Utah Code 10-3b-302. Mayor in six-member council form of government — Mayor pro tempore
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(1) The mayor in a municipality operating under a six-member council form of municipal government:
Terms Used In Utah Code 10-3b-302
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
- Municipality: means :(5)(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;(5)(b) a town, as classified in Section
10-2-301 ; or(5)(c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104- Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
(1)(a) is, except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a nonvoting member of the council;(1)(b) votes as a voting member of the council:(1)(b)(i) on each matter for which there is a tie vote of the other council members present at a council meeting, including a tie vote to fill a mid-term vacancy under Section20A-1-510 ; or(1)(b)(ii) when the council is voting on:(1)(b)(ii)(A) whether to appoint or dismiss a municipal manager; or(1)(b)(ii)(B) an ordinance that enlarges or restricts the mayor’s powers, duties, or functions;(1)(c) is the chair of the council and presides at all council meetings;(1)(d) exercises ceremonial functions for the municipality;(1)(e) may not veto an ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation passed by the council;(1)(f) except as modified by ordinance under Subsection10-3b-303 (2), has the powers and duties described in Section10-3b-104 ; and(1)(g) may, within budget constraints, appoint one or more administrative assistants to the mayor.
(2)
(2)(a) If the mayor is absent or unable or refuses to act, the council may elect a member of the council as mayor pro tempore, to:
(2)(a)(i) preside at a council meeting; and
(2)(a)(ii) perform, during the mayor’s absence, disability, or refusal to act, the duties and functions of mayor.
(2)(b) The municipal clerk or recorder shall enter in the minutes of the council meeting the election of a council member as mayor pro tempore under Subsection (2)(a).