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United States — Arizona
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The common council may adopt an ordinance to have the mayor elected directly by the town’s electors, if approved by a majority of qualified electors voting at a regular or special election.
United States — Arizona
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The common council may choose a district system, and if it does, it must adopt an ordinance or resolution dividing the town into no more than six districts.
United States — Arizona
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Town electors may use an initiative vote to enact, enforce, or repeal term limits for common council members and the mayor.
United States — Arizona
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The common council must set the time and place of stated meetings by ordinance, the mayor may convene the council at any time, a majority of councilmen is a quorum, and a smaller number may adjourn and require absent members to attend under ordinance-prescribed penalties.
United States — Arizona
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The common council can set its own procedure, judge member elections and qualifications, keep meeting records, and punish disorderly conduct at council meetings.
United States — Arizona
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The council must fill a vacancy by appointment, with the appointment term depending on how close the vacancy is to the nomination petition deadline. The appointed member must meet section 9-232 qualifications.
United States — Arizona
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The mayor is the town’s chief executive officer and must carry out duties set by law and ordinance. If the mayor is absent, the council may appoint one of its members to act in the mayor’s place.
United States — Arizona
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Every town must have a town clerk, town marshal, town engineer, and any other officers the common council deems necessary.
United States — Arizona
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This section assigns municipal jobs: the town clerk is also treasurer, the town marshal collects town taxes, and the town engineer controls streets, sewers, and water works. In towns of 3,000 or more, the town engineer must be a competent engineer; in towns under 3,000, the town marshal may act as town engineer.
United States — Arizona
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The common council may set duties and pay for town officers, fill vacancies by ordinance, appoint and remove certain town officers and agents, require bonds, declare an office vacant if security is not given, and provide severance pay.
United States — Arizona
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The common council has broad powers to manage town property, finances, streets, licenses, ordinances, and public order.
United States — Arizona
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The corporation may buy, hold, lease, receive, and convey property needed for its purposes; real property conveyed to it must be in the corporation’s name; and the corporation’s conveyances must be executed by the mayor with council advice and consent at a regular meeting.
United States — Arizona
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The corporation may own, operate, and control hospitals, and the council may lease a hospital to certain nonprofit or state-law organizations on terms and consideration the council sets.
United States — Arizona
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The common council may require property owners to build sidewalks or streets, set assessment and collection rules, and have the town do the work and charge the cost if owners fail to comply.
United States — Arizona
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The common council may levy annual property taxes on taxable real and personal property in the town.
United States — Arizona
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The common council must publish a full and correct town financial statement at least 10 days before the biennial election, or post it in three or more public places if there is no town newspaper.
United States — Arizona
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An official who may audit and allow claims against an indebted town must issue one warrant, substitute check, or voucher to the treasurer for the amount due, and must not issue more than one for the amount allowed.
United States — Arizona
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Warrants, substitute checks, and vouchers drawn on a town treasurer must be made payable only to the person who is owed the money, and they must use the form set by ordinance.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town treasurer may not pay a warrant, substitute check, or voucher unless it is properly presented, and must mark and sign paid or unpaid items as required.
United States — Arizona
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A town officer who violates sections 9-247, 9-248, or 9-249 commits a petty offense.