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NC Gen Stat § 160A-87 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-87 - Ethics education program required.

 160A-87. Ethics education program required.(a) All members of governing boards of cities, counties, local boards of education, unified governments, sanitary districts, and consolidated city-counties shall receive a minimum of two clock hours of ethics education within 12 months after initial election or appointment to the office and again within 12 months after each subsequent election or appointment to the office.(b) The ethics education shall cover laws and principles that govern conflicts of interest and ethical standards of conduct at the local government level.(c) The ethics education may be provided by the North Carolina League of Municipalities, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, North Carolina School Boards Association, the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, or other qualified sources at the choice of the governing board.(d) The clerk to the governing board shall maintain a record verifying receipt of the ethics education by each member of the governing board.  (2009-403, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-102 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-102 - Amendment by ordinance.

 160A-102. Amendment by ordinance.By following the procedure set out in this section, the council may amend the city charter by ordinance to implement any of the optional forms set out in G.S. 160A-101. The council shall first adopt a resolution of intent to consider an ordinance amending the charter. The resolution of intent shall describe the proposed charter amendments briefly but completely and with reference to the pertinent provisions of G.S. 160A-101, but it need not contain the precise text of the charter amendments necessary to implement the proposed changes. At the same time that a resolution of intent is adopted, the council shall also call a public hearing on the proposed charter amendments, the date of the hearing to be not more than 45 days after adoption of the resolution. A notice of the hearing shall be published at least once not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing, and shall contain a summary of the proposed amendments. Following the public hearing, but not earlier than the next regular meeting of the council and not later than 60 days from the date of the hearing, the council may adopt an ordinance amending the charter to implement the amendments proposed in the resolution of intent.The council may, but shall not be required to unless a referendum petition is received pursuant to G.S. 160A-103, make any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section effective only if approved by a vote of the people, and may by resolution adopted at the same time call a special election for the purpose of submitting the ordinance to a vote. The date fixed for the special election shall be the next date permitted under G.S. 163-287(a) that is more than 70 days after adoption of the ordinance.Within 10 days after an ordinance is adopted under this section, the council shall publish a notice stating that an ordinance amending the charter has been adopted and summarizing its contents and effect. If the ordinance is made effective subject to a vote of the people, the council shall publish a notice of the election in accordance with G.S. 163-287, and need not publish a separate notice of adoption of the ordinance.The council may not commence proceedings under this section between the time of the filing of a valid initiative petition pursuant to G.S. 160A-104 and the date of any election called pursuant to such petition.  (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 20; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 11; 2014-111, s. 18; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-103 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-103 - Referendum on charter amendments by ordinance.

 160A-103. Referendum on charter amendments by ordinance.An ordinance adopted under G.S. 160A-102 that is not made effective upon approval by a vote of the people shall be subject to a referendum petition. Upon receipt of a referendum petition bearing the signatures and residence addresses of a number of qualified voters of the city equal to at least 10 percent of the whole number of voters who are registered to vote in city elections according to the most recent figures certified by the State Board of Elections or 5,000, whichever is less, the council shall submit an ordinance adopted under G.S. 160A-102 to a vote of the people. The date of the special election shall be fixed on a date permitted by G.S. 163-287. A referendum petition shall be addressed to the council and shall identify the ordinance to be submitted to a vote. A referendum petition must be filed with the city clerk not later than 30 days after publication of the notice of adoption of the ordinance.  (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, ss. 13, 15; 2013-381, s. 10.27; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-104 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-104 - Initiative petitions for charter amendments.

 160A-104. Initiative petitions for charter amendments.The people may initiate a referendum on proposed charter amendments. An initiative petition shall bear the signatures and resident addresses of a number of qualified voters of the city equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the whole number of voters who are registered to vote in city elections according to the most recent figures certified by the State Board of Elections or 5,000, whichever is less. The petition shall set forth the proposed amendments by describing them briefly but completely and with reference to the pertinent provisions of G.S. 160A-101, but it need not contain the precise text of the charter amendments necessary to implement the proposed changes. The petition may not propose changes in the alternative, or more than one integrated set of charter amendments. Upon receipt of a valid initiative petition, the council shall call a special election on the question of adopting the charter amendments proposed therein, and shall give public notice thereof in accordance with G.S. 163-287. The date of the special election shall be fixed on a date permitted by G.S. 163-287. If a majority of the votes cast in the special election shall be in favor of the proposed changes, the council shall adopt an ordinance amending the charter to put them into effect. Such an ordinance shall not be subject to a referendum petition. No initiative petition may be filed (i) between the time the council initiates proceedings under G.S. 160A-102 by publishing a notice of hearing on proposed charter amendments and the time proceeding under that section have been carried to a conclusion either through adoption or rejection of a proposed ordinance or lapse of time, nor (ii) within one year and six months following the effective date of an ordinance amending the city charter pursuant to this Article, nor (iii) within one year and six months following the date of any election on charter amendments that were defeated by the voters.The restrictions imposed by this section on filing initiative petitions shall apply only to petitions concerning the same subject matter. For example, pendency of council action on amendments concerning the method of electing the council shall not preclude an initiative petition on adoption of the council-manager form of government.Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the submission of more than one proposition for charter amendments on the same ballot so long as no proposition offers a different plan under the same option as another proposition on the same ballot.  (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 21; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, ss. 12, 14; 2013-381, s. 10.28; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-105 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-105 - Submission of propositions to voters; form of ballot.

 160A-105. Submission of propositions to voters; form of ballot.A proposition to approve an ordinance or petition shall be printed on the ballot in substantially the following form:"Shall the ordinance (describe the effect of the ordinance) be approved?( ) YES( ) NO"The ballot shall be separate from all other ballots used at the election.  If a majority of the votes cast on a proposition shall be in the affirmative, the plan contained therein shall be put into effect as provided in this Article. If a majority of the votes cast shall be against the proposition, the ordinance or petition proposing the amendments shall be void and of no effect. (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-106 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-106 - Amendment of charter provisions dependent on form of government.

 160A-106. Amendment of charter provisions dependent on form of government.The authority conferred by this Article to amend charter provisions within the options set out in G.S. 160A-101 also includes authority to amend other charter provisions dependent on the form of city government to conform them to the form of government amendments. By way of illustration and not limitation, if a charter providing for a five-member council is amended to increase the size of the council to seven members, a charter provision defining a quorum of the council as three members shall be amended to define a quorum as four members. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-107 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-107 - Plan to continue for two years.

 160A-107. Plan to continue for two years.Charter amendments adopted as provided in this Article shall continue in force for at least two years after the beginning of the term of office of the officers elected thereunder. (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-108 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-108 - Municipal officers to carry out plan.

 160A-108. Municipal officers to carry out plan.It shall be the duty of the mayor, the council, the city clerk, and other city officials in office, and all boards of election and election officials, when any plan of government is adopted as provided by this Article or is proposed for adoption, to comply with all requirements of this Article, to the end that all things may be done which are necessary for the nomination and election of the officers first to be elected under the new plan so adopted. (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-109 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-109 - Effective date.

 160A-109. Effective date.The council may submit new charter amendments proposed under this Article at any regular or special municipal election, or at a special election called for that sole purpose. Any amendment affecting the election of city officers shall be finally adopted and approved at least 90 days before the first election for mayor or council members held thereunder. (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-110 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-110 - Charters to remain in force.

 160A-110. Charters to remain in force.The charter of any city that adopts a new form of government as provided in this Article shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding adoption of a new form of government, except to the extent modified by an ordinance adopted under the authority conferred and pursuant to the procedures prescribed by this Article. (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-111 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 5 - Form of Government.|§ 160A-111 - Filing certified true copies of charter amendments.

 160A-111. Filing certified true copies of charter amendments.The city clerk shall file a certified true copy of any charter amendment adopted under this Part with the Secretary of State and the Legislative Library. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 935, s. 2; 1989, c. 191, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-146 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-146 - Council to organize city government.

 160A-146. Council to organize city government.The council may create, change, abolish, and consolidate offices, positions, departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the city government and generally organize and reorganize the city government in order to promote orderly and efficient administration of city affairs, subject to the following limitations:(1) The council may not abolish any office, position, department, board, commission, or agency established and required by law;(2) The council may not combine offices or confer certain duties on the same officer when such action is specifically forbidden by law;(3) The council may not discontinue or assign elsewhere any functions or duties assigned by law to a particular office, position, department, or agency. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-147 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-147 - Appointment of city manager; dual office holding.

 160A-147. Appointment of city manager; dual office holding.(a) In cities whose charters provide for the council-manager form of government, the council shall appoint a city manager to serve at its pleasure. The manager shall be appointed solely on the basis of the manager's executive and administrative qualifications. The manager need not be a resident of the city or State at the time of appointment. The office of city manager is hereby declared to be an office that may be held concurrently with other appointive (but not elective) offices pursuant to Article VI, Sec. 9, of the Constitution.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a city manager may serve on a county board of education that is elected on a non-partisan basis if the following criteria are met:(1) The population of the city by which the city manager is employed does not exceed 10,000;(2) The city is located in two counties; and(3) The population of the county in which the city manager resides does not exceed 40,000.(b1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a city manager may serve on a county board of education that is elected on a nonpartisan basis if the population of the city by which the city manager is employed does not exceed 3,000.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a city manager may hold elective office if the following criteria are met:(1) The population of the city by which the city manager is employed does not exceed 3,000.(2) The city manager is an elected official of a city other than the city by which the city manager is employed.(d) For the purposes of this section, population figures shall be according to the latest United States decennial figures issued at the time the second office is assumed. If census figures issued after the second office is assumed increase the city or county population beyond the limits of this section, the city manager may complete the term of elected office that the city manager is then serving.  (1969, c. 629, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1989, c. 49; 1997-25, s. 1; 2009-321, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-149 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-149 - Acting city manager.

 160A-149. Acting city manager.By letter filed with the city clerk, the manager may designate, subject to the approval of the council, a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of manager during his temporary absence or disability. During this absence or disability, the council may revoke that designation at any time and appoint another to serve until the manager returns or his disability ceases. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-150 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-150 - Interim city manager.

 160A-150. Interim city manager.When the position of city manager is vacant, the council shall designate a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of manager until the vacancy is filled. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-151 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-151 - Mayor and councilmen ineligible to serve or act as manager.

 160A-151. Mayor and councilmen ineligible to serve or act as manager.Neither the mayor nor any member of the council shall be eligible for appointment as manager or acting or interim manager. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-152 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-152 - Applicability of Part.

 160A-152. Applicability of Part.This Part shall apply only to those cities having the council-manager form of government. If the powers and duties of a city manager set out in any city charter shall differ materially from those set out in G.S. 160A-148, the council may by ordinance confer or impose on the manager any of the powers or duties set out in G.S. 160A-148 but not contained in the charter. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-155 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-155 - Council to provide for administration in mayor-council cities.

 160A-155. Council to provide for administration in mayor-council cities.The council shall appoint, suspend, and remove the heads of all city departments, and all other city employees; provided, the council may delegate to any administrative official or department head the power to appoint, suspend, and remove city employees assigned to his department. The head of each department shall see that all laws of the State, the city charter, and the ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of the council concerning his department are faithfully executed within the city. Otherwise, the administration of the city shall be performed as provided by law or direction of the council. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 16.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-156 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-156 - Acting department heads.

 160A-156. Acting department heads.By letter filed with the city clerk, the head of any department may designate, subject to the approval of the council, a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of head of that department during his temporary absence or disability. During his absence or disability, the council may revoke that designation at any time and appoint another officer to serve until the department head returns or his disability ceases. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-157 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-157 - Interim department heads.

 160A-157. Interim department heads.When the position of head of any department is vacant, the council may designate a qualified person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of head of the department until the vacancy is filled. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-158 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-158 - Mayor and councilmen ineligible to serve or act as heads of departments.

 160A-158. Mayor and councilmen ineligible to serve or act as heads of departments.Neither the mayor nor any member of the council shall be eligible for appointment as head of any city department or as acting or interim head of a department; provided, that in cities having a population of less than 5,000 according to the most recent official federal census, the mayor and any member of the council shall be eligible for appointment by the council as department head or other employee, and may receive reasonable compensation for such employment, notwithstanding any other provision of law. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 17.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-159 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-159 - Applicability of Part.

 160A-159. Applicability of Part.This Part shall apply only to those cities having the mayor-council form of government. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-162 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-162 - Compensation.

 160A-162. Compensation.(a) The council shall fix or approve the schedule of pay, expense allowances, and other compensation of all city employees, and may adopt position classification plans; any compensation or pay plan may include provisions for payments to employees on account of sickness or disability. In cities with the council-manager form of government, the manager shall be responsible for preparing position classification and pay plans for submission to the council and, after any such plans have been adopted by the council, shall administer them. In cities with the mayor-council form of government, the council shall appoint a personnel officer (or confer the duties of personnel officer on some city administrative officer); the personnel officer shall then be responsible for administering the pay plan and any position classification plan in accordance with general policies and directives adopted by the council.(b) The council may purchase life, health, and any other forms of insurance for the benefit of all or any class of city employees and their dependents, and may provide other fringe benefits for city employees. In providing health insurance to city employees, the council shall not provide abortion coverage greater than that provided by the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees under Article 3B of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes.  (1923, c. 20; 1949, c. 103; 1969, c. 845; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, ss. 18, 19; 2013-366, s. 2(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-164 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-164 - Personnel rules.

 160A-164. Personnel rules.The council may adopt or provide for rules and regulations or ordinances concerning but not limited to annual leave, sick leave, special leave with full pay or with partial pay supplementing workers' compensation payments for employees injured in accidents arising out of and in the course of employment, hours of employment, holidays, working conditions, service award and incentive award programs, other personnel policies, and any other measures that promote the hiring and retention of capable, diligent, and honest career employees. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1965, c. 931; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1979, c. 714, s. 2.)