2270ORDINANCE NO. 2270
COUNCIL MEMBER SHEPARD INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BLAIR,
NEBRASKA, BY AMENDING SECTION 1 -202 CITY MAYOR; ELECTION AND DUTIES;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT;
AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IN PAMPHLET FORM.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR,
NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 1 -202 of the Municipal Code of the City of Blair, Nebraska is hereby
amended as follows, to wit:
Sec. 1 -202 CITY MAYOR; ELECTION AND DUTIES The Mayor shall preside at all the
meetings of the City Council and shall have the right to vote on any pending matter, legislation, or
transaction 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.
The Mayor 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. The Mayor may administer oaths, and shall sign the commissions
and appointments of all the officers appointed in the City. The Mayor must sign all resolutions
which have been passed and warrants for the payment of money when ordered by the City Council
and Municipal Minutes of all meetings.
The Mayor shall have the power to approve or veto any ordinance passed by the City Council and
to approve or veto any order, by -law, resolution, award or vote to enter into any contract, or the
allowance of any claim; Provided, any ordinance, order, by -law, resolution, award or vote to enter
into any contract, or the allowance of any claim vetoed by the Mayor, may be passed over the
Mayor's veto by vote of two - thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to the Council,
notwithstanding the Mayor's veto. If the Mayor vetoes the ordinance, order, by -law, resolution,
contract, or any item or items of appropriations or claims, the Mayor 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 (7) 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 Clerk shall
notify the City Council in writing of the Mayor's veto. The City Council may vote to override the
veto at the meeting at which the measure was vetoed, or a Council member may notify the City
Clerk in writing within seven (7) calendar days of the date of the written notice of the veto to place
a veto override motion on the agenda at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. If a
Council member neglects or refuses to notify the City Clerk of their desire for a veto override
motion within the time required by this section, the veto shall stand. If the Mayor neglects or
refuses to sign any ordinance, order, by -law, resolution, award 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 the Mayor's 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 Council over the veto as in other cases.
The Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the City Council such information and
recommend such measures as in the Mayor's opinion may tend to the improvement of the finances
of the City, the police, health, comfort, and general prosperity of the Municipality and may have
such jurisdiction as may be invested in the Mayor by ordinance over all places within two (2)
miles of the corporate limits of the City, for the enforcement of health or quarantine ordinances
and the regulation thereof. The Mayor 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. The Mayor shall have all other powers and duties as may be provided by the laws of the
State of Nebraska and as further provided by advice of the Municipality. The Mayor shall be
elected at large at the Municipal Election, and shall serve a four (4) year term of office. (Neb.
Rev. Stat. §16-312 thru 16 -314, 16 -503)
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 10 DAY OF MARCH, 2015.
CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
By
J E. REALPH, MAYOR
STATE OF NEBRASKA )
ss:
WASHINGTON COUNTY )
BRENDA R. WHEELER hereby certifies that she is the duly appointed, qualified and acting City
Clerk of the City of Blair, Nebraska, and that the above and foregoing ordinance was passed at a
regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of said City held on the 10th day of March, 2015.
BRENDA R. WHEELER, CITY CLERK