NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 313

SENATE BILL 184

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF BESSEMER CITY TO EMPLOY A CITY MANAGER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of Town Commissioners of the Town of Bessemer City, in its discretion, is authorized and empowered to appoint a city manager who shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the board of town commissioners and he shall receive such compensation as it shall fix. He shall be the administrative head of the city government and responsible for the administration of all departments of the city government. He shall be appointed with regard to merit only and he need not be a resident of the Town of Bessemer City when appointed.

Sec. 2. The city manager shall:

(1)       Be the administrative head of the city government;

(2)       See that within the Town of Bessemer City the laws of the State, and the ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of the board of town commissioners are faithfully executed;

(3)       Attend all meetings of the board of town commissioners and recommend for adoption such measures as he may deem expedient;

(4)       Make reports to the board of town commissioners from time to time upon the affairs of the town and keep the board of town commissioners fully advised of the town's financial condition and its future financial needs;

(5)       Appoint and remove all employees of the town, not including, however, the city attorney, the city clerk, the judge of the recorder's court, and the prosecuting attorney of said court, but said officers and employees shall continue to be appointed by the board of town commissioners;

(6)       Report to the board of town commissioners each appointment or removal of an officer or employee, each such report to be made at the next meeting thereof following any such appointment or removal.

Sec. 3. The salaries and compensation of the officers and employees of the town shall be fixed by the board of town commissioners and they shall perform such duties as may be required of them by the city manager under general regulations of the board of town commissioners and the general law.

Sec. 4. The mayor and board of town commissioners shall continue to have all the power and authority conferred by the town charter and all amendments thereto and the general law not inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of April, 1959.