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NE Code § 19-615 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-615 - City council; meetings; quorum.

19-615.  City council; meetings; quorum.At the first regular meeting in December following the general election in every even-numbered year, the city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall meet in the usual place for holding meetings and the newly elected city council members shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the city council shall meet at such time and place as it may prescribe by ordinance, but not less frequently than twice each month in cities of the first class. The mayor, any two city council members, or the city manager may call special meetings of the city council upon at least six hours' written notice. The meetings of the city council and sessions of committees of the city council shall be public. A majority of the city council members shall constitute a quorum, but a majority vote of all the city council members elected shall be required to pass any measure or elect to any office.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 16, p. 501;   C.S.1922, § 4553;   C.S.1929, § 19-616;   R.S.1943, § 19-615;   Laws 1972, LB 661, § 8;   Laws 1974, LB 609, § 1;   Laws 1977, LB 203, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 57;  Laws 2001, LB 484, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 46.  Annotations To be valid, a resolution recommending issuance or refusal of liquor license must be adopted by a majority of all elected members of city council. Hadlock v. Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, 193 Neb. 721, 228 N.W.2d 887 (1975).
NE Code § 19-616 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-616 - Appointive or elected official; compensation; no change during term of office.

19-616.  Appointive or elected official; compensation; no change during term of office.The annual compensation of the mayor and city council members in cities under the city manager plan of government shall be payable quarterly in equal installments and shall be fixed by the city council. The salary of any appointive or elective officer shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which such officer was elected or appointed, except that when there are officers elected or appointed to the city council or a board or commission having more than one member and the terms of one or more members commence and end at different times, the compensation of all members of such city council, board, or commission may be increased or diminished at the beginning of the full term of any member thereof. No person who has resigned or vacated any office shall be eligible to be elected or appointed to such office during the time for which he or she was elected or appointed when, during the same time, the salary has been increased. For each absence from regular meetings of the city council, unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of all members of the city council, there shall be deducted a sum equal to two percent of such annual salary.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 17, p. 501;   C.S.1922, § 4554;   C.S.1929, § 19-617;   R.S.1943, § 19-616;   Laws 1969, c. 113, § 1, p. 515;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 58;  Laws 2002, LB 1054, § 2;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 47.  Cross References  Vacancies, how filled, see sections 19-3101 and 32-560 to 32-574.
NE Code § 19-617 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-617 - City council; organization, when; president; powers.

19-617.  City council; organization, when; president; powers.At the first regular meeting in December following the general election in every even-numbered year, the city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall elect one of its members as president, who shall be ex officio mayor, and another as vice president, who shall serve in the absence of the president. In the absence of the president and the vice president, the city council may elect a temporary chairperson. The president shall preside over the city council and have a voice and vote in its proceedings but no veto. The president shall be recognized as the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes, by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process, and by the Governor for military purposes. In addition, the president shall exercise such other powers and perform such duties, not inconsistent with the City Manager Plan of Government Act, as are conferred upon the mayor of the city.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 18, p. 502;   C.S.1922, § 4555;   C.S.1929, § 19-618;   R.S.1943, § 19-617;   Laws 1972, LB 661, § 9;   Laws 1977, LB 203, § 2;   Laws 1978, LB 591, § 1;  Laws 2001, LB 484, § 4;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 48.
NE Code § 19-618 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-618 - City council; city manager; appointment; investigatory powers of city council.

19-618.  City council; city manager; appointment; investigatory powers of city council.The city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall choose a city manager, a city clerk, and, where required, a civil service commission, but no member of the city council shall be chosen as manager or as a member of the civil service commission. Neither the city council nor any of its committees or members shall dictate the appointment of any person to office or employment by the city manager or in any manner seek to prevent him or her from exercising his or her own judgment in the appointment of officers and employees in the administrative service. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the city council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager, and neither the city council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. The city council, or a committee thereof, may investigate the affairs of any department or the official acts and conduct of any city officer. The city council shall have power to administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers and may punish for contempt any person failing to obey its subpoena or refusing to testify. No person shall be excused from testifying, but his or her testimony shall not be used against him or her in any criminal proceeding other than for perjury.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 19, p. 502;   C.S.1922, § 4556;   C.S.1929, § 19-619;   R.S.1943, § 19-618;   Laws 1985, LB 372, § 2;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 49.
NE Code § 19-619 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-619 - Appropriations and expenses; revision; power of first city council.

19-619.  Appropriations and expenses; revision; power of first city council.If, at the beginning of the term of office of the first city council elected under the city manager plan of government, the appropriations or distribution of the expenditures of the city government for the current fiscal year have been made, the city council shall have power, by ordinance, to repeal or revise such distribution, or to make additional appropriations within the limit of the total taxes levied for the year.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 20, p. 503;   C.S.1922, § 4557;   C.S.1929, § 19-620;   R.S.1943, § 19-619;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 50.
NE Code § 19-620 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-620 - City council; departments and offices; control.

19-620.  City council; departments and offices; control.The city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall have authority, subject to the City Manager Plan of Government Act, to create and discontinue departments, offices, and employments, and by ordinance or resolution to prescribe, limit, or change the compensation of such officers and employees. Nothing in this section shall be construed as to interfere with or to affect the office or powers of any officer named in the Constitution of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 21, p. 503;   C.S.1922, § 4558;   C.S.1929, § 19-621;   R.S.1943, § 19-620;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 51.
NE Code § 19-645 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-645 - City manager; how chosen; qualifications; salary.

19-645.  City manager; how chosen; qualifications; salary.The chief executive officer of a city under the city manager plan of government shall be a city manager, who shall be responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the city. He or she shall be chosen by the city council for an indefinite period, solely on the basis of administrative qualifications, and need not be a resident of the city or state when appointed. He or she shall hold office at the pleasure of the city council and receive such salary as the city council shall fix by ordinance. During the absence or disability of the city manager, the city council shall designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties of the city manager.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 46, p. 510;   C.S.1922, § 4583;   C.S.1929, § 19-646;   R.S.1943, § 19-645;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 52.
NE Code § 19-646 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-646 - City manager; powers; duties.

19-646.  City manager; powers; duties.The powers and duties of the city manager shall be (1) to see that the laws and ordinances of the city are enforced, (2) to appoint and remove all heads of city departments and all subordinate officers and employees in such departments in both the classified and unclassified service, which appointments shall be upon merit and fitness alone, and in the classified service all appointments and removals shall be subject to the civil service provisions of the Civil Service Act, (3) to exercise control over all city departments and divisions thereof that may be created by the city council, (4) to attend all meetings of the city council with the right to take part in the discussion but not to vote, (5) to recommend to the city council for adoption such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient, (6) to prepare the annual city budget and keep the city council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the city, and (7) to perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by the City Manager Plan of Government Act or by ordinance or resolution of the city council.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 47, p. 511;   C.S.1922, § 4584;   C.S.1929, § 19-647;   R.S.1943, § 19-646;   Laws 1985, LB 372, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 53.  Cross References  Civil Service Act, see section 19-1825.Annotations This section vests city managers with authority to make employment decisions subject to the civil service provisions of the Civil Service Act. Busch v. Civil Service Commission, 21 Neb. App. 789, 844 N.W.2d 324 (2014).
NE Code § 19-647 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-647 - City manager; investigatory powers.

19-647.  City manager; investigatory powers.The city manager may investigate at any time the affairs of any city department or the conduct of any officer or employee of the city. The city manager, or any person or persons appointed by him or her for such purpose, shall have the same power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers and other evidence, and to punish for contempt, granted to the city council pursuant to section 19-618.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 48, p. 511;   C.S.1922, § 4585;   C.S.1929, § 19-648;   R.S.1943, § 19-647;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 54.
NE Code § 19-648 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-648 - City manager; bond; premium; payment.

19-648.  City manager; bond; premium; payment.Before taking office the city manager shall file with the city clerk a surety company bond, conditioned upon the honest and faithful performance of his or her duties, in such sum as shall be fixed by the city council. The premium of such bond shall be paid by the city.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 49, p. 511;   C.S.1922, § 4586;   C.S.1929, § 19-649;   R.S.1943, § 19-648;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 55.
NE Code § 19-662 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-662 - City manager plan; abandoning; petition; filing; election.

19-662.  City manager plan; abandoning; petition; filing; election.Whenever electors of any city under the city manager plan of government, equal in number to thirty percent of those who voted at the last regular city election, shall file a petition with the city clerk, asking that the question of abandoning the city manager plan of government be submitted to the electors thereof, the city clerk shall within one week certify that fact to the city council, and the city council shall, within thirty days, adopt a resolution to provide for submitting such question at the next regular municipal election after adoption of the resolution. When such a petition is filed with the city clerk within a seventy-day period prior to a regular municipal election, the resolution adopted by the city council shall provide for the submission of such question at the second regular municipal election thereafter as provided by law.Source   Laws 1974, LB 897, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 56.
NE Code § 19-703 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-703 - Court of condemnation; powers and duties; vacancy, how filled.

19-703.  Court of condemnation; powers and duties; vacancy, how filled.Any court of condemnation appointed pursuant to section 19-702 shall have full power to summon and swear witnesses, take evidence, order the taking of depositions, and require the production of any and all books and papers deemed necessary for a full investigation and ascertainment of the value of any works, plant, or system to be acquired pursuant to section 19-701. When any part of the public utilities appropriated under sections 19-701 to 19-707 extends beyond the territory within which the city or village exercising the right of eminent domain has a right to operate such utilities, the court of condemnation, in determining the damages caused by the appropriation thereof, shall take into consideration the fact that such portion of the utility beyond such territory is being detached and not appropriated by the city or village, and the court of condemnation shall award damages by reason of such detachment and the destruction in value and usefulness of the detached and unappropriated property as it will remain and be left after the detachment and appropriation. Such court of condemnation may appoint a reporter of its proceedings who shall report and preserve all evidence introduced before it. Such court of condemnation shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of commissioners in the condemnation and ascertainment of the value and in making of an award of all property of any such works, plant, or system. The clerk of the district court, in the county where such city or village is located, shall attend upon such court of condemnation and perform such duties, as the clerk thereof, as such court of condemnation may direct. The sheriff of any such county or any of his or her deputies shall attend upon such court of condemnation and shall have power to serve summons, subpoenas, and all other orders or papers ordered to be served by such court of condemnation. In case of vacancy in such court of condemnation, such vacancy shall be filled by the Supreme Court if the vacancy occurs while the court is in session, and if it occurs while the court is not in session, then by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.Source   Laws 1919, c. 188, § 3, p. 424;   C.S.1922, § 4602;   C.S.1929, § 19-703;   Laws 1941, c. 26, § 3, p. 124;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-710;   R.S.1943, § 19-703;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 59.  Annotations Condemnation court's authority is limited to fixing the value of the property. Village of Walthill v. Iowa Electric L. & P. Co., 228 F.2d 647 (8th Cir. 1956).
NE Code § 19-704 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-704 - Court of condemnation; award; appeal; procedure; effect of appeal.

19-704.  Court of condemnation; award; appeal; procedure; effect of appeal.Upon the determination and filing of a finding of the value of any plant, works, or system by a court of condemnation pursuant to sections 19-702 and 19-703, the city or village shall then have the right and power by ordinance duly passed by the city council or village board of trustees to elect to abandon such condemnation proceedings. If such city or village does not elect to abandon such proceedings within ninety days after the finding and filing of value, then the person or corporation owning any such plant, works, or system may appeal from the finding of value and award by the court of condemnation to the district court by filing within twenty days from the expiration of such time given the city or village to exercise its rights of abandonment, with the city clerk of such city or the village clerk of such village, a bond, to be approved by such clerk, conditioned for the payment of all costs which may be made on any such appeal, and by filing in the district court, within ninety days after such bond is filed, a transcript of the proceedings before such court of condemnation including the evidence taken before it certified by the clerk, reporter, and judges of such court. The appeal in the district court shall be tried and determined upon the pleadings, proceedings, and evidence embraced in such transcript. If such appeal is taken the city or village, upon tendering the amount of the value and award made by such court of condemnation, to the party owning any such plant, works, or system, shall, notwithstanding such appeal, have the right and power to take immediate possession of such plant, works, or system, and the city or village authorities, without vote of the people, shall have the power, if necessary, to issue and sell bonds of the city or village to provide funds to make such tender.Source   Laws 1919, c. 188, § 4, p. 425;   C.S.1922, § 4603;   C.S.1929, § 19-704;   Laws 1941, c. 26, § 4, p. 125;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-711;   R.S.1943, § 19-704;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 60.  Annotations  General obligation bonds were issued by city to tender amount of award. Talbott v. City of Lyons, 171 Neb. 186, 105 N.W.2d 918 (1960). Bonds purporting to pledge revenue and earnings of electric light and power plant cannot be issued without vote of people. May v. City of Kearney, 145 Neb. 475, 17 N.W.2d 448 (1945). Municipality is given ninety days after determination of value to abandon proceedings. Village of Walthill v. Iowa Electric L. & P. Co., 228 F.2d 647 (8th Cir. 1956). Provision is made for making up and preservation of record of the hearing before court of condemnation. Kansas-Nebraska Nat. Gas Co. v. Village of Deshler, 192 F.Supp. 303 (D. Neb. 1960).
NE Code § 19-705 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-705 - Court of condemnation; appeal; judgment; bonds.

19-705.  Court of condemnation; appeal; judgment; bonds.Upon the hearing of an appeal in the district court pursuant to section 19-704, judgment shall be pronounced, as in ordinary cases, for the value of such works, plant, or system. The city, village, party, or corporation owning such plant, works, or system may appeal to the Court of Appeals. Upon a final judgment being pronounced as to the value of such plant, works, or system, the city council of such city or village board of trustees of such village shall issue and sell bonds of the city or village to pay the amount of such value and judgment without a vote of the people.Source   Laws 1919, c. 188, § 5, p. 426;   C.S.1922, § 4604;   C.S.1929, § 19-705;   Laws 1941, c. 26, § 5, p. 125;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-712;   R.S.1943, § 19-705;   Laws 1991, LB 732, § 22;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 61.
NE Code § 19-706 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-706 - Court of condemnation; members; compensation; costs; witness fees.

19-706.  Court of condemnation; members; compensation; costs; witness fees.The district judges constituting the court of condemnation appointed pursuant to sections 19-702 and 19-703 shall each receive from and be paid by such city or village fifteen dollars per day for their services and their necessary traveling expenses, hotel bills, and all other necessary expenses incurred while in attendance upon the sittings of such court of condemnation, with reimbursement for expenses to be made as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177, and the city or village shall pay the reporter that may be appointed by such court such an amount as such court of condemnation shall allow him or her. The county sheriff shall serve all summons, subpoenas, or other orders or papers ordered issued or served by such court of condemnation at the same rate and compensation for which he or she serves like papers issued by the district court, but shall account for all such compensation to the county as is required by him or her under the law governing his or her duties as county sheriff. The court of condemnation shall have power to apportion the cost made before it, between the city or village and the corporation or party owning any such plant, works, or system, and the city or village shall provide for and pay all such costs or portion of costs as the court shall order, and shall also make provisions for the necessary funds and expenses to carry on the proceedings of such court of condemnation, from time to time while such proceedings are in progress, but in the event the city or village elects to abandon the condemnation proceedings pursuant to section 19-704, then the city or village shall pay all the costs made before such court of condemnation. If services of expert witnesses are secured then their fees or compensation to be taxed and paid as costs shall be only such amount as the court of condemnation shall fix, notwithstanding any contract between such experts and the party producing them to pay them more, but a contract to pay them more than the court shall allow as costs may be enforced between any such experts and the litigant or party employing them. The costs made by any such appeal or appeals shall be adjudged against the party defeated in such appeal in the same degree and manner as is done under the general court practice relating to appellate proceedings.Source   Laws 1919, c. 188, § 6, p. 426;   C.S.1922, § 4605;   C.S.1929, § 19-706;   Laws 1941, c. 26, § 6, p. 126;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-713;   R.S.1943, § 19-706;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 18;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 62.
NE Code § 19-707 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-707 - Powers; conferred on certain cities.

19-707.  Powers; conferred on certain cities.The powers vested in cities and villages under sections 19-701 to 19-707 shall be conferred upon cities of the primary class, cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and villages, whether or not such city or village is operating under a home rule charter adopted pursuant to Article XI of the Constitution of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1919, c. 188, § 7, p. 427;   C.S.1922, § 4606;   C.S.1929, § 19-707;   Laws 1941, c. 26, § 7, p. 127;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-714;   R.S.1943, § 19-707;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 63.