such contract agreement
| shall be void.
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