Bill > HB698

Introduced Session

To provide a new charter for the City of Covington; to provide for incorporation; to provide for the continuation of existing laws; to provide for a corporate seal; to provide for corporate boundaries; to provide for fire limits; to provide for the power and authority to buy, rent, or dispose of real estate; to provide for specific powers; to provide for the regulating of vehicular traffic and parking; to provide for utilities; to provide for owning, maintaining, and operating a cable television system; to provide for a telecommunications system network; to provide for owning, maintaining, and operating electric plants, waterworks, and a gas system; to provide for contracting for such utilities; to provide for jurisdiction; to provide for liens for charges; to provide for form of government; to provide for vacancy in the office of mayor or council; to provide for qualifications of mayor and council; to provide for an oath of office; to provide for the mayor's duties and powers; to provide for a mayor pro tem; to provide for personal liability of mayor and council; to provide for officers, election, bonds, and oaths; to provide for a city manager; to provide for the administrative duties and powers of the city manager; to provide for compensation of employees; to provide for the removal of the city manager; to provide for the combination of offices; to provide for the prohibition of interest in any contracting; to provide for city council meetings, time and place, presiding officer, and a quorum; to provide for the power to enact ordinances; to provide for the failure or refusal to vote on a measure; to provide for regulating the use of streets; to provide for regulating charitable solicitations; to provide for regulating inflammables and explosives; to provide for off-street parking facilities; to provide for the power of eminent domain; to provide for control of streets, sidewalks, and bridges; to provide for streets and public utilities; to provide for bond issuance for street improvements; to provide for franchises for public utility operations; to provide for the sale of utilities, rights of ways, and easements; to provide for zoning powers; to provide for contracting for supplies; to provide for donations to public institutions; to provide for building regulations; to provide for the regulation of public entertainment; to provide for a city clerk; to provide for committees of the city council; to provide for group insurance for city officers and employees; to provide for a fire department; to provide for jurisdiction over nuisances; to provide for nuisance notice 19 LC 45 0308ER/AP requirements; to provide for executions, issuance and enforcement; to provide for forms for executions; to provide for a municipal court; to provide for police arrests; to provide for appearance bonds; to provide for the election of the mayor and city council; to provide for impeachment of the mayor or a city councilmember; to provide for an impeachment trial; to provide for a fiscal year; to provide for a budget; to provide for a capital budget; to provide for transfer of funds; to provide for borrowing money; to provide for an audit of finances; to provide for the power to levy and collect taxes; to provide for the power to levy license fees; to provide for bonds; to provide for short-term loans; to provide for lease-purchase contracts; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for term limits; to provide a specific repealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Committee Categories

Dave Belton (R)*,  Pamela Dickerson (D)*,  Dale Rutledge (R)*,  Andrew Welch (R)*, 

Effective Date (on 05/06/2019)