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AR Code § 14-48-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-102. Savings provisions

 (a) When a city effects a change of government under this chapter, it shall remain subject to and controlled by all laws, except those inconsistent with this chapter which on the effective date of the reorganization applied to or governed the city, including, without limiting the foregoing, the laws relating to improvement districts.  (b) The city, as reorganized, shall have all of the rights, powers, and authority which it had immediately prior to reorganization and shall also be entitled to exercise any right, power, or authority, except those inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, which are permitted cities organized under any other form of government.  (c) In cities having the commission form of government immediately preceding the adoption of the city administrator form of government, the board of directors elected under the authority of this chapter may organize or reorganize by ordinance duly adopted any municipal board, commission, authority, agency, or department under the general laws of the state for municipalities having the mayor-council form of government. However, no reorganization shall be lawful which impairs the validity of existing contracts.  (d) All bylaws, ordinances, and resolutions lawfully passed and in force in the city under its former organization and not in conflict with this chapter shall remain in force until altered or repealed by the board elected under the authority of this chapter.  (e) The territorial limits of the city shall remain the same as under its former organization. All rights and property of every description which were vested in it shall remain unimpaired by the reorganization provided for in this chapter.  (f) No existing right or liability either in favor of or against the city or any agency thereof, including, without limiting the foregoing, improvement districts and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by the change unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.  (g) No valid pledge or mortgage of the revenues or property of the city or of any agency or instrumentality thereof or of any municipal improvement district shall be impaired by the reorganization.
AR Code § 14-48-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-103. Form of government

 The form of municipal government authorized by this chapter shall be known as the city administrator form of municipal government.
AR Code § 14-48-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-107. Division of city into wards

 (a)  (1) Following the adoption of the city administrator form of government in any city and prior to the special municipal election for the initial membership of the board of directors and the mayor, the governing body of the city, by ordinance, shall divide the city into four (4) wards with each ward being composed of contiguous territory and of substantially equal population and which shall be designated numbers one, two, three, and four.  (2) The designation of wards shall be made not more than twenty (20) days after the certification of results of the election to the Secretary of State.    (b)  (1) If the governing body of the city fails to act within the time prescribed, then any elector of the city may present to the judge of the circuit court for the county in which the city is situated a petition requesting a designation of wards and asking for the appointment of three (3) commissioners to act in relation thereto.  (2)  (A) Within five (5) days after receipt of the petition, the circuit judge shall appoint three (3) electors of the city to serve as a board of commissioners. It shall be this board's duty to divide the city into four (4) wards, with each ward being composed of contiguous territory and of substantially equal population, which shall be designated numbers one, two, three, and four.  (B)  (i) The board of commissioners, by majority action, shall make a report which shall designate the boundaries of the wards and then file the report with the city clerk within fifteen (15) days after the date of their appointment.  (ii)  (a) If no report is filed within this time, that board of commissioners shall be automatically dissolved, and the circuit judge, upon the filing of a petition reciting the failure of the board to act, shall appoint a new board of commissioners for the same purpose, with the same authority, and with the same limitations.  (b) In the event of failure of the second board to act, the process may be continued until a report is filed.  (c)  (1) The board of directors of the city under the city administrator form of government shall review the apportionment among the wards after each federal census in the city or in the event there is an imbalance in population among the wards in excess of fifteen percent (15%).  (2)  (A) The board of directors may reapportion the wards to maintain substantially equal population in each ward whenever they deem necessary.  (B) In the event a redesignation of ward boundaries results in director number one, two, three, or four residing outside the boundary of the ward which he or she is representing, he or she shall nonetheless continue in office until his or her regular term expires.
AR Code § 14-48-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-108. Calling of elections for directors and mayor

 (a)  (1) Within ten (10) days after the designation of the four (4) wards, the Secretary of State by proclamation in accordance with § 7-11-101 et seq. shall call special primary and general elections to be held in the municipality for the purpose of electing seven (7) directors and a mayor.  (2)  (A) The primary election shall be held in accordance with § 7-11-101 et seq.  (B) The special general election shall be held in accordance with § 7-11-101 et seq.      (b) These elections shall be called and conducted, and the results shall be determined and certified, as provided in § 14-48-109.
AR Code § 14-48-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-111. Mayor

 (a)  (1) The mayor of a city having the city administrator form of government shall be recognized as the head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law.  (2) He or she shall sign on behalf of the city all written agreements, contracts, bonds, mortgages, pledges, indentures, conveyances, and other written instruments, the execution of which have been approved by the board of directors.  (3) He or she shall serve as chair of the board and shall preside at regular and special meetings of the board, but he or she shall not have a vote on any matter coming before the board.    (b)  (1) The mayor shall have the power of veto over all decisions made by the board except matters relative to city personnel.  (2) A veto by the mayor may be overridden by the affirmative vote of five (5) or more members of the board.    (c)  (1) The mayor shall not be required to devote his or her full time to the office and shall receive a compensation or salary not to exceed the salary permitted municipal officers by the Constitution of this state, to be fixed by the board.  (2) When once fixed, the salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he or she may have been elected.    (d) The mayor, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take the oath of office required by Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 20.
AR Code § 14-48-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-112. Assistant mayor or vice mayor

 (a)  (1) The board of directors shall elect from its membership an assistant mayor or vice mayor who shall serve in that capacity for two (2) years or until his or her tenure of office as a director expires, whichever is shorter.  (2) The assistant mayor or vice mayor shall not be prohibited from serving in that capacity for more than one (1) term.    (b)  (1) The assistant mayor or vice mayor shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor.  (2)  (A) If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs, the assistant mayor or vice mayor shall perform the duties of mayor until a successor mayor is elected.  (B)  (i) If the mayor is continuously absent or disabled for more than six (6) months, his or her office will automatically become vacant, and a successor mayor shall be elected.  (ii)  (a) A certificate of the city clerk or recorder recorded in the record of the proceedings of the board as to the absence or disability of the mayor or as to any vacancy in the office of mayor may be relied upon by all persons dealing with the municipality as conclusive evidence of the assistant mayor's or vice mayor's authority to assume the powers of the mayor.  (b)  (1) Where any such certificate is so recorded, upon the termination of the absence or disability of the mayor and the resumption by him or her of his or her official duties, the city clerk or recorder shall record in the records of the board a separate certificate attesting that fact.  (2) This separate certificate shall show the date of the termination of absence or disability and resumption of duties.
AR Code § 14-48-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-113. Acting mayor

 If both the mayor and assistant mayor should be absent or disabled from performing their duties, the board of directors may designate by resolution one (1) of its members as acting mayor to serve during the absence or disability, and no longer.
AR Code § 14-48-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-114. Removal of mayor or directors

 (a) Any person holding the office of mayor and any person holding the office of member of the board of directors of any city organized under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to removal from the office by the electors qualified to vote for a successor of the incumbent.  (b) The procedure to effect the removal of a person holding the office shall be as follows:  (1) When petitions requesting the removal of any such officer signed by qualified electors equal in number to thirty-five percent (35%) of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for that office at the preceding general municipal election at which the office was on the ballot are filed with the city clerk, the clerk shall determine the sufficiency of the petitions within ten (10) days from the date of the filing;  (2) If the petitions are deemed sufficient, the clerk shall certify them to the county board of election commissioners;  (3) The county board of election commissioners shall issue a proclamation in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq., calling a special election on the question and shall fix a date for holding it not more than ninety (90) days from the date of the certification of the petitions by the clerk;  (4) At the election, the question shall be submitted to the electors in substantially the following form:  (5)  (A) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question at the election shall vote for the removal of the officer, a vacancy shall exist in the office.  (B) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question at the election shall vote against the removal of the officer, the officer shall continue to serve during the term for which elected.      (c) No recall petition shall be filed against any officer until he or she shall have held his or her office for at least six (6) months.    “FOR the removal of (name of officer) from the office of (Mayor) (Director) AGAINST the removal of (name of officer) from the office of ”; and (Mayor) (Director)   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-48-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-115. Mayor or director vacancy

 In the case of a vacancy in the office of mayor or in the office of a member of the board of directors, the board, at the first regular meeting after the occurrence of the vacancy and by majority vote, shall appoint a person or call for a special election to be held in accordance with § 7-11-101 et seq. to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
AR Code § 14-48-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-116. Employment of city administrator

 (a) The initial board of directors shall employ a city administrator as promptly as possible after effecting the board's organization. A city administrator's employment shall be for an indefinite term. Thereafter, subject only to such interruptions as are unavoidable, a city administrator shall be maintained in the employ of the city. The appointment and continued employment by the board of a city administrator is mandatory.  (b)  (1) It shall not be essential that the city administrator at the time of his or her employment be a qualified elector of the city or of the State of Arkansas or a resident of the city or of the State of Arkansas. However, the city administrator shall be a person found by the board to have special qualifications in respect to the administration of municipal affairs, and during his or her employment he or she shall reside in the city and devote his or her full time to the business of the city.  (2)  (A) A member of the board may not be appointed city administrator or acting city administrator during the term for which he or she shall have been elected, nor within three (3) years following the expiration of that member's term of office as director.  (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section regarding residency requirements for city administrators, the city administrator of a city having a population of less than five thousand (5,000) persons, upon approval of a majority of the board of the city, may reside in an adjoining city during his or her employment as administrator.      (c) The city administrator shall receive a salary in such amount as may be fixed by the board.  (d) The board, on the vote of a majority of its elected membership, may terminate the city administrator's employment at any time, either for or without cause. However, the city administrator's employment may not be terminated between the dates of January 1 and March 1 of the year following any general election in which members of the board are elected.  (e)  (1) The city administrator shall furnish a fidelity bond, the premiums on which shall be paid by the city in such amount, in such form, and with such security as may be approved by the board.  (2) In no event shall the bond be less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
AR Code § 14-48-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-118. Acting city administrator

 (a)  (1) If the city administrator is absent from the city or is unable to perform his or her duties, if the board of directors suspends the city administrator, or if there is a vacancy in the office of the city administrator, the board may appoint by resolution an acting city administrator to serve until the city administrator returns, until his or her disability or suspension ceases, or until another city administrator is appointed and qualified, as the case may be.  (2) The board may suspend or remove an acting city administrator at any time.    (b)  (1) The board, in the exercise of its discretion, may determine whether the acting city administrator shall furnish bond.  (2) If in any instance the board requires the acting city administrator to furnish bond, the premiums shall be paid by the city. The bond in respect to form, amount, and security shall be subject to the approval of the board.    (c) The acting city administrator shall receive a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the board.
AR Code § 14-48-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-121. Initiative and referendum

 (a) The initiative and referendum laws of this state are applicable to cities reorganized under this chapter.  (b) The number of signatures required upon any petition shall be computed upon the total vote cast for mayor at the preceding general election for mayor.
AR Code § 14-48-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-122. Budgets and appropriations

 (a) The approval of the budget by the board of directors shall amount to an appropriation, for the purposes of the budget, of the funds which are lawfully applicable to the different items therein contained.  (b) The board may alter or revise the budget from time to time, and unpledged funds appropriated by the board for any specific purpose may by subsequent action of the board be appropriated to another purpose subject to the following exceptions:  (1) Funds resulting from taxes levied under statute or ordinance for a specific purpose may not be diverted to another purpose; and  (2) Appropriated funds may not be diverted to another purpose where any creditor of the municipality would be prejudiced thereby.
AR Code § 14-48-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-123. Annual audit

 The board of directors shall have the financial affairs of the city audited annually by the Division of Legislative Audit of the State of Arkansas or by an independent certified public accountant who is not otherwise in the service of the city.
AR Code § 14-48-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-124. Creation of new departments, etc

 (a)  (1) The board of directors may from time to time by ordinance create, reorganize, or abolish, except as provided in § 14-48-106, any municipal departments, offices, employments, boards, authorities, commissions, and agencies and fix the term of employment and compensation of each appointee.  (2) The city administrator, with the approval of the board, shall appoint the personnel to serve in the departments, offices, employments, boards, authorities, commissions, and agencies.    (b)  (1) The board also in the exercise of its discretion by ordinance may consolidate the office of the city treasurer with the office of the city clerk or such other department, office, or position as the board by ordinance may charge with the responsibility of administering the financial affairs of the city.  (2) The board may delegate all of the duties of the city treasurer to the person holding such an office or position in the city and fix the term and compensation of the appointee.  (3) With the approval of the board, the city administrator may fill this consolidated office by appointment.
AR Code § 14-48-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-125. Appointees generally

 Subject to the exceptions contained in § 14-48-102, every person appointed by the board of directors to any municipal office, employment, position, or to membership on any board, authority, or commission shall serve for such time and shall receive such compensation as the board may fix and determine by ordinance.
AR Code § 14-48-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-126. Qualifications of appointees

 (a) In the exercise by the board of directors of its authority in respect to the filling of vacancies on municipal boards, authorities, and commissions, only those qualified electors of the city found by the board to possess the necessary qualifications shall be appointed or confirmed.  (b)  (1) In filling vacancies on any municipal board, authority, or commission, unless the statute applicable to the position forbids the appointment thereto of a city employee, the city administrator, if otherwise qualified, shall be an eligible appointee.  (2) The city administrator, however, shall not be, ex officio, a member of any municipal board, authority, or commission.
AR Code § 14-48-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-127. Bond of officers and employees

 All officers and employees of a city reorganized under this chapter, excepting the city administrator whose bond requirement is controlled by § 14-48-116, may be required to make bond in such amount, in such form, and with such security as may meet the approval of the board of directors.
AR Code § 14-48-128 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 48 - City Administrator Form of Municipal Government|§ 14-48-128. Prohibited actions by officers or employees

 (a)  (1) No member of the board of directors nor any officer or employee appointed in any city shall have an interest in any contract or job for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or service to be furnished or performed for the city.  (2) No officer or employee shall have an interest in any contract or job for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or service to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating any public transportation service, gas works, waterworks, electric light or power plants, telegraph line, telephone exchange, or other public utility within the territorial limits of the city.  (3)  (A) No officer or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any frank, pass, free ticket, or free service from any person, firm, or corporation operating within the territorial limits of the city any public transportation service, gas works, waterworks, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telephone exchange, telegraph line, or other business acting or operating under a public franchise of the city, nor shall he or she accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation, or its agents, any other service upon terms more favorable than those granted to the public generally.  (B) The prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to police officers or firefighters in uniform, nor shall any free service to the city officials heretofore provided by franchise or ordinance be affected by this section.      (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in a sum not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), and every such contract or agreement shall be void.