2006 Utah Code - 10-3-1224 — Council-manager form -- Appointment of municipal manager.

     10-3-1224.   Council-manager form -- Appointment of municipal manager.
     In a municipality organized under the council-manager form of government, the municipal council, by a two-thirds vote of its full membership, shall appoint a municipal manager, who shall be the chief executive officer of the municipality. The manager shall be appointed solely on the basis of his abilities, integrity, and prior experience relating to the duties of the office, including but not limited to, abilities in public administration and executive leadership, and shall possess such managerial capabilities as in the opinion of the council befit him to provide professional direction to the executive department of the municipality.

Enacted by Chapter 48, 1977 General Session