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NE Code § 15-316 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-316 - City clerk; duties; deputy.

15-316.  City clerk; duties; deputy.The city clerk of a city of the primary class shall have the custody of all laws and ordinances and shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the city council. After the period of time specified by the State Records Administrator pursuant to the Records Management Act, the city clerk may transfer such journal of the proceedings of the city council to the State Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society, for permanent preservation. The city clerk shall keep a correct record of all outstanding bonds against the city showing the number and amount of each, for what and to whom issued, and when purchased, paid, or canceled, and shall make an annual report showing particularly the bonds issued and sold during the year, and the terms of sale, with each item of expense thereof. The city clerk shall perform such other or further duties as may be required of him or her by ordinances of the city. The city clerk shall also make a monthly report to the city council showing the amount appropriated to each fund, and the whole amount of funds drawn thereon, which report shall be recorded in the minutes. The city clerk may, if the city council deem assistance necessary, appoint a deputy who shall give a bond in favor of the city the same as is required of the city clerk.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 30, p. 79;   R.S.1913, § 4493;   C.S.1922, § 3879;   C.S.1929, § 15-316;   R.S.1943, § 15-316;   Laws 1973, LB 224, § 3;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 93.  Cross References   Joint control of funds by principal and surety on bond, see section 11-130.  Records Management Act, see section 84-1220.
NE Code § 15-317 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-317 - Treasurer; bond or insurance; deputy; duties; continuing education; requirements.

15-317.  Treasurer; bond or insurance; deputy; duties; continuing education; requirements.(1) The city treasurer of a city of the primary class shall be required to give a bond or evidence of equivalent insurance of not less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars or he or she may be required to give a bond or evidence of equivalent insurance double the sum of money estimated by the city council to be at any time in his or her hands belonging to the city. The city treasurer shall be the custodian of all money belonging to the city and all securities belonging or to be held by the city. The city treasurer shall keep a separate account of each fund or appropriation and debits and credits belonging thereto. The city treasurer shall give every person paying money into the treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment and on what account paid, and he or she shall also file copies of receipts with his or her monthly report. The city treasurer shall monthly and as often as required render to the city council an account under oath showing the state of the treasury at that date, the amount of money remaining in each fund, the amount paid therefrom, and the balance of money in the treasury. The city treasurer shall also accompany such accounts with a statement of all receipts and disbursements, together with all warrants redeemed and paid by him or her, which warrants, together with any and all vouchers held by him or her, shall be filed in the city clerk's office, and if he or she neglects or fails for thirty days from the end of any month to enter such accounts, his or her office may by resolution of the mayor and city council be declared vacant, and the mayor with the concurrence of the city council shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next election of the city officers. The city treasurer may employ and appoint a deputy and an assistant or assistants as determined by ordinance. The city treasurer shall be liable upon his or her official bond for the acts of such appointees.(2) The city treasurer shall annually complete continuing education through a program approved by the Auditor of Public Accounts, and proof of completion of such program shall be submitted to the Auditor of Public Accounts.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 31, p. 80;   R.S.1913, § 4494;   C.S.1922, § 3880;   R.S.1943, § 15-317;   Laws 1996, LB 1007, § 1;  Laws 2007, LB347, § 7;  Laws 2020, LB781, § 2;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 94.  Cross References  Joint control of funds by principal and surety on bond, see section 11-130.
NE Code § 15-322 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-322 - City attorney; duties; deputy; assistants; appointment.

15-322.  City attorney; duties; deputy; assistants; appointment.The city attorney of a city of the primary class shall be the legal advisor of the mayor, the city council, and city officers of a city of the primary class. The city attorney shall commence, prosecute, and defend actions on behalf of the city, attend the meetings of the city council, and give opinions, orally or in writing, as required, upon any matter submitted to him or her by the mayor, the city council, or any officers of the city. The city attorney is authorized to prepare, file, and sign the proper complaint when there is sufficient evidence to warrant the belief that a person is guilty and can be convicted of a violation of a city ordinance. The city attorney shall draft or review for legal correctness ordinances, contracts, franchises, and other instruments as may be required, and the city attorney shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him or her by general law or by ordinance. The city attorney may appoint a deputy city attorney and one or more assistant city attorneys, whose duties may be prescribed by ordinance.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 32, p. 81;   R.S.1913, § 4495;   C.S.1922, § 3881;   C.S.1929, § 15-318;   R.S.1943, § 15-322;   Laws 1959, c. 43, § 1, p. 224;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 95.
NE Code § 15-326 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-326 - Chief of police; powers and duties.

15-326.  Chief of police; powers and duties.The chief of police of a city of the primary class shall have the immediate charge of the police, and he or she and his or her officers shall have the power and duty to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city in the same manner as the county sheriff and to keep such offenders in the city jail or other place to prevent their escape until a trial or examination may be had before a proper officer. The jurisdiction of the chief of police and his or her officers in the service of process, in all criminal cases, and in cases for the violation of city ordinances shall be coextensive with the county.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 40, p. 85;   R.S.1913, § 4503;   C.S.1922, § 3889;   C.S.1929, § 15-326;   R.S.1943, § 15-326;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 100;   Laws 1984, LB 13, § 4;   Laws 1988, LB 1030, § 3;   Laws 1993, LB 390, § 1;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 96.  Cross References  Ticket quota requirements, prohibited, see section 48-235.
NE Code § 15-332 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-332 - City officers; removal; power of district court; procedure.

15-332.  City officers; removal; power of district court; procedure.The power to remove from office the mayor or any city council member or other officer of a city of the primary class for good and sufficient cause is hereby conferred upon the district court for the county in which such city is situated, when not otherwise provided by law, and whenever any three city council members shall make and file with the clerk of such court the proper charges and specifications against the mayor, alleging and showing that he or she is guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance as such officer, or that he or she is incompetent or neglects any of his or her duties as mayor, or that for any other good and sufficient cause stated, he or she should be removed from office as mayor; or whenever the mayor or any three city council members shall make and file with the clerk of such court the proper charges and specifications against any city council member or other officer, alleging and showing that he or she is guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance in office or that he or she is incompetent or neglects any of his or her duties, or that from any other good and sufficient cause stated, he or she should be removed from office, the judge of such court may issue the proper order, requiring such officer to appear before him or her on a day named therein, not more than ten days after the service of such order, together with a copy of such charges and specifications, upon such officer to show cause why he or she should not be removed from his or her office. The proceedings in such case shall take precedence over all civil cases and be conducted according to the rules of such court in such cases made and provided, and such officer may be suspended from the duties of his or her office during the pendency of such proceedings by order of such court. During the time any officer is suspended, the mayor and city council, or in case the mayor is suspended, then the city council, may appoint any competent person to perform the duties of the officer so suspended, provide for his or her compensation, and require such appointee to execute a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 65, p. 93;   R.S.1913, § 4509;   C.S.1922, § 3895;   C.S.1929, § 15-332;   R.S.1943, § 15-332;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 97.
NE Code § 15-401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-401 - City council; meetings; quorum; vote required to transact business.

15-401.  City council; meetings; quorum; vote required to transact business.Regular meetings of the city council of a city of the primary class shall be held at least once each week on such days and at such times as the city council may prescribe in its rules, and special meetings shall be held whenever called by the mayor or any four members of the city council. The city council may choose not to meet during any week in which a federal or state holiday occurs. Four members of the city council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, and four affirmative votes shall be required to pass any measure or to transact any business unless it is otherwise provided by any home rule charter of a city of the primary class.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 20, p. 77;   R.S.1913, § 4510;   C.S.1922, § 3896;   C.S.1929, § 15-401;   R.S.1943, § 15-401;   Laws 1963, c. 56, § 2, p. 236;  Laws 2002, LB 932, § 1;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 98.
NE Code § 15-402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-402 - Ordinances, passage; publication; proof.

15-402.  Ordinances, passage; publication; proof.Ordinances of a city of the primary class shall be passed pursuant to such rules and regulations as the city council may provide and may be proved by the certificate of the city clerk under seal of the city. The passage, approval, publication, or posting of ordinances shall be sufficiently proved by certificate of the city clerk under seal of the city showing when passed and approved, when and in what legal newspaper published, or when, by whom, and where the ordinance was posted. Ordinances printed or published in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, purporting to be published under authority of the city, shall be received in evidence in all courts without further proof. All such ordinances need not be otherwise published and shall be received in court as evidence of the passage, approval, and publication thereof, as required by law, and of the respective dates thereof.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 127, p. 125;   R.S.1913, § 4511;   C.S.1922, § 3897;   C.S.1929, § 15-402;   R.S.1943, § 15-402;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 99.  Annotations Courts will not enjoin passage of unauthorized ordinance. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. City of Lincoln, 85 Neb. 733, 124 N.W. 142 (1910).
NE Code § 15-403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-403 - Ordinances; form; publication; when operative.

15-403.  Ordinances; form; publication; when operative.The style of ordinances of a city of the primary class shall be: Be it ordained by the city council of the city of ........ . All ordinances shall be published within fifteen days after passage thereof, such publication to be sufficient if published in one issue of a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city, or posted on the official bulletin board of the city at the city hall, or in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, as may be provided by ordinance, to be distributed or sold in the city. Ordinances fixing a penalty or forfeiture for the violation thereof shall not take effect until fifteen days after passage, and in no case before one week after the publication thereof in the manner prescribed in this section, except that in case of riots, infectious or contagious diseases, or other impending danger or other emergency requiring immediate operation of the ordinance, such ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the publication thereof as prescribed in this section. All ordinances, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall take effect fifteen days after passage.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 128, p. 126;   R.S.1913, § 4512;   C.S.1922, § 3898;   C.S.1929, § 15-403;   R.S.1943, § 15-403;   Laws 1963, c. 56, § 3, p. 236;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 100.
NE Code § 15-404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-404 - Ordinances; enactment; amendment; procedure.

15-404.  Ordinances; enactment; amendment; procedure.All ordinances, resolutions, or orders for the appropriation or payment of money in a city of the primary class shall require for passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to the city council. Ordinances of a general or permanent nature shall be read by title on three different days unless the city council votes to suspend this requirement by a two-thirds vote of the members, except that such requirement shall not be suspended (1) for any ordinance for the annexation of territory or the redrawing of boundaries for city council election districts or wards or (2) as otherwise provided by law. No ordinance shall contain a subject which is not clearly expressed in its title. No ordinance or section thereof shall be revised or amended unless the new ordinance contains the entire ordinance or section as revised or amended and the ordinance or section so amended shall be repealed.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 73, p. 96;   R.S.1913, § 4513;   C.S.1922, § 3899;   C.S.1929, § 15-404;   R.S.1943, § 15-404;  Laws 2018, LB865, § 2;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 101;  Laws 2021, LB131, § 10.   Operative Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations When no vote was taken to dispense with further reading of ordinance after being amended, fact that it passed by more than two-thirds vote of members was substantial compliance. Miller v. City of Lincoln, 94 Neb. 577, 143 N.W. 921 (1913).
NE Code § 15-406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-406 - Mayor; recommendations to city council.

15-406.  Mayor; recommendations to city council.The mayor of a city of the primary class shall from time to time communicate to the city council such recommendations or information as in his or her opinion tend to improve the finances, police, health, comfort, and general welfare of the city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 24, p. 78;   R.S.1913, § 4515;   C.S.1922, § 3901;   C.S.1929, § 15-406;   R.S.1943, § 15-406;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 102.
NE Code § 15-501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-501 - Waterworks; construction; right of eminent domain; procedure.

15-501.  Waterworks; construction; right of eminent domain; procedure.When a system of waterworks shall have been adopted in a city of the primary class and the people shall have voted to borrow money to aid their construction, the mayor and city council may (1) construct and maintain such system of waterworks, either within or without the corporate limits of the city, (2) make all needful rules and regulations concerning the use of such waterworks, and (3) do all acts necessary for the construction, completion, and management and control of such waterworks, including the exercise of the right of eminent domain. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 112, p. 118;   R.S.1913, § 4516;   C.S.1922, § 3902;   C.S.1929, § 15-501;   R.S.1943, § 15-501;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 47, p. 467;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 103.
NE Code § 15-502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-502 - Waterworks; contract for water; option to buy plant.

15-502.  Waterworks; contract for water; option to buy plant.In case such aid shall not be voted by the people as provided in section 15-501 or in case the system of waterworks shall prove inadequate for the needs of the city of the primary class, both public and private, then the mayor and city council may contract with and procure individuals or corporations to construct and maintain a system of waterworks in such city of the primary class for any time not exceeding twenty years from the date of the contract, and with a reservation to the city of the right to purchase such waterworks at any time after the lapse of ten years from the date of the contract, upon payment to such individuals or corporation of an amount to be determined by the contract not exceeding the cost of construction of such waterworks. In other respects such contracts may be upon such terms as may be agreed upon by a two-thirds vote of the mayor and city council, recorded in the minutes, except that no such contract shall be made unless authorized by a majority vote of the legal voters at a special election called for such purpose.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 113, p. 119;   R.S.1913, § 4517;   C.S.1922, § 3903;   C.S.1929, § 15-502;   R.S.1943, § 15-502;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 104.
NE Code § 15-603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-603 - Transferred to section 15-309.01.

15-603.  Transferred to section 15-309.01.
NE Code § 15-701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-701 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; improvements; condemnation; vacating; sale, exchange, or lease of property.

15-701.  Streets, sidewalks, public ways; improvements; condemnation; vacating; sale, exchange, or lease of property.The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power by ordinance to create, open, widen, or otherwise improve, vacate, control, name, and rename any street, alley, or public way or ways, including the sidewalk space within the corporate limits of the city, except that all damages sustained by the owners of the property thereon by opening or widening shall be ascertained as provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724. Whenever any street, alley, or public way shall be vacated, such street, alley, or public way shall revert to the owners of the adjacent real estate, one-half on each side thereof, unless the city reserves title to such street, alley, or public way in the ordinance vacating such street, alley, or public way. In the event title is retained by the city, such property may be sold, conveyed, exchanged, or leased upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed in the best interests of the city, as authorized in its home rule charter. When the city vacates all or any portion of a street, alley, or public way or ways, the city shall, within thirty days after the effective date of the vacation, file a certified copy of the vacating ordinance with the register of deeds for the county in which the vacated property is located to be indexed against all affected lots.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, IV, p. 128;   R.S.1913, § 4522;   C.S.1922, § 3908;   C.S.1929, § 15-701;   R.S.1943, § 15-701;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 48, p. 468;   Laws 1959, c. 44, § 1, p. 225;   Laws 1969, c. 66, § 2, p. 379;  Laws 2001, LB 483, § 3;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 105.  Annotations  Primary class city council action to vacate street or alley, retain title, and later sell property will not be overturned on review unless fraud, illegality of proceedings, absence of jurisdiction, or abuse of discretion clearly shown. Cather & Sons Constr., Inc. v. City of Lincoln, 200 Neb. 510, 264 N.W.2d 413 (1978). Special proviso in Viaduct Act was enacted in view of this and other articles. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
NE Code § 15-701.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-701.01 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; establish grade; special assessment.

15-701.01.  Streets, sidewalks, public ways; establish grade; special assessment.The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power to grade partially or to an established grade, curb, recurb, gutter, construct sidewalks, or otherwise improve or repair any street or streets, alley or alleys, public grounds, public way or ways, or parts thereof, including sidewalk space, at public cost, or by levy of special assessments on the property specially benefited thereby, proportionate to the benefits. When the streets, public ways, or public grounds have been brought to an established grade, the city council shall have power to bring sidewalks and sidewalk space therein to a grade and to construct sidewalks and shall have power and authority to levy special assessments against the property specially benefited, not to exceed the cost of the improvement. Ordinary repairs, not including repaving or resurfacing or relaying existing pavement or making sidewalk repairs, shall be at public cost.Source   Laws 1969, c. 66, § 3, p. 380;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 106.
NE Code § 15-701.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-701.02 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; hard surface; special assessments.

15-701.02.  Streets, sidewalks, public ways; hard surface; special assessments.The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power to grade, to change grade, and to pave, repave, macadamize, curb, recurb, gravel, regravel, open, and widen streets, roadways, or public ways, gutter, resurface, or relay existing pavement, or otherwise improve any street, streets, alley, alleys, public grounds, or public way or ways, or parts thereof, including the sidewalk space, and including improvement by mall or promenade, and by ordinance to create grading, paving, repaving, curbing, recurbing, resurfacing, graveling, regraveling, sidewalk, or improvement districts thereof, to be consecutively numbered, and such districts may include two or more connecting or intersecting streets, alleys, or public ways and may include two or more improvements, in this section mentioned, in one proceeding. Cost of so improving the street, streets, alley, alleys, public grounds, or public way or ways, including sidewalks, may be in whole or in part assessed, proportionate to benefits, on the property specially benefited. The city council may fix the depth to which property may be charged and assessed for benefits, and to a greater depth than the lots fronting on the street, streets, alley, alleys, public grounds, or public way or ways so improved, and the determination thereof by the city council shall be conclusive. The city council shall have the power and authority to fix the period of time for the payment of the special assessments, and to issue bonds, as authorized by the home rule charter.Source   Laws 1969, c. 66, § 4, p. 380;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 107.