2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 17-110 — Mayor; general duties and powers.
Section 17-110Mayor; general duties and powers.
The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the city council, and may vote when his or her vote shall be decisive and the council is equally divided on any pending matter, legislation, or transaction, and the mayor shall, for the purpose of such vote, be deemed to be a member of the council. He or she shall have superintendence and control of all the officers and affairs of the city, and shall take care that the ordinances of the city and all laws governing cities of the second class are complied with.
Source:
- Laws 1879, § 10, p. 195
R.S.1913, § 5002
C.S.1922, § 4171
C.S.1929, § 17-110
R.S.1943, § 17-110
Laws 1957, c. 55, § 3, p. 266
Laws 1975, LB 172, § 3
Laws 1980, LB 662, § 4
- The mayor has no power to suspend the operation of an ordinance which contains no provision in itself empowering him so to do. Pulver v. State, 83 Neb. 446, 119 N.W. 780 (1909).
The mayor and council have power to compromise and settle claims against the city. State ex rel. Fuller v. Martin, 27 Neb. 441, 43 N.W. 244 (1889).
~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska
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