2006 Utah Code - 10-3-1217 — Limitations on actions and authority of council members -- Investigatory committees.

     10-3-1217.   Limitations on actions and authority of council members -- Investigatory committees.
     No member of the council shall direct or request, except in writing, the appointment of any person to, or his removal from office or to interfere in any way with the performance by the officers of their duties. The council shall not give orders to any subordinate of the mayor or manager either publicly or privately, but may make suggestions and recommendations. Nothing in this section shall prevent the council from appointing committees of its own members or of citizens to conduct investigations into the conduct of any officer, department, or agency of the municipal government, or any matter relating to the welfare of the municipality, and delegating to these committees such powers of inquiry as the council may deem necessary.

Amended by Chapter 47, 1981 General Session