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NE Code § 16-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-305 - Officers and employees; merger of offices or employment; salaries.

16-305.  Officers and employees; merger of offices or employment; salaries.All officers and employees of a city of the first class shall receive such compensation as the mayor and city council may fix at the time of their appointment or employment, subject to the limitations set forth in this section. The city council may at its discretion by ordinance combine and merge any elective or appointive office or employment or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments, except mayor and city council member, with any other elective or appointive office or employment so that one or more of such offices or employments or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments may be held by the same officer or employee at the same time. The city manager in a city under the city manager plan of government as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act may in his or her discretion combine and merge any elective or appointive office or employment or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments, except mayor and city council member, with any other elective or appointive office or employment so that one or more of such offices or employments or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments may be held by the same officer or employee at the same time. The offices or employments so merged and combined shall always be construed to be separate, and the effect of the combination or merger shall be limited to a consolidation of official duties only. The salary or compensation of the officer or employee holding the merged and combined offices or employments or offices and employments shall not be in excess of the maximum amount provided by law for the salary or compensation of the office, offices, employment, or employments so merged and combined.Source   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 107;   R.S.1913, § 4872;   Laws 1915, c. 85, § 1, p. 224;   C.S.1922, § 4040;   Laws 1923, c. 67, § 2, p. 203;   C.S.1929, § 16-302;   R.S.1943, § 16-305;   Laws 1984, LB 368, § 1;   Laws 1990, LB 756, § 1;   Laws 1990, LB 931, § 2;   Laws 1991, LB 12, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 486;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 51;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 5. Cross References  City Manager Plan of Government Act, see section 19-601.Annotations The city clerk is an elective officer, and cannot be appointed as a disbursing officer or to any other office by the council. City of Scottsbluff v. Southern Surety Co., 124 Neb. 260, 246 N.W. 346 (1933).
NE Code § 16-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-306 - City of the second class; reorganization as city of the first class; city council member; continuance in office.

16-306.  City of the second class; reorganization as city of the first class; city council member; continuance in office.In any city which becomes a city of the first class, any city council member whose term extends through another year or years by reason of his or her prior election under the provisions governing cities of the second class shall hold his or her office as a city council member from the ward in which he or she is a resident as if he or she were elected for the same term under the provisions of the Election Act governing cities of the first class.Source   Laws 1915, c. 85, § 1, p. 224;   C.S.1922, § 4040;   Laws 1923, c. 67, § 2, p. 203;   C.S.1929, § 16-302;   R.S.1943, § 16-306;   Laws 1969, c. 257, § 4, p. 934;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 24;   Laws 1990, LB 957, § 4;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 487;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 52.  Cross References   Election Act, see section 32-101.  For reorganization as city of the first class, see sections 16-102 and 16-103.
NE Code § 16-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-308 - Administrator, departments, and other appointed officers; enumerated; appointment and removal.

16-308.  Administrator, departments, and other appointed officers; enumerated; appointment and removal.Each city of the first class shall have such departments and appointed officers as shall be established by ordinance passed by the city council, which shall include a city clerk, treasurer, engineer, and attorney, and such officers as may otherwise be required by law. Except as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act, the mayor may, with the approval of the city council, appoint the necessary officers, as well as an administrator, who shall perform such duties as prescribed by ordinance. Except as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act, the appointed officers may be removed at any time by the mayor with approval of a majority of the city council. The office of administrator may not be held by the mayor. The appointed administrator may concurrently hold any other appointive office provided for in this section and section 16-325.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 14, p. 233;   Laws 1903, c. 19, § 2, p. 233;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 107;   R.S.1913, § 4874;   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 252;   Laws 1921, c. 164, § 1, p. 657;   C.S.1922, § 4042;   C.S.1929, § 16-304;   R.S.1943, § 16-308;   Laws 1953, c. 26, § 1, p. 110;   Laws 1961, c. 41, § 1, p. 171;   Laws 1963, c. 61, § 2, p. 254;   Laws 1974, LB 1024, § 1;   Laws 1975, LB 93, § 1;   Laws 1976, LB 782, § 12;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 53;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 4.  Cross References  City Manager Plan of Government Act, see section 19-601.Annotations City attorney is appointive officer and not principal officer; may be removed at any time by mayor with approval of majority of city council; and has no statutory power to make governmental decisions which affect the city. Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. City of Hastings, 198 Neb. 668, 254 N.W.2d 695 (1977).
NE Code § 16-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-309 - Appointed officers; terms.

16-309.  Appointed officers; terms.All officers of a city of the first class appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council shall hold the office to which they may be appointed until the end of the mayor's term of office and until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed or the ordinance creating the office is repealed, or as otherwise provided by law.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 15, p. 233;   Laws 1903, c. 19, § 3, p. 234;   R.S.1913, § 4875;   C.S.1922, § 4043;   C.S.1929, § 16-305;   R.S.1943, § 16-309;   Laws 1997, LB 734, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 54;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 6.
NE Code § 16-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-310 - Officers and employees; compensation fixed by ordinance.

16-310.  Officers and employees; compensation fixed by ordinance.The officers and employees in cities of the first class shall receive such compensation as the mayor and city council shall fix by ordinance.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 17, p. 234;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 1, p. 306;   Laws 1903, c. 19, § 4, p. 234;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 108;   R.S.1913, § 4876;   Laws 1915, c. 85, § 2, p. 224;   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 253;   Laws 1919, c. 36, § 1, p. 117;   C.S.1922, § 4044;   C.S.1929, § 16-306;   Laws 1943, c. 30, § 1, p. 139;   R.S. 1943, § 16-310;   Laws 1947, c. 25, § 1, p. 126;   Laws 1955, c. 29, § 1, p. 134;   Laws 1963, c. 62, § 1, p. 255;   Laws 1965, c. 50, § 1, p. 251;   Laws 1969, c. 75, § 1, p. 404;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 55.  Annotations  The clerk is required to perform all his duties for a compensation not to exceed the amount previously fixed by the council. City of Scottsbluff v. Southern Surety Company, 124 Neb. 260, 246 N.W. 346 (1933). Where no ordinance fixing salaries was in effect, at time of the election, the fixing of salaries by the council after the election did not constitute raising such salaries. Wheelock v. McDowell, 20 Neb. 160, 29 N.W. 291 (1886).
NE Code § 16-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-311 - Officers; qualifications.

16-311.  Officers; qualifications.All elected officers of a city of the first class shall be registered voters of the city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 18, p. 234;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 108;   R.S.1913, § 4877;   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 254;   C.S.1922, § 4045;   C.S.1929, § 16-307;   Laws 1931, c. 31, § 1, p. 122;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-307;   R.S.1943, § 16-311;   Laws 1969, c. 76, § 1, p. 405;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 488.
NE Code § 16-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-312 - Mayor; powers and duties.

16-312.  Mayor; powers and duties.The mayor of a city of the first class shall preside at all the meetings of the city council and shall have the right to vote 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. He or she shall have the superintending control of all the officers and affairs of the city and shall take care that the ordinances of the city and the provisions of law relating to cities of the first class are complied with. He or she may administer oaths and shall sign the commissions and appointments of all the officers appointed in the city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 19, p. 234;   R.S.1913, § 4878;   C.S.1922, § 4046;   C.S.1929, § 16-308;   R.S.1943, § 16-312;   Laws 1957, c. 55, § 2, p. 266;   Laws 1980, LB 662, § 1;   Laws 1989, LB 790, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 56;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 7.  Annotations When the population of a city of the first class, at the last United States census, drops below the number required for such classification, it becomes a city of the second class and the duties of the mayor are definite and mandatory. State ex rel. Cashman v. Carmean, 138 Neb. 819, 295 N.W. 801 (1941).
NE Code § 16-313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-313 - Mayor; veto power; passage over veto.

16-313.  Mayor; veto power; passage over veto.The mayor of a city of the first class shall have the power to approve or veto any ordinance passed by the city council and to approve or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim. If the mayor approves the ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, contract, or claim, he or she shall sign it, and it shall become effective. If the mayor vetoes the ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, contract, or any item or items of appropriations or claims, he or she shall return it to the city council stating that the measure is vetoed. The mayor may issue the veto at the meeting at which the measure passed or within seven calendar days after the meeting. If the mayor issues the veto after the meeting, the mayor shall notify the city clerk of the veto in writing. The city clerk shall notify the city council in writing of the mayor's veto. Any ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim vetoed by the mayor, may be passed over his or her veto by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to the city council, notwithstanding his or her veto. If the mayor neglects or refuses to sign any ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim, but fails to veto the measure within the time required by this section, the measure shall become effective without his or her signature. The mayor may veto any item or items of any appropriation bill or any claims bill, and approve the remainder thereof, and the item or items so vetoed may be passed by the city council over the veto as in other cases.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 20, p. 234;   R.S.1913, § 4879;   C.S.1922, § 4047;   C.S.1929, § 16-309;   R.S.1943, § 16-313;  Laws 2014, LB803, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 57;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 8.  Annotations Under a similar section where four councilmen voted for, and four councilmen against, the issuance of a liquor license, and the mayor voted for its issuance, such vote of the mayor does not come within any exceptions direct or implied, and such mayor has the authority to cast the deciding vote. Rohrer v. Hastings Brewing Company, 83 Neb. 111, 119 N.W. 27 (1908).
NE Code § 16-314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-314 - Mayor; legislative recommendations; jurisdiction.

16-314.  Mayor; legislative recommendations; jurisdiction.The mayor of a city of the first class shall, from time to time, communicate to the city council such information and recommend such measures as in his or her opinion may tend to the improvement of the finances of the city, the police, health, comfort, and general prosperity of the city, and may have such jurisdiction as may be invested in him or her by ordinance over all places within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city, for the enforcement of health or quarantine ordinances and the regulation thereof.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 21, p. 235;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 2, p. 307;   R.S.1913, § 4880;   C.S.1922, § 4048;   C.S.1929, § 16-310;   R.S.1943, § 16-314;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 58;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 9.
NE Code § 16-316 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-316 - Mayor; pardons; remission of fines.

16-316.  Mayor; pardons; remission of fines.The mayor of a city of the first class shall have power after conviction to remit fines and forfeitures, and to grant reprieves and pardons for all offenses arising under the ordinances of the city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 23, p. 235;   R.S.1913, § 4882;   C.S.1922, § 4050;   C.S.1929, § 16-312;   R.S.1943, § 16-316;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 10.
NE Code § 16-317 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-317 - City clerk; duties.

16-317.  City clerk; duties.The city clerk of a city of the first 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. He or she shall also perform such other duties as may be required by the ordinances of the city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 25, p. 236;   R.S.1913, § 4883;   C.S.1922, § 4051;   C.S.1929, § 16-313;   R.S.1943, § 16-317;   Laws 1973, LB 224, § 4;  Laws 2013, LB112, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 59;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 11.  Cross References  Records Management Act, see section 84-1220.Annotations This section does not require that the minutes of a meeting embody the full text of an ordinance adopted thereat, but they should set forth proceedings showing statutory requirements were complied with and that ordinance identified therein is preserved in a volume or file separate from the minutes. Webber v. City of Scottsbluff, 187 Neb. 282, 188 N.W.2d 214 (1971).
NE Code § 16-318.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-318.01 - City clerk; city treasurer; offices combined; duties; salary.

16-318.01.  City clerk; city treasurer; offices combined; duties; salary.Cities of the first class may by ordinance combine the offices of clerk and treasurer and provide for the payment of a salary to the person holding such combined offices. Such salary shall not be in excess of the maximum amount provided by law for the salary of the clerk in such city plus the maximum amount provided by law for the salary of the treasurer in such a city. When these offices are so combined, the duties of the treasurer shall be performed by the clerk.Source   Laws 1943, c. 41, § 1, p. 185;   R.S.1943, § 19-1601;   Laws 1945, c. 25, § 4, p. 136.
NE Code § 16-319 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-319 - City attorney; duties; compensation; additional legal assistance.

16-319.  City attorney; duties; compensation; additional legal assistance.The city attorney of a city of the first class shall be the legal advisor of the city council and other city officers. The city attorney shall commence, prosecute, and defend all suits and actions necessary to be commenced, prosecuted, or defended on behalf of the city, or that may be ordered by the city council. He or she shall attend meetings of the city council and give them his or her opinion upon any matters submitted to him or her, either orally or in writing as may be required. The mayor and city council shall have the right to pay the city attorney additional compensation for legal services performed by him or her for the city or to employ additional legal assistance and to pay for such legal assistance out of the funds of the city. Whenever the mayor and city council have by ordinance so authorized, the board of public works shall have the right to pay the city attorney additional compensation for legal services performed by him or her for it or to employ additional legal assistance other than the city attorney and pay such legal assistance out of funds disbursed under the orders of the board of public works.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 27, p. 237;   R.S.1913, § 4885;   C.S.1922, § 4053;   C.S.1929, § 16-315;   R.S.1943, § 16-319;   Laws 1947, c. 26, § 1, p. 127;   Laws 1955, c. 30, § 1, p. 136;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 61;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 13.  Annotations  City attorney is appointive officer and not principal officer; may be removed at any time by mayor with approval of majority of city council; and has no statutory power to make governmental decisions which affect the city. Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. City of Hastings, 198 Neb. 668, 254 N.W.2d 695 (1977). Where city attorney joined in resisting action to recover funds, demand to bring action was not required. Arthur v. Trindel, 168 Neb. 429, 96 N.W.2d 208 (1959).
NE Code § 16-320 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-320 - City engineer; duties.

16-320.  City engineer; duties.The city engineer of a city of the first class shall make a record of the minutes of his or her surveys and of all work done for the city, including sewers, extension of water systems and heating systems, electric light and sewerage systems, and power plants, and accurately make such plats, sections, profiles, and maps as may be necessary in the prosecution of any public work, which shall be public records and belong to the city and be turned over to his or her successor.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 28, p. 237;   R.S.1913, § 4886;   C.S.1922, § 4054;   C.S.1929, § 16-316;   R.S.1943, § 16-320;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 62;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 14.  Annotations 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 § 16-321.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-321.01 - Municipal bidding procedure; waiver; when.

16-321.01.  Municipal bidding procedure; waiver; when.Any municipal bidding procedure may be waived by the city council or board of public works of a city of the first class (1) when materials or equipment are purchased at the same price and from the same seller as materials or equipment which have formerly been obtained pursuant to the state bidding procedure in sections 81-145 to 81-162, (2) when the contract is negotiated directly with a sheltered workshop pursuant to section 48-1503, or (3) when required to comply with any federal grant, loan, or program.Source   Laws 1997, LB 238, § 2;  Laws 2011, LB335, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 16.
NE Code § 16-322 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-322 - Special engineer; when employed.

16-322.  Special engineer; when employed.The mayor and city council of a city of the first class may, whenever they deem it expedient, employ a special engineer to make or assist in making any particular estimate or survey, and any estimate or survey made by such special engineer shall have the same validity and serve in all respects as though the same had been made by the city engineer.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 98, p. 297;   R.S.1913, § 4888;   C.S.1922, § 4056;   C.S.1929, § 16-318;   R.S.1943, § 16-322;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 64;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 17.
NE Code § 16-323 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-323 - Chief of police; police officers; powers and duties.

16-323.  Chief of police; police officers; powers and duties.The chief of police of a city of the first class shall have the immediate superintendence of the police. He or she and the police officers shall have the power and the duty to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state or of the city, by day or by night, in the same manner as a county sheriff and to keep such offenders in the city prison or other place to prevent their escape until a trial or examination may be had before the proper officer. The chief of police and police officers shall have the same power as the county sheriff in relation to all criminal matters arising out of a violation of a city ordinance and all process issued by the county court in connection with a violation of a city ordinance.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 30, p. 238;   R.S.1913, § 4889;   C.S.1922, § 4057;   C.S.1929, § 16-319;   R.S.1943, § 16-323;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 103;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 26;   Laws 1988, LB 1030, § 4;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 65;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 18.  Cross References  Ticket quota requirements, prohibited, see section 48-235.Annotations  Cited but not discussed. Frederickson v. Albertsen, 183 Neb. 494, 161 N.W.2d 712 (1968). One can infer from this section that police officers may, under proper circumstances, exercise their authority and peacekeeping duties at any time. State v. Wilen, 4 Neb. App. 132, 539 N.W.2d 650 (1995).
NE Code § 16-324 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-324 - Street commissioner; duties.

16-324.  Street commissioner; duties.The street commissioner of a city of the first class shall be subject to the orders of the mayor and city council by resolution, have general charge, direction, and control of all work in the streets, sidewalks, culverts, and bridges of the city, except matters in charge of the board of public works, and shall perform such other duties as the city council may require.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 31, p. 238;   R.S.1913, § 4890;   C.S.1922, § 4058;   C.S.1929, § 16-320;   R.S.1943, § 16-324;   Laws 1961, c. 42, § 1, p. 173;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 66;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 19.