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AK Stat § 29.20.310 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 4. Boards and Commissions.|Sec. 29.20.310. Utility boards.

(a) The governing body of a municipality operating a public utility may provide by ordinance for a utility board of five members and define the board's powers and duties. (b) As determined by ordinance, members of a utility board are either appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the governing body or are elected at a regular election. The term of a utility board member is two years and until a successor is selected and qualifies. However, the governing body may by ordinance provide for a different term not to exceed four years. The current term of an elected incumbent may not be altered. (c) Vacancies on a utility board are filled by the mayor. Executive appointments shall be confirmed by the governing body. A person appointed to fill a vacancy on a utility board serves until the expiration of the term for which appointed and until a successor is elected and qualifies. (d) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, a utility board shall (1) choose its chairman and secretary; (2) appoint the manager of the public utility for a term not longer than five years and set the manager's salary; (3) formulate and enforce the general rules and policies of the utility.
AK Stat § 29.20.320 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 4. Boards and Commissions.|Sec. 29.20.320. Other boards and commissions.

(a) The governing body may by ordinance establish advisory, administrative, technical, or quasi-judicial boards and commissions. (b) Members of boards and commissions, except for members of the board of adjustment and assembly members serving on the board of equalization, are appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the governing body.
AK Stat § 29.20.360 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 5. Other Officials and Employees.|Sec. 29.20.360. Appointment of officials.

Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the municipal clerk, attorney, treasurer, and police chief are appointed by the chief administrator. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, an official described in this section serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority and, if appointed by the chief administrator, must be confirmed by the governing body.
AK Stat § 29.20.370 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 5. Other Officials and Employees.|Sec. 29.20.370. Municipal attorney.

The municipal attorney is the legal advisor of the governing body, the school board, and the other officials of the municipality. The municipal attorney represents the municipality as attorney in civil and criminal proceedings. The school board may hire independent counsel when in its judgment independent counsel is needed.
AK Stat § 29.20.380 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 5. Other Officials and Employees.|Sec. 29.20.380. Municipal clerk.

(a) The municipal clerk shall (1) attend meetings of the governing body and its boards and committees as required and keep the journal; (2) have custody of the official municipal seal; (3) assure that notice and other requirements for public meetings are complied with and assure that public records are available for public inspection as required by law; (4) manage municipal records and develop retention schedules and procedures for inventory, storage, and destruction of records as necessary; (5) maintain an indexed file of all permanent municipal records, provide for codification of ordinances, and authenticate or certify records as necessary; (6) prepare agendas and agenda packets as required by the governing body; (7) administer all municipal elections; (8) assure that the municipality complies with 42 U.S.C. 1971-1974 (Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended); (9) take oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgements as necessary; (10) act as the parliamentary advisor to the governing body; (11) perform other duties required by law, the governing body, or the chief administrator. (b) The governing body may combine the office of clerk with that of treasurer. If the offices are combined, the clerk-treasurer shall, as required of the treasurer, give bond to the municipality for the faithful performance of the duties as clerk-treasurer. (c) The municipal clerk may act as an absentee voting official under AS 15.20.045(c) for the limited purpose of distributing absentee ballots to qualified voters or qualified voters' representatives under AS 15.20.072 in a municipality in which the division of elections will not be operating an absentee voting station.
AK Stat § 29.20.390 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 5. Other Officials and Employees.|Sec. 29.20.390. Municipal treasurer.

(a) Except as provided in AS 14.14.060, the treasurer is the custodian of all municipal funds. The treasurer shall keep an itemized account of money received and disbursed. The treasurer shall pay money on vouchers drawn against appropriations. (b) The treasurer shall give bond to the municipality in a sum that the governing body directs.
AK Stat § 29.20.400 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 5. Other Officials and Employees.|Sec. 29.20.400. Departments.

(a) The governing body may establish municipal departments and distribute functions among them. (b) Each municipal department is administered by a department head. With the consent of the governing body, the mayor may serve as head of one or more departments or a single administrator may serve as head of two or more departments.
AK Stat § 29.20.410 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 5. Other Officials and Employees.|Sec. 29.20.410. Personnel system.

(a) Except as provided by (b) of this section, appointments and promotions of municipal employees are made on the basis of merit. The governing body may provide for a personnel system and classified service. (b) By ordinance the governing body may designate confidential or managerial positions that are wholly or partially exempt from the classified service. A wholly or partially exempt position is filled by a person who serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority and whose term of employment is determined by the appointing authority.
AK Stat § 29.20.460 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 6. Manager Plan.|Sec. 29.20.460. Manager plan.

(a) A municipality may adopt a manager plan of government. Adoption of a manager plan may be initiated either by petition or by motion adopted by the governing body. (b) A petition for the adoption of a manager plan shall meet the requirements of AS 29.26.110 - 29.26.160 except, instead of containing an ordinance or resolution, the application submitted under AS 29.26.110(a) must contain the question of whether a manager plan for the municipality should be adopted and material required under AS 29.26.120(a)(1) and (2) shall be replaced with the same question. (c) If the clerk certifies under AS 29.26.140 that a petition is sufficient, the petition shall be submitted to the governing body.
AK Stat § 29.20.470 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 6. Manager Plan.|Sec. 29.20.470. Election on adoption of manager plan.

The governing body shall provide by ordinance or resolution for a vote on the question of adopting a manager plan at the next election when it (1) receives a petition to submit the question to the voters that has been certified as sufficient by the clerk; or (2) adopts a motion to submit the question to the voters.
AK Stat § 29.20.480 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 6. Manager Plan.|Sec. 29.20.480. Adoption of manager plan.

(a) If a manager plan is approved, the governing body shall, within 60 days, adopt the plan by ordinance or resolution. (b) The governing body shall notify the department of the adoption of a manager plan.
AK Stat § 29.20.490 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 6. Manager Plan.|Sec. 29.20.490. Appointment of manager.

(a) The governing body shall appoint a manager by a majority vote of its membership. A manager is chosen on the basis of administrative qualifications and receives the compensation set by the governing body. A member of the governing body may not be appointed manager of the municipality sooner than one year after leaving office, except by a vote of three-fourths of the authorized membership of the governing body. (b) Subject to the contract of employment, the manager holds office at the pleasure of the governing body.
AK Stat § 29.20.500 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 6. Manager Plan.|Sec. 29.20.500. Powers and duties of a manager.

The manager may hire necessary administrative assistants and may authorize an administrative official to appoint, suspend, or remove subordinates. As chief administrator the manager shall (1) appoint, suspend, or remove municipal employees and administrative officials, except as provided otherwise in this title and AS 14.14.065; (2) supervise the enforcement of municipal law and carry out the directives of the governing body; (3) prepare and submit an annual budget and capital improvement program for consideration by the governing body, and execute the budget and capital improvement program adopted; (4) make monthly financial reports and other reports on municipal finances and operations as required by the governing body; (5) exercise custody over all real and personal property of the municipality, except property of the school district; (6) perform other duties required by law or by the governing body; and (7) serve as personnel officer, unless the governing body authorizes the manager to appoint a personnel officer.
AK Stat § 29.20.510 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 6. Manager Plan.|Sec. 29.20.510. Intergovernmental appointment of manager.

A borough adopting a manager plan may, on agreement with a city in the borough, provide that the manager of the city serve also as borough manager. A city adopting a manager plan may, on agreement with the borough in which it is located, provide that the manager of the borough serve also as city manager. Appointment and service of the manager shall be as provided in AS 29.20.490 - 29.20.500. Nothing in this section affects the authority of the governing body to provide for other dual officeholding if the dual offices held are compatible, or otherwise to appoint officials and employees in accordance with law.
AK Stat § 29.20.520 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 6. Manager Plan.|Sec. 29.20.520. Repeal of manager plan.

A municipality may repeal a manager plan by following the procedures under AS 29.20.460 - 29.20.480 for adoption of a manager plan, except the question shall be whether the manager plan should be repealed. Within 60 days after certification of the election approving repeal of a manager plan, the governing body shall enact provisions for the reorganization of the municipal executive and administrative functions.
AK Stat § 29.20.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.20.600. Oaths of office.

Before taking office a municipal official shall affirm in writing that the duties of the office will be honestly, faithfully, and impartially performed by the official. The oath is filed with the municipal clerk.
AK Stat § 29.20.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.20.610. Bonding.

The manager and the other municipal officials or employees that the governing body may designate shall give bond in the amount and with the surety prescribed by the governing body. Premiums on bonds are paid by the municipality.
AK Stat § 29.20.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.20.620. Compensation for elected officials.

The governing body shall by ordinance provide a method of determining the salaries of elected officials. The salary of the mayor may not be reduced during the term of office of the mayor, unless during the term a manager plan is adopted. An elected official may not receive compensation for service to the municipality in addition to the salary received as an elected official, unless otherwise provided by ordinance. Per diem payments or reimbursements for expenses are not compensation under this section.
AK Stat § 29.20.630 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.20.630. Prohibited discrimination.

(a) A person may not be appointed to or removed from municipal office or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to a municipal position or municipal employment because of the person's race, color, sex, creed, national origin or, unless otherwise contrary to law, because of the person's political opinions or affiliations. (b) Subject to AS 14.14.140, a state employee or school district employee may not be denied the right to serve as an elected municipal official because of employment by the state or a school district. For purposes of this subsection, a school district employee is not a municipal employee. (c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.20.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 20. Municipal Officers and Employees|Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.20.640. Reports.

(a) A municipality shall file with the department (1) maps and descriptions of all annexed or detached territory; (2) a copy of the annual audit, or, for a second class city, an audit or statement of annual income and expenditures; (3) tax assessment and tax levy figures as requested; (4) a copy of the current annual budget of the municipality; (5) a summary of the optional property tax exemptions authorized together with the estimate of the revenues lost to the municipality by operation of each of the exemptions. (b) Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt of community assistance under AS 29.60.850 - 29.60.879. If a municipality does not comply with this section, the department shall withhold the allocations until the required reports are filed. (c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.26.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 1. Regular and Special Elections.|Sec. 29.26.010. Administration.

(a) The governing body shall prescribe the rules for conducting an election. (b) For an election in which voters cast ballots at polling places in their precincts, the governing body shall appoint an election board composed of at least three judges for each precinct. If the governing body appoints an election board, a judge shall be a voter of the precinct for which appointed unless no voter is willing to serve.
AK Stat § 29.26.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 1. Regular and Special Elections.|Sec. 29.26.020. Nominations.

(a) Subject to other provisions of this title, the governing body shall provide by ordinance for nominations of elected officials by providing for declaration of candidacy or for petition requiring the signatures of not more than 10 voters, or for both. (b) A person may be nominated for and occupy more than one office, but may not serve simultaneously as borough mayor and as a member of the assembly or, in a first class city, as city mayor and as a member of the council.
AK Stat § 29.26.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 1. Regular and Special Elections.|Sec. 29.26.030. Notice of elections.

(a) Subject to other provisions of this title, a municipality shall give at least 20 days notice of an election. (b) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.26.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 1. Regular and Special Elections.|Sec. 29.26.040. Date of regular election.

The date of a regular election is the first Tuesday of October annually, unless a different date or interval of years is provided by ordinance.
AK Stat § 29.26.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 1. Regular and Special Elections.|Sec. 29.26.050. Voter qualification.

(a) A person may vote in a municipal election only if the person (1) is qualified to vote in state elections under AS 15.05.010; (2) has been a resident of the municipality for 30 days immediately preceding the election; (3) is registered to vote in state elections at a residence address within a municipality at least 30 days before the municipal election at which the person seeks to vote; and (4) is not disqualified under art. V of the state constitution. (b) Voter registration by the municipality may not be required. However, in order to vote for a candidate or on a ballot measure relating to a specific local election district or service area, a municipality may by ordinance require that a person be registered to vote in state elections at least 30 days before the municipal election at an address within the boundaries of that local election district or service area. The municipality has the responsibility to determine if a voter meets the requirements of the ordinance and this section. (c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.26.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 1. Regular and Special Elections.|Sec. 29.26.060. Runoff elections.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, a runoff election shall be held if no candidate receives over 40 percent of the votes cast for the office of (1) mayor; or (2) member of the governing body or school board if candidates run for a designated seat. (b) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, if candidates for the governing body or school board run at large, a runoff election for a seat shall be held if no candidate receives a number of votes greater than 40 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates divided by the number of seats to be filled. (c) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, a runoff election shall be held within three weeks after the date of certification of the election for which a runoff is required, and notice of the runoff election shall be published at least five days before the election date. The runoff election shall be between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for the seat.
AK Stat § 29.26.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 1. Regular and Special Elections.|Sec. 29.26.070. Election contest and appeal.

(a) The governing body may provide by ordinance the time and procedure for the contest of an election. (b) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, an election may be contested only by a voter by filing a written affidavit with the municipal clerk specifying with particularity the grounds for the contest. An election may be contested before or during the first canvass of ballots by the governing body. (c) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the governing body shall declare the election results at the first meeting to canvass the election, record the results in the minutes of that meeting, and authorize the results to be certified. (d) A contestant shall pay all costs and expenses incurred in a recount of an election demanded by the contestant if the recount fails to reverse a result of the election, or the difference between the winning and losing vote on the result contested is more than two percent. (e) A person may not appeal or seek judicial review of an election for any cause unless the person is a voter, has exhausted all administrative remedies before the governing body, and has commenced, within 10 days after the governing body has declared the election results, an action in the superior court in the judicial district in which the municipality is located. If court action is not commenced within the 10-day period, the election and election results are conclusive and valid.
AK Stat § 29.26.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 2. Initiative and Referendum.|Sec. 29.26.100. Reservation of powers.

The powers of initiative and referendum are reserved to the residents of municipalities, except the powers do not extend to matters restricted by art. XI, § 7 of the state constitution.
AK Stat § 29.26.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 26. Elections|Article 2. Initiative and Referendum.|Sec. 29.26.110. Application for petition.

(a) An initiative or referendum is proposed by filing an application with the municipal clerk containing the ordinance or resolution to be initiated or the ordinance or resolution to be referred and the name and address of a contact person and an alternate to whom all correspondence relating to the petition may be sent. An application shall be signed by at least 10 voters who will sponsor the petition. An additional sponsor may be added at any time before the petition is filed by submitting the name of the sponsor to the clerk. Within two weeks the clerk shall certify the application if the clerk finds that it is in proper form and, for an initiative petition, that the matter (1) is not restricted by AS 29.26.100;  (2) includes only a single subject; (3) relates to a legislative rather than to an administrative matter; and (4) would be enforceable as a matter of law. (b) A decision by the clerk on an application for petition is subject to judicial review.