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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-418 - City council; meetings; quorum.

19-418.
City council; meetings; quorum.
In cities under the commission plan of government, the regular meetings of the city council in cities of the metropolitan class shall be held at least once in each week and upon such day and hour as the city council may designate. In all other cities under the commission plan of government having a population of two thousand or more as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, the regular meetings of the city council shall be held at such intervals and upon such day and hour as the city council may by ordinance or resolution designate. Special meetings of the city council in any of such cities may be called, from time to time, by the mayor or two city council members, giving notice in such manner as may be fixed or defined by law or ordinance in any of such cities or as shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution by such city council. A majority of such city council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, but it shall require a majority vote of the city council in any such city to pass any measure or transact any business.
Source
Laws 1911, c. 24, § 15, p. 163;
R.S.1913, § 5302;
C.S.1922, § 4525;
C.S.1929, § 19-415;
R.S.1943, § 19-418;
Laws 1969, c. 257, § 18, p. 941;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 46;
Laws 2017, LB113, § 26;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 23.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-419 - Mayor; city council members; office; duties.

19-419.
Mayor; city council members; office; duties.
The mayor and city council members in a city under the commission plan of government shall maintain offices at the city hall, and the mayor shall regularly investigate all public affairs concerning the interest of the city and investigate and ascertain the efficiency and manner in which all departments of the city government are being conducted. The mayor shall recommend to the city council all such matters as in his or her judgment should receive the investigation, consideration, or action of the city council.
Source
Laws 1911, c. 24, § 16, p. 163;
R.S.1913, § 5303;
C.S.1922, § 4526;
C.S.1929, § 19-416;
R.S.1943, § 19-419;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 47;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 24.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-421 - Petitions; requirements; verification; costs.

19-421.
Petitions; requirements; verification; costs.
All petitions provided for in the Municipal Commission Plan of Government Act shall be subject to and meet the requirements of sections 32-628 to 32-630. Upon the filing of a petition, a city, upon passage of a resolution by the city council, and the county clerk or election commissioner of the county in which such city is located may by mutual agreement provide that the county clerk or election commissioner shall ascertain whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of legal voters. The city shall reimburse the county for any costs incurred by the county clerk or election commissioner.
Source
Laws 1911, c. 24, § 18, p. 164;
R.S.1913, § 5305;
C.S.1922, § 4528;
C.S.1929, § 19-418;
R.S.1943, § 19-421;
Laws 1983, LB 281, § 1;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 515;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 25.
Annotations
Verification inadvertently omitted may be attached after petitions are filed. State ex rel. Miller v. Berg, 97 Neb. 63, 149 N.W. 61 (1914).
A petition filed under Nebraska referendum act did not suspend an ordinance providing for an election and vote on question whether Nebraska City should proceed to condemn power company's property. Central Power Co. v. Nebraska City, 112 F.2d 471 (8th Cir. 1940).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-422 - Cities adopting the commission plan; laws applicable.

19-422.
Cities adopting the commission plan; laws applicable.
All general state laws governing cities described in section 19-401 shall, according to the classification of such city, apply to and govern any city under the commission plan of government so far as such laws are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions, intents, and purposes of the Municipal Commission Plan of Government Act.
Source
Laws 1911, c. 24, § 19, p. 164;
R.S.1913, § 5306;
C.S.1922, § 4529;
C.S.1929, § 19-419;
R.S.1943, § 19-422;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 26.
Annotations
The interests of the state in the police and fire protection would bring it within the jurisdiction of the state to regulate those matters. Adams v. City of Omaha, 101 Neb. 690, 164 N.W. 714 (1917).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-423 - Appropriations and expenses; alteration; power of first city council.

19-423.
Appropriations and expenses; alteration; power of first city council.
If at the beginning of the term of office of the first city council elected under sections 19-401 to 19-409 the appropriations or distribution of the expenditures of the city government for the current fiscal year have been made, the city council shall have power, by ordinance, to revise, repeal, or change such distribution or to make additional appropriation, within the limit of the total taxes levied for such year.
Source
Laws 1911, c. 24, § 20, p. 164;
R.S.1913, § 5307;
C.S.1922, § 4530;
C.S.1929, § 19-420;
R.S.1943, § 19-423;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 516;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 27.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-432 - Commission plan; discontinuance; petition; election.

19-432.
Commission plan; discontinuance; petition; election.
Any city which shall have operated for more than four years under the commission plan of government may abandon organization thereunder, and accept the provisions of the general law of the state then applicable to cities of its population, by proceeding as follows: Upon a petition, signed by such number of the qualified electors of such city as equals at least twenty-five percent of the highest vote cast for any of the city council members elected at the last preceding general or regular election in such city, being filed with and found sufficient by the city clerk, a special election shall be called in such city, at which special election the following proposition only shall be submitted: Shall the city of (name of city) abandon its organization under the commission plan of government and become a city under the general laws of the state governing cities of like population? If a majority of the votes cast at any such special election are in favor of such proposition, the officers elected at the next succeeding general city election in such city shall be those then prescribed by the general laws of the state for cities of like population, and upon the qualification of such officers, according to the terms of such general state law, such city shall become a city governed by and under such general state law. If such special election is not held and the result thereof declared at least sixty days before the election date in such city, then such city shall continue to be governed under the commission plan of government until the second general city election occurring after the date of such special election, and at such general city election the officers provided by such general state law for the government of such city shall be elected, and, upon their qualification, the terms of office of the city council members elected under the commission plan of government shall cease and terminate.
Source
Laws 1911, c. 24, § 24, p. 169;
Laws 1913, c. 21, § 8, p. 93;
R.S.1913, § 5311;
C.S.1922, § 4534;
C.S.1929, § 19-424;
R.S.1943, § 19-432;
Laws 1969, c. 257, § 19, p. 942;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 52;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 28.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-433 - Commission plan; discontinuance; petition; election; procedure.

19-433.
Commission plan; discontinuance; petition; election; procedure.
(1) Within ten days after the date of filing the petition asking for a special election on the issue of discontinuing the commission plan of government, the city clerk shall examine it and, with the assistance of the election commissioner or county clerk, ascertain whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of registered voters. If necessary, the city council shall allow the city clerk extra help for the purpose of examining the petition. No new signatures may be added after the initial filing of the petition. If the petition contains the requisite number of signatures, the city clerk shall promptly submit the petition to the city council.
(2) Upon receipt of the petition, the city council shall promptly order and fix a date for holding the special election, which date shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of the city clerk's certificate to the city council showing the petition sufficient. The special election shall be conducted in the same manner as provided for the election of city council members under the Municipal Commission Plan of Government Act.
Source
Laws 1911, c. 24, § 24, p. 170;
Laws 1913, c. 21, § 8, p. 93;
R.S.1913, § 5311;
C.S.1922, § 4534;
C.S.1929, § 19-424;
R.S.1943, § 19-433;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 53;
Laws 1984, LB 975, § 11;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 517;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 29.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-501 - Charter convention; charter; amendments; election.

19-501.
Charter convention; charter; amendments; election.
Whenever, in any city having a population of more than five thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, a charter convention shall have prepared and proposed any charter for the government of such city or any amendments to the charter previously in force, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to also publish and submit, at the same time and in the same manner as in the case of the submission of such proposed charter, any additional or alternative articles or sections, to the qualified voters of such city for their approval, which shall be proposed by the petition of at least ten percent of the qualified electors of such city voting for the gubernatorial candidates at the next preceding general election. The petition must be filed within thirty days after the work of such charter convention shall have been completed.
Source
Laws 1913, c. 192, § 1, p. 569;
R.S.1913, § 5312;
C.S.1922, § 4535;
C.S.1929, § 19-501;
R.S.1943, § 19-501;
Laws 2017, LB113, § 27.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-502 - Charter convention; work, when deemed complete; charter, when published.

19-502.
Charter convention; work, when deemed complete; charter, when published.
The city clerk shall not begin the publication of any proposed charter or amendments, as required by the Constitution of Nebraska, in less than thirty days from the time of the completion of the work of the charter convention, and the work of the charter convention shall be deemed completed whenever its certified copy of charter or amendments shall be delivered to the city clerk, together with twenty-five correct copies thereof. Such copies shall when filed be open to the inspection of any elector of such city.
Source
Laws 1913, c. 192, § 2, p. 570;
R.S.1913, § 5313;
C.S.1922, § 4536;
C.S.1929, § 19-502;
R.S.1943, § 19-502;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 30.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-503 - Charter amendments; petition; adoption.

19-503.
Charter amendments; petition; adoption.
Whenever any petition, as provided in section 19-501, shall be filed with the city clerk and shall contain the required number of signatures of qualified electors, asking for the submission of additional or alternative articles or sections in the complete form in which such articles or sections are to read as amended, such articles or sections shall be deemed to be proposed for adoption by the qualified electors of the city with the same force and effect as if proposed by the charter convention, and the article or section which receives the majority of all the votes cast for and against such additional or alternative articles or sections shall be declared adopted, and certified to the Secretary of State, a copy deposited in the archives of the city, and shall become the charter or part thereof, of such city.
Source
Laws 1913, c. 192, § 3, p. 570;
R.S.1913, § 5314;
C.S.1922, § 4537;
C.S.1929, § 19-503;
R.S.1943, § 19-503;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 31.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-601 - Act, how cited.

19-601.
Act, how cited.
Sections 19-601 to 19-662 shall be known and may be cited as the City Manager Plan of Government Act.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 1, p. 497;
C.S.1922, § 4538;
C.S.1929, § 19-601;
R.S.1943, § 19-601;
Laws 1955, c. 55, § 4, p. 180;
Laws 1963, c. 89, § 2, p. 300;
Laws 1985, LB 372, § 1;
Laws 1998, LB 893, § 1;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 32.
Annotations
The sections in this article relate to cities operating under the city manager plan. State ex rel. Warren v. Kleman, 178 Neb. 564, 134 N.W.2d 254 (1965).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-602 - City, defined; population; how determined.

19-602.
City, defined; population; how determined.
For purposes of the City Manager Plan of Government Act, city means any city having a population of one thousand or more and less than two hundred thousand inhabitants. The population of a city shall be the number of inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 2, p. 498;
C.S.1922, § 4539;
C.S.1929, § 19-602;
R.S.1943, § 19-602;
Laws 2017, LB113, § 28;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 33.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-603 - Charter and general laws; force and effect.

19-603.
Charter and general laws; force and effect.
In any city which adopts the city manager plan of government as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act, the charter and all general laws governing such city shall continue in full force and effect, except that if any provisions of such charter or laws are inconsistent with the act, the same shall be superseded.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 3, p. 498;
C.S.1922, § 4540;
C.S.1929, § 19-603;
R.S.1943, § 19-603;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 34.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-604 - Ordinances; resolutions; orders; regulations; force and effect.

19-604.
Ordinances; resolutions; orders; regulations; force and effect.
All valid ordinances, resolutions, orders, or other regulations of a city which adopts the city manager plan of government, or any authorized body or official of such city, existing at the time the city manager plan becomes applicable in the city, and not inconsistent with the City Manager Plan of Government Act, shall continue in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or otherwise superseded.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 4, p. 498;
C.S.1922, § 4541;
C.S.1929, § 19-604;
R.S.1943, § 19-604;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 35.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-605 - City manager plan; petition for adoption; election.

19-605.
City manager plan; petition for adoption; election.
Whenever the electors of any city, equal in number to twenty percent of those who voted at the last regular city election, shall file a petition with the city clerk, asking that the question of organizing the city under the city manager plan of government be submitted to the electors of such city, the city clerk shall within one week certify that fact to the city council, and the city council shall, within thirty days, adopt a resolution to provide for submitting such question at a special election to be held not less than thirty days after the adoption of the resolution except as provided in this section. Any such election shall be conducted in accordance with the Election Act except as otherwise provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act. If such petition is filed not more than one hundred eighty days nor less than seventy days prior to the regular municipal statewide primary or statewide general election, the city council shall adopt a resolution to provide for submitting such question at the next such election.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 6, p. 498;
C.S.1922, § 4543;
C.S.1929, § 19-606;
R.S.1943, § 19-605;
Laws 1974, LB 897, § 2;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 36.
Cross References
Election Act, see section 32-101.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-606 - City manager plan; adoption or abandonment; election.

19-606.
City manager plan; adoption or abandonment; election.
The proposition to adopt or to abandon the city manager plan of government shall not be submitted to the electors of any city later than sixty days before a regular municipal election. If, in any city, a sufficient petition is filed requiring that the question of adopting the commission plan of government, or the question of choosing a convention to frame a city charter, be submitted to the electors of such city, or if an ordinance providing for the election of a charter convention is passed by the city council, the proposition to adopt the city manager plan of government shall not be submitted in such city so long as the question of adopting the commission plan of government, or of choosing a charter convention, or adopting a charter framed by such convention, is pending.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 7, p. 498;
C.S.1922, § 4544;
C.S.1929, § 19-607;
R.S.1943, § 19-606;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 37.
Cross References
Petition for abandonment of city manager plan of government, see section 19-662.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-607 - Election; ballot; form.

19-607.
Election; ballot; form.
In submitting the question of adopting the city manager plan of government, the city council shall cause to be printed on the ballots the following question: Shall the city manager plan of government as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act be adopted? Immediately following such question there shall be printed on the ballots the following propositions in the order here set forth: For the adoption of the city manager plan of government and Against the adoption of the city manager plan of government. Immediately to the left of each proposition shall be placed an oval or a square in which the electors may vote by making a cross (X) or other clear, intelligible mark.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 8, p. 499;
C.S.1922, § 4545;
C.S.1929, § 19-608;
R.S.1943, § 19-607;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 38.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-608 - Election; adoption of plan; when effective; rejection; resubmission.

19-608.
Election; adoption of plan; when effective; rejection; resubmission.
If the city manager plan of government is approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, such plan shall go into effect immediately as it applies to the nomination and election of officers provided for in sections 19-612 to 19-613.01, and in all other respects such plan shall go into effect on the first Monday following the next regular municipal election. If the proposition to adopt the city manager plan of government is rejected by the electors, it shall not again be submitted in such city within two years after the proposition is rejected.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 9, p. 499;
C.S.1922, § 4546;
C.S.1929, § 19-609;
R.S.1943, § 19-608;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 39.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-609 - City manager plan; abandonment; petition; election.

19-609.
City manager plan; abandonment; petition; election.
Any city which has operated under the city manager plan of government for at least four years may abandon such organization and either accept the provisions of the general law applicable to such city or adopt any other optional plan or organization open to such city. The petition for abandonment shall designate the plan desired, and the following proposition shall be submitted: Shall the city of (............) abandon the city manager plan of government and adopt the (name of plan) as provided in (giving the legal designation of the law as published)? If a majority of the votes cast thereon be in favor of such proposition, the officers elected at the next regular municipal election shall be those prescribed by the laws designated in the petition, and upon the qualification of such officers the city shall become organized under such law. Such change shall not affect the property right or ability of any nature of such city, but shall extend merely to its form of government.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 10, p. 499;
C.S.1922, § 4547;
C.S.1929, § 19-610;
R.S.1943, § 19-609;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 40.
Cross References
Petition for abandonment of city manager plan of government, see section 19-662.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-610 - Local charters; right to adopt.

19-610.
Local charters; right to adopt.
Nothing in the City Manager Plan of Government Act shall be construed to interfere with or prevent any city at any time from framing and adopting a charter for its own government as provided by the Constitution of Nebraska. In exercising the right to frame its own charter, it shall not be obligatory upon any city to adopt or retain the city manager plan of government.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 11, p. 500;
C.S.1922, § 4548;
C.S.1929, § 19-611;
R.S.1943, § 19-610;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 41.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-611 - City council; powers.

19-611.
City council; powers.
The governing body of a city which has adopted the city manager plan of government shall be the city council, which shall exercise all the powers which have been or may be conferred upon the city by the Constitution of Nebraska and laws of the state, except as otherwise provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 12, p. 500;
C.S.1922, § 4549;
C.S.1929, § 19-612;
R.S.1943, § 19-611;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 42.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-612 - City council members; number; nomination and election; terms.

19-612.
City council members; number; nomination and election; terms.
City council members in a city under the city manager plan of government shall be nominated and elected as provided in section 32-538. The number of city council members shall be determined by the class and population of the city. In cities having one thousand or more but not more than forty thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, there shall be five members, and in cities having more than forty thousand but less than two hundred thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, there shall be seven members, except that in cities having between ten thousand and forty thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, the city council may by ordinance provide for seven members. The terms of office of all such members shall commence on the first regular meeting of such city council in December following their election.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 13, p. 500;
C.S.1922, § 4550;
C.S.1929, § 19-613;
R.S.1943, § 19-612;
Laws 1963, c. 90, § 1, p. 311;
Laws 1967, c. 90, § 1, p. 279;
Laws 1969, c. 257, § 21, p. 943;
Laws 1972, LB 661, § 6;
Laws 1975, LB 323, § 3;
Laws 1977, LB 201, § 6;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 54;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 518;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 43;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 180.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-613 - City council members; qualifications; forfeiture of office; grounds.

19-613.
City council members; qualifications; forfeiture of office; grounds.
Members of the city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall be residents and registered voters of the city and shall hold no other employment with the city. Any city council member who ceases to possess any of the qualifications required by this section or who has been convicted of a felony or of any public offense involving the violation of the oath of office of such member while in office shall forthwith forfeit such office.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 14, p. 500;
C.S.1922, § 4551;
C.S.1929, § 19-614;
R.S.1943, § 19-613;
Laws 1971, LB 494, § 6;
Laws 1975, LB 453, § 2;
Laws 1977, LB 50, § 1;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 55;
Laws 1983, LB 370, § 9;
Laws 1990, LB 931, § 4;
Laws 1991, LB 12, § 3;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 519;
Laws 2012, LB786, § 1;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 44.
Cross References
Vacancies, see sections 32-568 and 32-569.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-613.01 - City council members; elected from a ward; election; ballots.

19-613.01.
City council members; elected from a ward; election; ballots.
Any city council member in a city under the city manager plan of government to be elected from a ward, or an appointed successor in the event of a vacancy, shall be a resident and a registered voter of such ward. The city council member shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as provided for at-large candidates, except that only residents and registered voters of the ward may participate in the signing of nomination petitions. All nominating petitions and ballots shall clearly identify the ward from which such person shall be a candidate. The ballots within a ward shall not contain the names of ward candidates from other wards.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 90, § 2, p. 280;
Laws 1972, LB 661, § 7;
Laws 1975, LB 323, § 4;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 56;
Laws 1984, LB 975, § 12;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 520;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 45.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-615 - City council; meetings; quorum.

19-615.
City council; meetings; quorum.
At the first regular meeting in December following the general election in every even-numbered year, the city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall meet in the usual place for holding meetings and the newly elected city council members shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the city council shall meet at such time and place as it may prescribe by ordinance, but not less frequently than twice each month in cities of the first class. The mayor, any two city council members, or the city manager may call special meetings of the city council upon at least six hours' written notice. The meetings of the city council and sessions of committees of the city council shall be public. A majority of the city council members shall constitute a quorum, but a majority vote of all the city council members elected shall be required to pass any measure or elect to any office.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 16, p. 501;
C.S.1922, § 4553;
C.S.1929, § 19-616;
R.S.1943, § 19-615;
Laws 1972, LB 661, § 8;
Laws 1974, LB 609, § 1;
Laws 1977, LB 203, § 1;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 57;
Laws 2001, LB 484, § 3;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 46.
Annotations
To be valid, a resolution recommending issuance or refusal of liquor license must be adopted by a majority of all elected members of city council. Hadlock v. Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, 193 Neb. 721, 228 N.W.2d 887 (1975).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-616 - Appointive or elected official; compensation; no change during term of office.

19-616.
Appointive or elected official; compensation; no change during term of office.
The annual compensation of the mayor and city council members in cities under the city manager plan of government shall be payable quarterly in equal installments and shall be fixed by the city council. The salary of any appointive or elective officer shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which such officer was elected or appointed, except that when there are officers elected or appointed to the city council or 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 has resigned or vacated any office shall be eligible to be elected or appointed to such office during the time for which he or she was elected or appointed when, during the same time, the salary has been increased. For each absence from regular meetings of the city council, unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of all members of the city council, there shall be deducted a sum equal to two percent of such annual salary.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 17, p. 501;
C.S.1922, § 4554;
C.S.1929, § 19-617;
R.S.1943, § 19-616;
Laws 1969, c. 113, § 1, p. 515;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 58;
Laws 2002, LB 1054, § 2;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 47.
Cross References
Vacancies, how filled, see sections 19-3101 and 32-560 to 32-574.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-617 - City council; organization, when; president; powers.

19-617.
City council; organization, when; president; powers.
At the first regular meeting in December following the general election in every even-numbered year, the city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall elect one of its members as president, who shall be ex officio mayor, and another as vice president, who shall serve in the absence of the president. In the absence of the president and the vice president, the city council may elect a temporary chairperson. The president shall preside over the city council and have a voice and vote in its proceedings but no veto. The president shall be recognized as the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes, by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process, and by the Governor for military purposes. In addition, the president shall exercise such other powers and perform such duties, not inconsistent with the City Manager Plan of Government Act, as are conferred upon the mayor of the city.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 18, p. 502;
C.S.1922, § 4555;
C.S.1929, § 19-618;
R.S.1943, § 19-617;
Laws 1972, LB 661, § 9;
Laws 1977, LB 203, § 2;
Laws 1978, LB 591, § 1;
Laws 2001, LB 484, § 4;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 48.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-618 - City council; city manager; appointment; investigatory powers of city council.

19-618.
City council; city manager; appointment; investigatory powers of city council.
The city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall choose a city manager, a city clerk, and, where required, a civil service commission, but no member of the city council shall be chosen as manager or as a member of the civil service commission. Neither the city council nor any of its committees or members shall dictate the appointment of any person to office or employment by the city manager or in any manner seek to prevent him or her from exercising his or her own judgment in the appointment of officers and employees in the administrative service. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the city council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager, and neither the city council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. The city council, or a committee thereof, may investigate the affairs of any department or the official acts and conduct of any city officer. The city council shall have power to administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers and may punish for contempt any person failing to obey its subpoena or refusing to testify. No person shall be excused from testifying, but his or her testimony shall not be used against him or her in any criminal proceeding other than for perjury.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 19, p. 502;
C.S.1922, § 4556;
C.S.1929, § 19-619;
R.S.1943, § 19-618;
Laws 1985, LB 372, § 2;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 49.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-619 - Appropriations and expenses; revision; power of first city council.

19-619.
Appropriations and expenses; revision; power of first city council.
If, at the beginning of the term of office of the first city council elected under the city manager plan of government, the appropriations or distribution of the expenditures of the city government for the current fiscal year have been made, the city council shall have power, by ordinance, to repeal or revise such distribution, or to make additional appropriations within the limit of the total taxes levied for the year.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 20, p. 503;
C.S.1922, § 4557;
C.S.1929, § 19-620;
R.S.1943, § 19-619;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 50.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-620 - City council; departments and offices; control.

19-620.
City council; departments and offices; control.
The city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall have authority, subject to the City Manager Plan of Government Act, to create and discontinue departments, offices, and employments, and by ordinance or resolution to prescribe, limit, or change the compensation of such officers and employees. Nothing in this section shall be construed as to interfere with or to affect the office or powers of any officer named in the Constitution of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 21, p. 503;
C.S.1922, § 4558;
C.S.1929, § 19-621;
R.S.1943, § 19-620;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 51.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-645 - City manager; how chosen; qualifications; salary.

19-645.
City manager; how chosen; qualifications; salary.
The chief executive officer of a city under the city manager plan of government shall be a city manager, who shall be responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the city. He or she shall be chosen by the city council for an indefinite period, solely on the basis of administrative qualifications, and need not be a resident of the city or state when appointed. He or she shall hold office at the pleasure of the city council and receive such salary as the city council shall fix by ordinance. During the absence or disability of the city manager, the city council shall designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties of the city manager.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 46, p. 510;
C.S.1922, § 4583;
C.S.1929, § 19-646;
R.S.1943, § 19-645;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 52.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-646 - City manager; powers; duties.

19-646.
City manager; powers; duties.
The powers and duties of the city manager shall be (1) to see that the laws and ordinances of the city are enforced, (2) to appoint and remove all heads of city departments and all subordinate officers and employees in such departments in both the classified and unclassified service, which appointments shall be upon merit and fitness alone, and in the classified service all appointments and removals shall be subject to the civil service provisions of the Civil Service Act, (3) to exercise control over all city departments and divisions thereof that may be created by the city council, (4) to attend all meetings of the city council with the right to take part in the discussion but not to vote, (5) to recommend to the city council for adoption such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient, (6) to prepare the annual city budget and keep the city council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the city, and (7) to perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by the City Manager Plan of Government Act or by ordinance or resolution of the city council.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 47, p. 511;
C.S.1922, § 4584;
C.S.1929, § 19-647;
R.S.1943, § 19-646;
Laws 1985, LB 372, § 3;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 53.
Cross References
Civil Service Act, see section 19-1825.
Annotations
This section vests city managers with authority to make employment decisions subject to the civil service provisions of the Civil Service Act. Busch v. Civil Service Commission, 21 Neb. App. 789, 844 N.W.2d 324 (2014).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-647 - City manager; investigatory powers.

19-647.
City manager; investigatory powers.
The city manager may investigate at any time the affairs of any city department or the conduct of any officer or employee of the city. The city manager, or any person or persons appointed by him or her for such purpose, shall have the same power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers and other evidence, and to punish for contempt, granted to the city council pursuant to section 19-618.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 48, p. 511;
C.S.1922, § 4585;
C.S.1929, § 19-648;
R.S.1943, § 19-647;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 54.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-648 - City manager; bond; premium; payment.

19-648.
City manager; bond; premium; payment.
Before taking office the city manager shall file with the city clerk a surety company bond, conditioned upon the honest and faithful performance of his or her duties, in such sum as shall be fixed by the city council. The premium of such bond shall be paid by the city.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 208, § 49, p. 511;
C.S.1922, § 4586;
C.S.1929, § 19-649;
R.S.1943, § 19-648;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 55.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-662 - City manager plan; abandoning; petition; filing; election.

19-662.
City manager plan; abandoning; petition; filing; election.
Whenever electors of any city under the city manager plan of government, equal in number to thirty percent of those who voted at the last regular city election, shall file a petition with the city clerk, asking that the question of abandoning the city manager plan of government be submitted to the electors thereof, the city clerk shall within one week certify that fact to the city council, and the city council shall, within thirty days, adopt a resolution to provide for submitting such question at the next regular municipal election after adoption of the resolution. When such a petition is filed with the city clerk within a seventy-day period prior to a regular municipal election, the resolution adopted by the city council shall provide for the submission of such question at the second regular municipal election thereafter as provided by law.
Source
Laws 1974, LB 897, § 3;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 56.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-703 - Court of condemnation; powers and duties; vacancy, how filled.

19-703.
Court of condemnation; powers and duties; vacancy, how filled.
Any court of condemnation appointed pursuant to section 19-702 shall have full power to summon and swear witnesses, take evidence, order the taking of depositions, and require the production of any and all books and papers deemed necessary for a full investigation and ascertainment of the value of any works, plant, or system to be acquired pursuant to section 19-701. When any part of the public utilities appropriated under sections 19-701 to 19-707 extends beyond the territory within which the city or village exercising the right of eminent domain has a right to operate such utilities, the court of condemnation, in determining the damages caused by the appropriation thereof, shall take into consideration the fact that such portion of the utility beyond such territory is being detached and not appropriated by the city or village, and the court of condemnation shall award damages by reason of such detachment and the destruction in value and usefulness of the detached and unappropriated property as it will remain and be left after the detachment and appropriation. Such court of condemnation may appoint a reporter of its proceedings who shall report and preserve all evidence introduced before it. Such court of condemnation shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of commissioners in the condemnation and ascertainment of the value and in making of an award of all property of any such works, plant, or system. The clerk of the district court, in the county where such city or village is located, shall attend upon such court of condemnation and perform such duties, as the clerk thereof, as such court of condemnation may direct. The sheriff of any such county or any of his or her deputies shall attend upon such court of condemnation and shall have power to serve summons, subpoenas, and all other orders or papers ordered to be served by such court of condemnation. In case of vacancy in such court of condemnation, such vacancy shall be filled by the Supreme Court if the vacancy occurs while the court is in session, and if it occurs while the court is not in session, then by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Source
Laws 1919, c. 188, § 3, p. 424;
C.S.1922, § 4602;
C.S.1929, § 19-703;
Laws 1941, c. 26, § 3, p. 124;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-710;
R.S.1943, § 19-703;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 59.
Annotations
Condemnation court's authority is limited to fixing the value of the property. Village of Walthill v. Iowa Electric L. & P. Co., 228 F.2d 647 (8th Cir. 1956).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-704 - Court of condemnation; award; appeal; procedure; effect of appeal.

19-704.
Court of condemnation; award; appeal; procedure; effect of appeal.
Upon the determination and filing of a finding of the value of any plant, works, or system by a court of condemnation pursuant to sections 19-702 and 19-703, the city or village shall then have the right and power by ordinance duly passed by the city council or village board of trustees to elect to abandon such condemnation proceedings. If such city or village does not elect to abandon such proceedings within ninety days after the finding and filing of value, then the person or corporation owning any such plant, works, or system may appeal from the finding of value and award by the court of condemnation to the district court by filing within twenty days from the expiration of such time given the city or village to exercise its rights of abandonment, with the city clerk of such city or the village clerk of such village, a bond, to be approved by such clerk, conditioned for the payment of all costs which may be made on any such appeal, and by filing in the district court, within ninety days after such bond is filed, a transcript of the proceedings before such court of condemnation including the evidence taken before it certified by the clerk, reporter, and judges of such court. The appeal in the district court shall be tried and determined upon the pleadings, proceedings, and evidence embraced in such transcript. If such appeal is taken the city or village, upon tendering the amount of the value and award made by such court of condemnation, to the party owning any such plant, works, or system, shall, notwithstanding such appeal, have the right and power to take immediate possession of such plant, works, or system, and the city or village authorities, without vote of the people, shall have the power, if necessary, to issue and sell bonds of the city or village to provide funds to make such tender.
Source
Laws 1919, c. 188, § 4, p. 425;
C.S.1922, § 4603;
C.S.1929, § 19-704;
Laws 1941, c. 26, § 4, p. 125;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-711;
R.S.1943, § 19-704;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 60.
Annotations
General obligation bonds were issued by city to tender amount of award. Talbott v. City of Lyons, 171 Neb. 186, 105 N.W.2d 918 (1960).
Bonds purporting to pledge revenue and earnings of electric light and power plant cannot be issued without vote of people. May v. City of Kearney, 145 Neb. 475, 17 N.W.2d 448 (1945).
Municipality is given ninety days after determination of value to abandon proceedings. Village of Walthill v. Iowa Electric L. & P. Co., 228 F.2d 647 (8th Cir. 1956).
Provision is made for making up and preservation of record of the hearing before court of condemnation. Kansas-Nebraska Nat. Gas Co. v. Village of Deshler, 192 F.Supp. 303 (D. Neb. 1960).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes › 19-705 - Court of condemnation; appeal; judgment; bonds.

19-705.
Court of condemnation; appeal; judgment; bonds.
Upon the hearing of an appeal in the district court pursuant to section 19-704, judgment shall be pronounced, as in ordinary cases, for the value of such works, plant, or system. The city, village, party, or corporation owning such plant, works, or system may appeal to the Court of Appeals. Upon a final judgment being pronounced as to the value of such plant, works, or system, the city council of such city or village board of trustees of such village shall issue and sell bonds of the city or village to pay the amount of such value and judgment without a vote of the people.
Source
Laws 1919, c. 188, § 5, p. 426;
C.S.1922, § 4604;
C.S.1929, § 19-705;
Laws 1941, c. 26, § 5, p. 125;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-712;
R.S.1943, § 19-705;
Laws 1991, LB 732, § 22;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 61.