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MS Code § 21-8-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-33. Existing laws unaffected by reorganization; application of civil service laws

 All laws governing any municipality coming under the provisions of this chapter which are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof respecting the mayor-council form of government shall apply to and govern such municipalities respectively when they shall come under the mayor-council form. All orders, ordinances or resolutions heretofore adopted by a municipality adopting the mayor-council form of government shall remain in full force and effect until altered or repealed by the council established hereunder, and all of the provisions of the civil service acts applying to any municipality adopting the mayor-council form of government at the time of such adoption shall continue to apply in full force and effect to such municipality after adoption of such mayor-council form of government. The board of civil service commissioners existing and operating under the former plan of government shall continue to operate without interruption or impairment under the mayor-council form of government. All rights, privileges, and advantages of all employees coming under the civil service acts applying to said municipality at the time of adoption shall remain in full force and effect and shall in nowise be impaired, altered, or changed by such adoption, except as otherwise provided by this chapter. After the election and taking of office of the councilmen and mayor under the mayor-council form of government, all functions and duties of every nature that would have otherwise been performed by the governing body under the previous form of government in relation to such civil service acts shall thereafter be exercised and performed by the municipal council under the mayor-council form of government except that all appointments of employees coming under the provisions of such civil service acts shall be made, subject to such civil service acts, by the mayor, but all appointments made prior to the change to the mayor-council form shall remain in full force and effect.
MS Code § 21-8-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-35. Rights and liabilities of municipality unaffected by reorganization; police court and public schools unaffected by reorganization

 The territorial limits of any such municipality shall remain the same as under its former organization and any litigation concerning annexation in progress at the time any municipality shall adopt the mayor-council form of government shall not be affected by such change; provided that nothing herein shall affect the rights of such municipality to expand its territorial limits as provided by law. All rights and property of every description which were vested in every such municipality under its former organization shall vest in the same under the organization contemplated by the mayor-council form of government; and no right or liability, either in favor of or against such municipality, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by such change. This chapter shall not in any manner, irrespective of other provisions hereof, affect the organization of the police court or of the public schools which shall continue to operate by and under the laws otherwise applicable. The police justice, as well as all other municipal employees, shall be appointed by the mayor.
MS Code § 21-8-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-37. Corporate name

 The corporate name of every such municipality shall be "The City, Town, Village of (name of municipality)" under which name the mayor and council shall exercise and perform all the corporate powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed on it by the members thereof.
MS Code § 21-8-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-39. Provisions as to disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen to continue unaffected

 All of the provisions of law pertaining to policemen and firemen under the "disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen" as provided in Sections 21-29-201 et seq., shall be unimpaired, and there shall be no interruption or change in the operation or administration of the disability and relief fund for firemen and policemen, and other municipal employees.
MS Code § 21-8-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-41. Applicability of general municipal law

 All of the provisions of law with reference to the government of municipalities not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any municipality operating under the mayor-council form of government as herein provided.
MS Code § 21-8-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-43. Inconsistent statutes repealed

 In the event a municipality adopts the mayor-council form of government as hereinabove set out, all statutes in conflict with the provisions of such form of government as set out in this chapter are hereby repealed.
MS Code § 21-8-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-45. Election of officers; taking of office

 Any municipality voting to adopt the mayor-council form of government after adoption of this chapter shall have an election of municipal officers within the time and in the manner provided by statute, and such officers and the form of government shall take effect and be instituted at the time of the taking of office for the newly elected officials as expressly provided by statute.
MS Code § 21-8-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-47. "Ordinance" defined for purposes of chapter

 The term "ordinance" as used in this chapter shall be deemed to include ordinances, resolutions, orders and any other official actions of the council, except those procedural actions governing the conduct of the council's meetings, appointing a clerk of council, and exercising the council's investigative functions under Section 21-8-13(4).
MS Code § 21-9-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-1. Adoption of council-manager plan by certain municipalities; applicability of Title 21

 Any city or town as defined by law, regardless of the form of government under which it is operating, may adopt the council-manager plan of government by the procedure hereinafter set forth. Wherever the word "city" is used in this chapter, it shall be construed to refer to "city or town."   All of the provisions of this title, derived from Chapter 491, Laws of 1950, with reference to the government of municipalities, not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this chapter, shall be applicable to any municipality operating under the council-manager plan of government as herein provided.
MS Code § 21-9-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-3. Initiating proceedings for adoption

 The manner of effecting the change in the government of any such city from the form of government under which it is operating to the council-manager plan of government shall be as follows:   One or more petitions, similar in form and substance, addressed to the mayor, praying that an election be held to determine whether or not such city shall abandon its existing form of government and become organized under a council-manager plan of government, signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of such city, shall be filed with the city clerk, who shall within ten (10) days thereafter check the signatures thereto with the registration books of the city and attach thereto his certificate showing the total number of qualified electors in said city, and the total number of signatures to said petitions and deliver the same to the mayor.   If, on the delivery of such petition to the mayor, it shall appear that such petition or petitions have not been signed by the required number of qualified electors of such city, the mayor shall at once certify such fact and immediately return such petition or petitions to the person or persons presenting the same, who may thereafter procure additional signers thereto and again file such petition or petitions with the city clerk, as above provided, as an original petition.   If it shall at any time appear from the certificate of the city clerk that said petition or petitions have been signed by the required number of qualified electors of said city, the mayor shall immediately refer the same to the city council or board and if it shall appear that said petition or petitions are in proper form and have been sufficiently signed by the qualified electors of such city, the council or board shall within five (5) days order and provide for the holding of a special election in such city not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days from the date of making such order, notice of which shall be given, and the same shall be held and conducted as other elections in such city. At such special election the propositions to be voted for shall be: (1) "FOR THE PRESENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT" and "FOR THE COUNCIL-MANAGER PLAN OF GOVERNMENT," and (2) "FOR COUNCILMEN ELECTED AT LARGE" and "FOR COUNCILMEN ELECTED BY WARDS," which propositions shall be printed on the official ballot at such election.
MS Code § 21-9-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-5. Results of election for change to council-manager form; effective date of change

 As soon as the returns of any election held hereunder for the adoption of the council-manager plan have been certified, and if a majority of the votes cast at such election were in favor of the council-manager form of government, the mayor of such city shall immediately certify to the secretary of state that such city, by special election, has adopted the council-manager form of government provided for herein, which certificate shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose by the secretary of state. Such form of government shall then become effective on the third Tuesday after said adoption.   In case it shall appear by said election returns that a majority of the votes cast at such election were in favor of the existing form of government, then the mayor and councilmen or aldermen shall dismiss the petition, in which case no similar petition or ordinance shall be filed for a period of two years from the date of such order dismissing the petition, but nothing short of such election shall preclude the filing of such petition and the holding of another election at any time.
MS Code § 21-9-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-7. Transition to council-manager plan

 All elected officials of the city holding office at the time the council-manager plan is adopted hereunder shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms of office. The mayor and councilmen or aldermen of the city, prior to the time of the effective date for the installation of the council-manager plan, shall have power to provide by ordinance for any details of the orderly transition from the prior form of government to the council-manager plan, not otherwise specified by law.
MS Code § 21-9-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-9. Procedure for repeal of council-manager plan

 Any city which has adopted the council-manager plan, as herein provided, and which shall have operated under the council-manager plan for a period of three years, may discontinue the council-manager plan of government by a vote of the electors thereof initiated by a petition of twenty per centum of the qualified electors of said city, and the same procedure set forth in Section 21-9-3, shall be followed in determining whether such plan shall be discontinued. The propositions to be then voted on shall be: "For the council-manager form of government" and "Against the council-manager form of government."
MS Code § 21-9-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-11. Conduct of elections

 All elections held either for the adoption of the council-manager plan of government or for its discontinuance or repeal, shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general laws for the holding of municipal elections.
MS Code § 21-9-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-13. Transition from council-manager plan

 In case the council-manager plan of government is discontinued or repealed by a majority vote of the qualified electors of such city, voting in an election for that purpose, as provided in Section 21-9-9, the next municipal election thereafter shall be conducted for such officials as are provided by law for such city under and according to that form of government under which it operated prior to the time that it adopted the council-manager plan of government. The elected officials then holding office under the council-manager plan shall continue in office until their duly elected successors under said form of government under which the municipality operated prior to the adoption of the council-manager plan shall take office. On the date on which such newly elected officials shall take office, as provided by law, the employment of such manager as shall have theretofore been employed by the council under the council-manager plan shall terminate, and all offices created under the provisions of this chapter shall terminate. Thereafter the municipality shall be governed by the general law applicable according to the form of government under which it had operated prior to adoption of the council-manager plan. The council or board shall have power by ordinance not inconsistent herewith to provide for the orderly transition from the one form of government to the other, in the same manner as is provided in Section 21-9-7. A city which has adopted the council-manager plan and subsequently discontinues it, as herein provided, may readopt it by following the same procedure as that herein set forth for its original adoption, and it may likewise thereafter so discontinue the same.
MS Code § 21-9-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-17. Primary election for candidates for mayor and councilmen

 Except as otherwise provided, all candidates for mayor and councilmen, or any of them, to be voted for at any general or special municipal election, shall be nominated by party primary election, and no other name or names shall be placed on the official ballot at such general or special election than those selected in the manner prescribed herein. Such primary election or elections, shall be held not less than ten, nor more than thirty days, preceding the general or special election, and such primary election or elections shall be held and conducted in the manner as near as may be as is provided by law for state and county primary elections.
MS Code § 21-9-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-19. Conduct of municipal council election; declaring results

 At all elections held to choose a mayor and councilmen, or any of them, the choice of the person or persons voting shall be indicated and the ballots shall be marked in like manner as is provided by law for general state and county elections.   The poll managers at all special and general elections for mayor and councilmen, or any of them, shall immediately, upon the closing of the polls, count the ballots and ascertain the number of votes cast in each voting precinct for each of the candidates and make return thereof to the municipal election commissioners. On the day following any special or general election, the municipal election commissioners shall canvass the returns so received from all the voting precincts, and shall within six (6) business days after such special or general election, deliver to each person receiving the highest number of votes a certificate of election. If it shall appear by the returns that any two (2) candidates for mayor or councilmen, have received an equal number of votes, the election shall be decided by a toss of a coin or by lot, fairly and publicly drawn under the direction of the election commissioners, with the aid of a friend of each such candidates, and a certificate of election shall be given accordingly.   The election commissioners shall, within ten (10) business days after any special or general election, certify to the Secretary of State the name or names of the person or persons elected at such special or general election, and the Secretary of State shall, immediately upon receiving such certificates, deliver the same to the Governor, who shall immediately issue commissions to the persons mentioned in certificate.
MS Code § 21-9-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-21. Appointment of officials and employees of city other than councilmen and mayor; surety bond

 In a city in which the council-manager plan of government is in effect under the provisions of this chapter, no city official or employee shall be elected by the voters except members of the council and the mayor. All other officials and employees shall be appointed as hereinafter provided.   The city council shall require all officers and employees handling or having the custody of any of the public funds of such municipality to give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in an amount to be determined by the council (which shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)), the premium on which bonds shall be paid by the city.
MS Code § 21-9-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-23. Transfer of administrative functions to city manager

 Members of the city council shall have no administrative powers or duties. All such powers or duties vested in members of the governing body of the city before adoption of the council-manager plan of government shall be transferred to the city manager or his subordinates.
MS Code § 21-9-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-25. City manager; choosing thereof

 The first city council elected under the provisions of this chapter shall at its first meeting employ by majority vote of all its members a city manager who shall be the chief administrative officer of the city. The manager shall receive such compensation as the council shall determine, and shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her experience and administrative qualifications. The manager shall not engage in any other business or profession that conflicts with the duties of the office of city manager so long as such person holds the office of city manager. Before the city manager engages in any other business or profession, the manager shall give notice of such business or profession to the city council. No person elected to the city council shall be eligible for the office of city manager during the term for which the person was elected.   If the office of city manager becomes vacant, the city council shall appoint without delay a new manager or an acting manager to fill the office until a new manager is designated.   In case of the absence or disability of the city manager, the city council may appoint a qualified person to perform the duties of the city manager temporarily.
MS Code § 21-9-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-27. City manager; term of office; removal

 The city manager shall hold office for such period (not to exceed four years for any one specified period) as may be provided by ordinance, and shall be eligible for reemployment, successively or otherwise. The manager may be removed at any time by a vote of a majority of all the members of the council. However, he shall not be so removed until the reasons for his proposed removal have been furnished him in writing, and until he has received a public hearing thereon before the council, if he so requests. Pending and during such hearing the council may suspend him from office.
MS Code § 21-9-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-29. Duties of city manager

 The city manager shall, subject to law:   be responsible to the council for the entire administration of the city government;   prepare and recommend to the council an annual budget;   administer and secure the enforcement of all laws and ordinances of the city;   appoint and remove all department heads and other employees of the city, except that notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the council shall appoint the city attorney, the auditor, and the police justice, if any, and the council may, in its discretion, appoint the city clerk and treasurer;   supervise and control all department heads and other employees and their subordinates;   negotiate contracts and make all purchases for the city, subject to existing laws and subject to the approval of the council;   see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the city or its inhabitants in any statute or municipal ordinance regarding public utility franchises or other contracts are faithfully kept and performed, and upon knowledge of any violation thereof call the same to the attention of the council;   make such recommendations to the council as he may deem expedient or necessary;   make reports or recommendations to the council upon request, and at least once a year present a written report of his work and the financial condition of the city for the information of the council and of the public;   perform such other duties as may be required by ordinance or resolution of the city council.
MS Code § 21-9-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-31. Control of manager and his subordinates by council

 Neither the mayor nor any of the members of the council or committees of the council shall direct or dictate the appointment of any person to or his removal from office by the manager or any of his subordinates. Except for the purposes of inquiring or receiving information or advice, the mayor and council and the several members thereof shall deal with the administrative services solely through the manager and neither the mayor nor any member of the council shall give orders to any subordinate of the city. The city council shall have the power to investigate any part of the city government and for that purpose to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
MS Code § 21-9-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Council-Manager Plan of Government|§ 21-9-33. Attendance of manager and other officials at council meetings

 The manager and such other officers as the council shall determine shall meet regularly with the city council and have full privileges of discussion but no vote.