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NE Code § 16-325 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-325 - Board of public works; appointment; oath; terms; duties; removal from office.

16-325.  Board of public works; appointment; oath; terms; duties; removal from office.(1) There may be in each city of the first class a board of public works which shall consist of three members, each having a three-year term of office, or five members, each having a five-year term of office, the number to be set by ordinance, which members shall be residents of such city and be appointed by the mayor with the assent of the city council. When such board is first established, one member shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for two years, and one for three years and, in the case of a five-member board, an additional member shall be so appointed for four years and another for five years. Thereafter, as their terms expire, all members shall be appointed for a full term of three or five years as the case may be. The mayor, with the assent of the city council, shall designate one of the members of such board to be the chairperson thereof.(2) Each of the members of the board of public works shall, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of the office.(3) It shall be the duty of the board of public works to (a) make contracts on behalf of the city for the performance of all such work and erection of all such improvements in the manner provided in section 16-321, (b) superintend the performance of all such work and the erection of all such improvements, (c) approve the estimates of the city engineer, which may be made from time to time, of the value of the work as the same may progress, (d) accept any work done or improvements made when the same shall be fully completed according to contract, subject to the approval of the mayor and city council, and (e) perform such other duties as may be conferred upon such board by ordinance.(4) Any member of the board of public works may at any time be removed from office by the mayor and a majority of the city council, and the proceedings in regard thereto shall be entered in the journal of the city council.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 70, p. 283;   R.S.1913, § 4891;   C.S.1922, § 4059;   Laws 1925, c. 44, § 2, p. 175;   C.S.1929, § 16-321;   R.S.1943, § 16-325;   Laws 1947, c. 26, § 3, p. 129;   Laws 1953, c. 26, § 2, p. 111;   Laws 1965, c. 52, § 1, p. 255;   Laws 1971, LB 494, § 2;   Laws 1973, LB 24, § 1;   Laws 1984, LB 682, § 6;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 67.  Annotations  A member of the board of public works is prohibited from being interested in purchase of any material to be used for municipal purposes. Arthur v. Trindel, 168 Neb. 429, 96 N.W.2d 208 (1959). Appointment of a board of public works is entirely optional. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
NE Code § 16-326 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-326 - Elective officers; compensation; change during term prohibited; exception.

16-326.  Elective officers; compensation; change during term prohibited; exception.The salary of any elective officer of any city of the first class shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he or she was elected, except that when there are officers elected to the city council, or to 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 shall have resigned or vacated any office shall be eligible to the same during the time for which he or she was elected when, during the same time, the salary has been increased.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 32, p. 238;   R.S.1913, § 4892;   C.S.1922, § 4060;   C.S.1929, § 16-322;   R.S.1943, § 16-326;   Laws 1969, c. 75, § 2, p. 404;   Laws 1972, LB 943, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 68;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 20.  Annotations Member of board of public works cannot contract with city or village for additional salary as manager of public utilities. Neisius v. Henry, 142 Neb. 29, 5 N.W.2d 291 (1942).
NE Code § 16-327 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-327 - Officers; reports required.

16-327.  Officers; reports required.The mayor or city council of a city of the first class shall have power, when he, she, or it deems it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his or her accounts or other papers and make reports to the city council, in writing, touching any subject or matter it may require pertaining to the office.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 33, p. 239;   R.S.1913, § 4893;   C.S.1922, § 4061;   C.S.1929, § 16-323;   R.S.1943, § 16-327;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 27;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 69;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 21.
NE Code § 16-328 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-328 - Transferred to section 19-3501.

16-328.  Transferred to section 19-3501.
NE Code § 16-401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-401 - City council; meetings, regular and special; quorum.

16-401.  City council; meetings, regular and special; quorum.Regular meetings of the city council of a city of the first class shall be held at such times as may be fixed by ordinance and special meetings whenever called by the mayor or any four city council members. A majority of all the members elected to the city council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, except as otherwise required by law, but a less number may adjourn, from time to time, and compel the attendance of absent members. When the city council consists of four members as established by ordinance or home rule charter, the mayor shall be deemed a member of the city council for purposes of establishing a quorum when the mayor's presence is necessary to establish the quorum. An affirmative vote of not less than one-half of the elected members shall be required for the transaction of any business.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 16, p. 233;   R.S.1913, § 4894;   C.S.1922, § 4062;   C.S.1929, § 16-401;   R.S.1943, § 16-401;   Laws 1975, LB 118, § 1;   Laws 1987, LB 652, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 70;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 22;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 169.  Annotations Any business that might have been transacted at the regular meeting may be transacted at an adjournment thereof, where the adjournment is taken to a fixed date, unless a specified provision is made to the contrary. Ex parte Wolf, 14 Neb. 24, 14 N.W. 660 (1883).
NE Code § 16-402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-402 - City council; president; acting president; duties.

16-402.  City council; president; acting president; duties.The city council of a city of the first class shall elect one of the city council members as president of the city council, and he or she shall preside at all meetings of the city council in the absence of the mayor. In the absence of the president, the city council members shall elect one of their own body to occupy the place temporarily, who shall be styled acting president of the city council. The president and acting president, when occupying the place of mayor, shall have the same privileges as other members of the city council, and all acts of the president or acting president while so acting shall be as binding upon the city council and upon the city as if done by the mayor.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 53, p. 259;   R.S.1913, § 4895;   C.S.1922, § 4063;   C.S.1929, § 16-402;   R.S.1943, § 16-402;   Laws 1987, LB 652, § 2;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 71;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 23.
NE Code § 16-403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-403 - City council; ordinances; passage; proof; publication.

16-403.  City council; ordinances; passage; proof; publication.All ordinances of a city of the first class shall be passed pursuant to such rules and regulations as the city council may provide, and all such ordinances may be proved by the certificate of the city clerk under the seal of the city. When printed or published in book, pamphlet, or electronic form and purporting to be published by authority of the city, such ordinances shall be read and received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof. The passage, approval, and publication or posting of such ordinance shall be sufficiently proved by a certificate under the seal of the city from the city clerk showing that such ordinance was passed and approved, and when and in what paper the same was published, and when and by whom and where the same was posted. When ordinances are published in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, purporting to be published by authority of the city council, the same need not be otherwise published and such book, pamphlet, or electronic form shall be received as evidence of the passage and legal publication of such ordinances, as of the dates mentioned in such book, pamphlet, or electronic form, in all courts without further proof.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 46, p. 244;   R.S.1913, § 4896;   C.S.1922, § 4064;   C.S.1929, § 16-403;   R.S.1943, § 16-403;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 72;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 24;  Laws 2021, LB159, § 3.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations  Ordinances as published in book form are not competent evidence unless "purported to be published by authority of the city". Christensen v. Tate, 87 Neb. 848, 128 N.W. 622 (1910). An ordinance that is duly approved and published is in full force and effect. In re Langston, 55 Neb. 310, 75 N.W. 828 (1898). Where certificate shows ordinance was not properly published, ordinance is not admissible without further proof. Union P. Ry. Co. v. Montgomery, 49 Neb. 429, 68 N.W. 619 (1896).
NE Code § 16-405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-405 - City council; ordinances; style; publication; emergency ordinances.

16-405.  City council; ordinances; style; publication; emergency ordinances.The style of ordinances of a city of the first class shall be: "Be it ordained by the mayor and city council of the city of ................," and all ordinances of a general nature shall, within fifteen days after they are passed, be published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation within the city, or in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, to be distributed or sold, as may be provided by ordinance. Every ordinance fixing a penalty or forfeiture for its violation shall, before the ordinance takes effect, be published for at least one week in the manner prescribed in this section. In cases of riots, infectious diseases, or other impending danger, or any other emergency requiring its immediate operation, such ordinance shall take effect upon the proclamation of the mayor immediately upon its first publication as provided in this section.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 47, p. 245;   R.S.1913, § 4898;   C.S.1922, § 4066;   C.S.1929, § 16-405;   R.S.1943, § 16-405;   Laws 1971, LB 282, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 74;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 26;  Laws 2021, LB159, § 4.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations  Publication in one regular issue of a legal newspaper in any week was sufficient notwithstanding this section and home rule charter. Skag-Way Department Stores, Inc. v. City of Grand Island, 176 Neb. 169, 125 N.W.2d 529 (1964). One insertion in a daily paper does not meet the requirement of statute, since a publication must be continued in each issue thereof for a week. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McNally, 54 Neb. 112, 74 N.W. 390 (1898); Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Montgomery, 49 Neb. 429, 68 N.W. 619 (1896). One publication is sufficient if in weekly paper. State ex rel. Hahn v. Hardy, 7 Neb. 377 (1878).
NE Code § 16-406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-406 - City council; testimony; power to compel; oaths.

16-406.  City council; testimony; power to compel; oaths.The city council of a city of the first class or any committee of the members thereof shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses for the investigation of matters that may come before them. The president or acting president of the city council, or chairperson of such committee for the time being, may administer such requisite oaths. Such city council or committee shall have the same authority to compel the giving of testimony as is conferred on courts of justice.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 94, p. 296;   R.S.1913, § 4899;   C.S.1922, § 4067;   C.S.1929, § 16-406;   R.S.1943, § 16-406;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 75;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 27.
NE Code § 16-501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-501 - Contracts; appropriation a condition precedent.

16-501.  Contracts; appropriation a condition precedent.No contract shall be made by the city council in a city of the first class or any committee or member thereof and no expense shall be incurred by any of the officers or departments of the city, whether the object of the expenditure shall have been ordered by the city council or not, unless an appropriation shall have been previously made concerning such expense, except as otherwise expressly provided by law.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 44, p. 243;   R.S.1913, § 4900;   C.S.1922, § 4068;   C.S.1929, § 16-501;   R.S.1943, § 16-501;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 76;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 28.
NE Code § 16-502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-502 - Officer; extra compensation prohibited; exception.

16-502.  Officer; extra compensation prohibited; exception.No officer shall receive any pay or perquisites from a city of the first class other than his or her salary, as provided by ordinance and the law relating to cities of the first class, and the city council shall not pay or appropriate any money or any valuable thing to any person not an officer for the performance of any act, service, or duty, the doing or performance of which shall come within the proper scope of the duties of any officer of such city, unless the money or valuable thing is specifically appropriated and ordered by a vote of three-fourths of all the members elected to the city council.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, §45, p. 244;   R.S.1913, § 4901;   C.S.1922, § 4069;   C.S.1929, § 16-502;   R.S.1943, § 16-502;   Laws 1957, c. 38, § 2, p. 207;   Laws 1959, c. 62, § 1, p. 279;   Laws 1961, c. 283, § 2, p. 830;   Laws 1971, LB 491, § 3;   Laws 1972, LB 1209, § 1;   Laws 1973, LB 24, § 2;   Laws 1983, LB 370, § 7;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 77;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 29.  Cross References  For other provisions of officers interested in public contracts, see sections 49-14,103.01 to 49-14,103.07.Annotations  Contracts between officer and city are void, and amount paid officer can be recovered. Arthur v. Trindel, 168 Neb. 429, 96 N.W.2d 208 (1959). Salary of clerk was the limit of city clerk's compensation for official services of all kinds. City of Scottsbluff v. Southern Surety Co., 124 Neb. 260, 246 N.W. 346 (1933). Under former law, the fact that a mayor and member of city council may have been subscribers for stock of the water company and such stock subscriptions were still unpaid, did not void a judgment of the water company against such city, where such city officers were no longer stockholders of such water company. City of Broken Bow v. Broken Bow Water-Works Company, 57 Neb. 548, 77 N.W. 1078 (1899). Under former law, where a contract was made between the contractor and the city and a member of the city council was a stockholder and officer of the corporation, such contract was illegal and a taxpayer could enjoin the same. McElhinney v. City of Superior, 32 Neb. 744, 49 N.W. 705 (1891). Under former law, a contract could be canceled at suit of taxpayer where one of the members of the council was also a stockholder in and officer of the corporation contracting with the city, but city must pay for the reasonable value of the services received prior to the commencement of the action. Grand Island Gas Company v. West, 28 Neb. 852, 45 N.W. 242 (1890).
NE Code § 16-503 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-503 - Contracts; concurrence of majority of city council required; vote of mayor; record.

16-503.  Contracts; concurrence of majority of city council required; vote of mayor; record.On the passage or adoption of every resolution or order to enter into a contract, or accepting of work done under contract, by the mayor or city council of a city of the first class, the yeas and nays shall be called and entered upon the record. To pass or adopt any bylaw or ordinance or any such resolution or order, a concurrence of a majority of the whole number of the members elected to the city council shall be required. The mayor may vote on any such matter when his or her vote will provide the additional vote required to create a number of votes equal to a majority of the number of members elected to the city council, and the mayor shall, for the purpose of such vote, be deemed to be a member of the city council. The requirements of a roll call or viva voce vote shall be satisfied by a city which utilizes an electronic voting device which allows the yeas and nays of each city council member to be readily seen by the public.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 34, p. 239;   R.S.1913, § 4903;   C.S.1922, § 4071;   C.S.1929, § 16-503;   R.S.1943, § 16-503;   Laws 1961, c. 43, § 2, p. 174;   Laws 1975, LB 172, § 2;   Laws 1978, LB 609, § 1;   Laws 1980, LB 662, § 3;   Laws 1988, LB 625, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 78;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 30.  Annotations Under former law mayor was not authorized to cast deciding vote on acceptance of bid for public works. Day v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 858, 101 N.W.2d 481 (1960).
NE Code § 16-601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-601 - Transferred to section 19-709.

16-601.  Transferred to section 19-709.
NE Code § 16-605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-605 - Property; condemnation for streets; damages; how paid.

16-605.  Property; condemnation for streets; damages; how paid.Payment of damages assessed for the appropriation of private property for streets, alleys or boulevards in cities of the first class may be made out of the general or any other surplus fund.Source   Laws 1903, c. 19, § 7, p. 239;   R.S.1913, § 4906;   C.S.1922, § 4074;   Laws 1923, c. 145, § 1, p. 358;   C.S.1929, § 16-603;   R.S.1943, § 16-605. Annotations Appropriation of lands for streets outside of city and the payment therefor is authorized. Webber v. City of Scottsbluff, 138 Neb. 416, 293 N.W. 276 (1940).
NE Code § 16-606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-606 - Property; condemnation for streets; assessments; levy; collection.

16-606.  Property; condemnation for streets; assessments; levy; collection.The city council of a city of the first class may assess and levy the whole expense and damage incurred in the creation of any street, avenue, or alley upon the real property fronting upon the same and other property nearby that may be benefited thereby in proportions according to benefits. Such assessments and levy shall be made by resolution, at a regular meeting of the city council, and notice of the time of such meeting and that such assessments will be made thereat shall be published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation within the city ten days before such meeting. Such special taxes shall be due and payable to the city treasurer in thirty days after the assessment and levy. At the time of the next certification to the county clerk for general revenue purposes, such special assessment and levy, so far as not then paid, shall be certified to the county clerk and be put upon the tax list and be collected as other real estate taxes are collected, and paid over to the city treasurer to reimburse the city. Such special taxes shall be a lien on the property upon which assessed and levied from the assessment, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, from the time due until paid. The proceedings for widening streets shall be the same as herein provided for creating new streets, and shall apply to the widening of streets, alleys, and avenues.Source   Laws 1903, c. 19, § 7, p. 239;   R.S.1913, § 4906;   C.S.1922, § 4074;   Laws 1923, c. 145, § 1, p. 359;   C.S.1929, § 16-603;   R.S.1943, § 16-606;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 9;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 10;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 79;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 31.
NE Code § 16-607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-607 - Property; condemnation for other public purposes; bonds; issuance; approval by electors.

16-607.  Property; condemnation for other public purposes; bonds; issuance; approval by electors.(1) Payment of damages assessed for the appropriation of private property for any of the purposes provided in section 19-709 but not provided for in section 16-606 may be made by the sale of the negotiable bonds of the city, and for that purpose the mayor and city council shall have power to borrow money and to pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars.(2) No such bonds, referred to in subsection (1) of this section, shall be issued by the city council until the question of issuing the same shall have been submitted to the electors of the city at an election called and held for that purpose, notice of which election shall have been given by publication once each week three successive weeks prior thereto in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city, and a majority of the electors voting on the proposition shall have voted in favor of issuing such bonds. The proposition shall not be submitted until after the appraisers referred to in section 76-710 have made their report fixing the amount of the damages for the property appropriated. If the proposition fails to carry, it shall be equivalent to a repeal of the ordinance authorizing the appropriation proceedings, and the city shall not be bound in any way on account of the appropriation proceedings referred to in section 19-709.(3) When the bonds, referred to in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, are for the purpose of purchasing any system or portion of a system already in existence, it shall not be necessary for the city engineer to make or the city council to adopt any plans or specifications for the work already in existence, but only for proposed changes or additional work.Source   Laws 1923, c. 145, § 1, p. 359;   C.S.1929, § 16-603;   R.S.1943, § 16-607;   Laws 1951, c. 26, § 1, p. 117;   Laws 1953, c. 27, § 1, p. 113;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 12;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 80.
NE Code § 16-608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-608 - Property; condemnation; plat; filing.

16-608.  Property; condemnation; plat; filing.All cities of the first class upon condemning private property, shall cause to be recorded an accurate plat and a clear, definite description of the property so taken in the office of the register of deeds for the county within which such city is located, within sixty days after the other legal steps for the acquisition of such title shall have been taken.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 50, p. 268;   R.S.1913, § 4907;   C.S.1922, § 4075;   C.S.1929, § 16-604;   R.S.1943, § 16-608.