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MILAN CITY CHARTER (excerpts)
Title
page
Chapter 1. Name and
Boundaries
Chapter 2. Municipal
Powers
Chapter 3. Elections
Chapter 4. Organization of Government
Chapter 5. General Provisions
Chapter 6. The Council
Chapter 7. Legislation
Chapter 8. General Finance
Chapter 9. Taxation
Section 9.7. Board of review; composition; members;
appointment; compensation.
The board of review shall be composed of three freeholders
who are qualified and registered electors of the city who during
their term of office shall not be city officers or employees or
be nominees or candidates for elective city office The filing by
a member of the board of review of his nomination petition for
an elective city office or the filing of a consent thereto shall
constitute a resignation from the board of review. One member of
the board shall be appointed by the council annually in January,
1968, and each year thereafter for a term of three (3) years, to
replace the member whose term expires that year. The council
shall fix the compensation of the members of the board.
The board of review shall annually in February select its own
chairman for the ensuing year, and the assessor shall be clerk
of the board and shall be entitled to be heard at its sessions.
A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a
quorum.
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Section 9.9. Same; notice of meetings required.
The council shall provide for giving notice to the public of
the time and place of the meeting of the board of review. Such
notice shall be given not less than ten days before the
convening of the board and as often thereafter as the council
deems fit.
Chapter 10. Borrowing Power.
Chapter 11. Special Assessments
Chapter 12. Purchases, Contracts, Leases
12.1. Purchasing department; ordinance required; purchases,
sales, regulations.
The council may create by ordinance a purchasing department,
and until such adoption the mayor shall designate an
administrative officer of the city in charge of purchasing who
shall be known as the purchasing officer, who shall be
responsible for the purchase and sale of all city property, and
shall also be responsible for the procurement, storage and
distribution of all city supplies and equipment.
12.2.
Contracts; council authority; general provisions.
The
authority to contract on behalf of the city is vested in the
council, and shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions
of statue and of this charter, provided that purchases and sales
be made by the purchasing officer subject to the provisions of
section 12.1.
Any
contract or agreement in an amount of one thousand dollars or more
made with form or terms other than the standard city purchase
order form, shall before execution be submitted to the attorney
and his opinion obtained with respect to its form and legality.
A copy of all contracts or agreements requiring such
opinion shall be filed in the office of the clerk together with a
copy of the opinion. **
Section
12.3. Public property;
sales, leases; requisites, restrictions
Any
agreement or contract for the renting or letting of public
property for a period longer than three years shall be subject to
the same referendum procedure as provided in the case of
ordinances passed by the council.
However, a summary of the terms of any such agreement or
contract shall be published within ten days after its approval by
the council and any petition for such referendum must be filed
within thirty days after such publication to be effective.
The
transfer or assignment of any agreement or contract for the
renting or letting of public property may be made only upon
approval of the council, but approval of such transfer shall not
be subject to referendum.
Rentals
and leases and renewals thereof shall be for a fair consideration
as determined by the council.
The
city shall not sell any park, cemetery or part thereof, except
where such park is not required under an official master plan of
the city, unless approved by three-fifths of the electors voting
thereon at any general or special election.
Section
12.4. Repudiation of
debts prohibited.
The
city shall not repudiate any debt by any change in its charter or
by consolidation with any other municipality.
Chapter 13. Municipal Owned Utilities
Chapter 14. Public Utility Franchises
Section 14.1. Prior franchises continued.
All franchises to which the Village of Milan is a party when
this charter becomes effective, shall remain in full force and
effect in accordance with their respective terms and conditions.
Chapter 15. Supervisors
Section 15.1. City representatives, number, state law.
The city shall have the maximum number of representatives on
each county board of supervisors to which it is entitled by
statute.
Chapter 16 Justice Court
Chapter 17 Miscellaneous
Chapter 18. Schedule
Section 18.1. Status of schedule chapter.
The purpose of this schedule chapter is to inaugurate the
government of the city under this charter and to accomplish the
transition from village to city government, and it shall
constitute a part of this charter only to the extent and for the
time required to accomplish this end.
Resolution of Adoption
NOTE: Charter was written by Vern Campbell, George Allan,
Stuart B. Gould, George D. Hoffman, Orville Lidgard, Alvin M.
Ost, Millard Frank Phillips, Ethel G. Richards, and Harvey A.
Young. Completed in 1967.
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