Ordinance - 1971 - 1 - Adopting codified ordinances - 05/24/1971ORDINANCE NO. 1
An Ordinance of the City of Eagle, Ada County, State
of Idaho, adopting the Codified Ordinances for the City of Eagle,
Idaho, and providing for ordinances for the administration of
said city;
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED;
Section 17:
That the attached Codified Ordinances for the City of
Eagle, as set forth in haec verba and made a part of this Ordinance
as though fully set forth herein, are hereby adopted as the Codified
Ordinances for the City of Eagle, Idaho.
DATED this 24th day of May, 1971.
Otis A. Young,
ATTEST:
Siirley B-utrow, City Clerk
claims filed against the city, designating the city depository
and establishing a bond for the city depository.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EAGLE, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
Section 1:
1-104: RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ORDINANCES AND
AMENDMENTS: In the construction of the Revised Ordinances and
all ordinances amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto the
following rules shall be observed unless such construction
would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legisla-
tive body or repugnant to the context of the ordinance.
(A) Intent to Defraud: Whenever, by any of the pro-
visions of this Code, an intent to defraud is required in order
to constitute an offense, it is sufficient if an intent appears
to defraud any person, association or body politic or any combina-
tion of persons.
(B) Liability of Employers and Agents: When the pro-
visions of an ordinance prohibit the commission or omission of
an act, not only the person actually doing the prohibited thing
or omitting the directed act, but also the employer and all
other persons concerned or aiding or abetting the person shall
be guilty of the offense described and liable to the penalty as
set forth in this Code.
(C) Title of Sections and Subsections: The title of
any section or subsection of this Official Code shall be deemed
in no wise to restrict, qualify or to limit the effect of the
provisions set forth and contained in such section or subsection.
(D) Constitutionality; Effect of: Should any portion
of this Official Code be declared by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or void, such adjudication
shall in no way affect the remaining portion of this Code.
1-105: INTENT TO DEFRAUD: Whenever by any of the
provisions of the Ordinances an intent to defraud is required
in order to constitute any offense, it is sufficient if an
intent appears to defraud any person, association or body
politic or corporate whatever.
1-106: LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS AND AGENTS TO PENALTY
FOR VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES: When the provisions of an ordin-
ance prohibit the commission or omission of an act, not only
the person actually doing the prohibited thing or omitting the
directed act, but also the employer and all other persons con-
cerned or aiding or abetting therein, shall be guilty of the
offense described and liable to the penalty prescribed for the
offense.
1-107: TO WHAT ACTS PENALTY SHALL ATTACH: Any person
who shall commit any act declared by any ordinance of the City
of Eagle to be unlawful, or who fails to perform any act or
discharge any obligation or duty required by or imposed upon
him by any ordinance shall be deemed guilty of violating such
ordinance and shall be subject to the penalty fixed for the
violation of any city ordinance with like effect as if such
penalty were specifically declared in the section or provision
of the ordinance forbidding such act or declaring the same to
be unlawful or prescribing the duty or imposing the obligation,
and where any duty is prescribed or obligation imposed, or where
any act which of a continuing nature is forbidden or declared
to be unlawful, each day such duty or obligation remains unper-
formed or such act continues, shall constitute a separate offense
except where otherwise provided in these ordinances.
Section 3:
3-104: MAYOR; DUTIES: The Mayor shall devote so much
of his time to the duties of his office as an efficient and
faithful discharge thereof may require. He shall from time to
time give the Council such information, and recommend such
measures as he may deem beneficial to the City of Eagle; he shall
examine the grounds of all complaints against any of the officers
of the City of Eagle to determine existence of a violation or
neglect of duty, and report the evidence thereof, if deemed
sufficient for the removal of said officer, to the Council. He
shall require that every officer, on the expiration of his term
of office or resignation or removal from the same, deliver to
his successor all moneys, books, paper, maps, plats, furniture,
fixtures, apparatus, machinery, tools and instruments and appurten-
ances belonging to such office. He shall perform all other duties
imposed by the laws of the State of Idaho.
3-105: MAYOR TO SIGN CONTRACTS: The Mayor is authorized
and empowered to sign his name officially for and in behalf of
the City of Eagle on all contracts, including deeds, bonds, bills,
notes, obligations, and other agreements, documents and papers to
which the City is a party, and to require that the conditions in
the said instruments are faithfully performed, and to borrow money
on the credit of the City when authorized by the Council.
3-106: MAYOR MAY OFFER REWARD: The Mayor, whenever he
deems it expedient is hereby empowered to offer a reward not
exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for the arrest and con-
viction of any person charged with violating the ordinances of the
City of Eagle.
3-107: MAYOR MAY GRANT PARDON: The Mayor is empowered
to grant a pardon to any person imprisoned for a violation of
the ordinances of the City of Eagle, and to remit so much of any
fine or forfeiture as in his judgment may seem just and reasonable,
and shall report such remittance or pardon with the cause thereof,
to the Council at its next meeting.
3-108: VETO POWER OF MAYOR: The Mayor shall have power
to veto or sign any ordinance passed by the City Council, pro-
vided, that any ordinance vetoed by the Mayor may be passed over
his veto by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Council
elected notwithstanding the veto, and should the Mayor neglect
or refuse to sign any ordinances and return the same with his
objection, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the Council,
the same shall become a law without his signature.
3-109: ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS OF OFFICERS: The Mayor
shall have the power, when he deems it necessary, to require any
officer of the City to exhibit his accounts or other papers and to
make reports to the Council in writing, touching any subject or
matter he may require pertaining to his office.
3-110: POLICE POWERS OF MAYOR: The Mayor shall have
jurisdiction over all places within five miles of the Corporate
Limits of the City of Eagle, for the enforcement of any health
or quarantine ordinance and regulation thereof, and shall have
jurisdiction in all matters, excepting taxation, within one-half
mile of the Corporate Limits of the City of Eagle.
3-111: MAY MAY REQUIRE AID: The Mayor is hereby auth-
orized to call on every male inhabitant in the City over eighteen
years of age and under the age of fifty years, to aid in enforc-
ing the laws.
3-112: OTHER POWERS: The Mayor shall have all other
powers granted by the laws of the State of Idaho.
3-113: TERM OF OFFICE: The term of the Mayor of the
City of Eagle, Ada County, shall be four (4) years.
3-114: DUTIES OF COUNCILMEN: The members of the City
Council, the legislative and policy making branch of the govern-
ment of the City of Eagle, shall devote so much of their time to
the duties of their office as an efficient and faithful discharge
thereof may require. They shall attend all meetings of the
Council unless lawfully excused therefrom, and perform all duties
by the nature of their office they should reasonably perform, such
as the passing of ordinances, resolutions, and the overseeing of
improvements and work done for the City of Eagle according to
the character of committees upon which they may severally be
appointed.
3-115: COUNCILMEN; HOW ELECTED: There shall be four (4)
councilmen elected at large on the City Council. At each municipal
election hereafter one (1) councilman shall be elected at large
within the City of Eagle for a term of four (4) years, or until
his successor is elected and qualified.
3-116: VACANCY; HOW FILLED: In the event an office of
the councilman becomes vacant, through death, moves out of the
ward, or for any other cause, the Mayor shall appoint, with the
approval of the Council, a resident of the ward to fill out the
unexpired portion of the term, until the next general election,
when the unexpired term shall be filled by regular election.
3-117: TIME AND PLACE OF MEETINGS: The regular meetings
of the City Council of the City of Eagle shall be held at such
place as may be designated from time to time by the Mayor and
City Council in the City of Eagle on the second Monday of each
month at 7:30 o'clock P.M. of said day. If the said Monday of
any month is a holiday, the meeting shall be held the evening
following at the same hour.
3-118: HOW TO CONDUCT COUNCIL MEETINGS: There is hereby
adopted by the City of Eagle for the purpose of establishing
rules and regulations for the conduct of council meetings, the
Clerk's duties and the Mayor's duties in relation to council
meetings, that certain booklet entitled "How to Conduct Municipal
Council Meetings", published by the Idaho Municipal League, being
the 1953 edition thereof, of which not less than three (3) copies
are now on file in the office of the City Clerk and the same are
hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length
herein.
3-119: APPOINTMENTS BY MAYOR: The Mayor, with the consent
of the City Council, shall appoint a City Clerk, City Attorney,
City Works Superintendent, Chief of Police, Chief of Fire Depart-
ment and Assistants and City Treasurer.
3-120: TERM OF OFFICE AND REMOVAL: All appointive offi-
cers shall hold office for the term for which they were appointed
and qualified, provided, that any appointive officer may at any
time be removed by the action of the Mayor with the concurrence of
a majority of the City Council; provided further, that all employ-
ees holding positions by virtue of appointment only, without the
approval of the City Council, may be removed or discharged at the
pleasure of the appointing power.
3-121: APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICES HEREAFTER CREATED: The
Mayor, by and with the consent of the City Council, shall make
appointments to all City offices now existing in the City of
Eagle which have not been in this Ordinance specifically named
and which may be hereafter created from time to time by the City
Council.
3-122: CITY CLERK; DUTIES:
(A) CLERK TO KEEP SEAL, ORDINANCES, AND ALL CITY RECORDS:
The City Clerk shall be custodian of the City Seal and affix the
same to documents as in Section , Ordinance of this
Code provided. The City Clerk shall also be the custodian of all
public records, ordinances, resolutions and orders of the City
Council, and such other papers and documents as may be delivered
into his or her custody.
(B) TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF COUNCIL AND KEEP MINUTES AND
RECORDS: The City Clerk shall attend all sessions of the City
Council, keep a correct journal and shall keep in a separate book
a record of ordinances passed by the City Council and of the titles
of such ordinances; and all ordinances not published in a book form
shall be carefully indexed alphabetically. The City Clerk shall
see that each ordinance is published as required by law, and he
or she shall keep on file the proof of such publication.
(C) TO REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL: The City Clerk shall pre-
pare and present to the City Council at its regular meeting each
month a full and complete statement of the financial transactions
of his office during the month preceeding, which said statement
shall set forth all receipts for licenses issued; money received
with applications for licenses which are to come before the City
Council. All other funds received by him or her as City Clerk
and said report shall give a detailed explanation of disbursements,
including a statement of the aggregate of warrants of each fund
issued, of warrants redeemed during the month and warrants out-
standing against each fund at the close of such month. He shall
also at the close of each fiscal year present to the City Council
an annual report covering the operations for the entire year, which
said report shall also contain a description of the bonds issued
and sold during the year, and the terms of sale; and shall itemize
each and every expense thereof. The City Clerk shall also make
such additional reports and furnish such other data from the
records and files of his or her office as may be requested by the
Mayor or City Council.
(D) TO FURNISH COPIES OF CITY RECORDS: It shall be the
duty of the City Clerk to furnish any City Officer with a certified
copy of any record, paper or public document on file in his office,
or in his custody, for the use of such officer in the discharge
of his official duties, and he shall also furnish a certified
copy of any such record, paper or document to any person not an
officer of the City upon the payment in advance of fifteen cents
per folio of one hundred words for such copy.
(E) TO KEEP BOOKS AND RECORDS: The City Clerk shall
keep such books and permanent records of the transactions and
business of his office as may be necessary to accurately disclose
all transactions and business of his office. He shall also
countersign all warrants, and keep a "Warrant Register and
Abstract of Expenditures", showing the numbers and amounts of
warrants issued and the person to whom issued, the date redeemed,
the interest paid, and the several funds against which each of
said warrants is drawn.
(F) TO FILE AND AUDIT CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY: The City
Clerk shall file and audit all claims against the City and shall
submit the same to the Council at the next regular meeting or
when ordered by the Council to do so.
(G) TO ISSUE LICENSES: The City Clerk shall issue all
licenses, a duplicate of which shall be kept on file, but no
license shall be issued to any person unless fees and charges
fixed by ordinance shall have first been paid, for which payment
the City Clerk shall issue a receipt in duplicate. The City Clerk
shall endorse upon the receipt and duplicate receipt the number
of the license issued, the number of the application for license,
and the duplicate of such receipt so issued shall be kept on file
with the duplicate license.
(H) TO KEEP RECORD OF MUNICIPAL BONDS: The City Clerk
shall keep a record of outstanding bonds of the City, showing
the number and amount of each, and for what and to whom said
bonds were issued, and when any of said bonds are purchased or
paid or cancelled, said record shall show the fact, and in his
report at the close of each fiscal year he shall describe parti-
cularly the bonds issued and sold during the year, the terms of
sale, itemize each and every expense thereof.
(I) TO TURN MONEY OVER TO CITY TREASURER: Within ten
days after the filing of his monthly report as provided in
subdivision (C) of this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall deposit
with the City Treasurer all funds collected by him during the
preceeding month, less refunds of money paid on application for
licenses which are disallowed by the City Council.
3-123: CITY ATTORNEY; DUTIES: It shall be the duty of
the City Attorney to prosecute and defend in all courts, all
actions on behalf of the City on account of official acts; to
take appeals or sue out write of error on behalf of the City
or any office aforesaid, with the consent and approval of the
Mayor, and make the necessary bonds, in the name of the City;
to advise the City Council or its committees, or any City
Officer, on such legal questions as may arise in relation to
the business of the City; to attend the meetings of the City
Council: Having personal knowledge of the violation of any
City Ordinance or upon receiving the reliable information of any
such violation, he shall institute the necessary steps to bring
the offender to punishment.
3-124: CITY WORKS SUPERINTENDENT; DUTIES: The City
Works Superint-ndent shall have charge of the superintending of
all City Works as follows:
(A) STREETS AND ALLEYS: He shall supervise the grading,
oiling and repairs of all streets and alleys of the City of
Eagle.
(B) SEWERS: He shall supervise the installation and
maintenance of all sewer lines in the City of Eagle excepting the
installation of sewer projects which are done under contract.
(C) WATER: He shall supervise the installation and
maintenance of all water mains and water services excepting the
installation of water mains so installed under contract.
(D) EQUIPMENT: He shall have charge of and supervise
the repairs and upkeep of all City Works equipment.
(E) EMPLOYMENT AND SUPERVISION: He shall employ, with
the consent of the Mayor and City Council, such help as is needed
to carry on the work of the City, such help to be directly under
his supervision.
(F) OTHER DUTIES: The City Works Superintendent shall be
responsible for the accomplishment of such other work of the City
which the Mayor may from time to time assign to him.
(G) TO MAKE REPORTS: The City Works Superintendent shall
present to the City Council at its regular meeting each month a
written report of City work accomplished the preceding month and
also, as far as can be foreseen, city work planned for the current
month.
3-125: CHIEF OF POLICE: The Chief of Police, under the
direction of the Mayor, shall direct and control the police of
the City of Eagle. He shall preserve the peace and good order of
the City, quell all riots, arrest and bring all violators of the
City Ordinances before the Police Judge for trial, either with or
without process, serve all processes issued by the Police Judge
to him directed, and enforce all orders and judgments of said
court, and take such measures as shall secure the peace and good
order of all public meetings. The Chief of Police, in execution
of his duty, with or without warrant, in arresting any person
accused or suspected of crime or in the suppression of any riot
or unlawful assembly, or in the prevention of the violation of the
City Ordinances, shall have the power to call upon any citizen or
bystander to assist him in the execution of his duty. He shall
inquire into and report to the Police Judge all violations of the
City Ordinances and criminal laws of this State, and cause all
Ordinances passed by the Council to be enforced. He shall take
into custody with or without process, any person found violating
the City Ordinances and bring such person before the Police Judge
to be dealt with according to law.
The Chief of Police shall, with the consent of the Mayor,
appoint such special policemen as may be required, but no such
special policemen shall be appointed for a period longer than
ten (10) days, without the consent of the Council, and the same
shall not be reappointed at the expiration of the ten days with-
out the consent of the Council. All such appointments of special
policemen shall be reported to the Council by the Mayor
next regular meeting after such appointment.
3-126: CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ASSISTANTS; DUTIES:
The Chief of the Fire Department shall have, subject to
the approval of the City Council, supervision of all the affairs
and business of the Department, control of all Fire Department
property and equipment, and the work of all the members and
employees thereof, and while attending fires, answering fire calls
and returning therefrom, subject to the approval of the City
Council, shall have the authority of a police officer. The First
Assistant Chief and Second Assistant Chief shall assist the Chief
of the Fire Department in his duties. In the absence of the Chief
of the Fire Department, they shall perform the duties of such
Chief.
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3-127: TREASUER; DUTIES:
(A) TO RECEIVE AND SAFELY KEEP FUNDS: It shall be the
duty of the City Treasurer to receive and safely keep in desig-
nated depositories, as required by law, all moneys or funds
belonging to the City which may come into his hands; to disburse
the same upon an appropriation by ordinance or resolution of the
City Council, after audit and allowance by the Council of Claims
therefor, and upon warrant of the Mayor, countersigned by the
City Clerk, and not otherwise. Securities belonging to the City,
incapable of deposit in a checking account, shall be kept by the
City Treasurer in a safety deposit box in some banking institution
designated by the City Council. All bonds or securities delivered
to the City Treasurer by any designated depository of City funds
as security for such funds shall be deposited with the County
Auditor or other public official as may be provided by law.
(B) TO KEEP PROPER RECORDS AND BOOKS: The City Treasurer
shall keep in suitable book or books, a full and accurate account
of City moneys and funds received by him, showing the date of the
receipt thereof, the person from whom received and on what account
and to what fund the same is credited with the date of disburse-
ment, the person to whom disbursed, on what account and against
what fund.
(C) TO DELIVER ALL PAID VOUCHERS AND WARRANTS TO CLERK:
All warrants or orders paid and redeemed and all vouchers shall
be delivered to the City Clerk immediately upon payment or
redemption and such redeemed warrants shall have written or
stamped on the face thereof the word "Paid."
(D) TO ISSUE DUPLICATE RECEIPTS FOR MONEY RECEIVED:
The City Treasurer shall execute and deliver to every City Officer
or other person paying money or funds other than water rentals into
the treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment,
the amount thereof and upon what fund or account the same is
received. The City Treasurer shall issue such receipt from
blank books, which books shall contain a duplicate of the receipt
delivered to the person making payment, and such duplicate shall
be delivered to the City Clerk.
(E) CITY WARRANTS TO SHOW FUND DRAWN UPON AND AMOUNTS
APPROPRIATED TO SUCH FUND: Each City Warrant shall show the fund
upon which the same is drawn and if against any fund based upon
an appropriation shall show the amount appropriated to such fund
and the amount expended therefrom after deducting the amount of
such warrant.
(F) CITY WARRANTS; WHEN CALLED: Outstanding warrants
shall be called for payment in their order whenever the City
Treasurer shall have on hand in the fund upon which such warrants
are drawn, dollars or more. Provided that if the
aggregate of such warrants is less than , they may be
called at any time that money is available to pay the same.
(G) WARRANTS; ORDER OF PAYMENT; REGISTRATION: Every
fund in the hands of the City Treasurer shall be paid out in the
order in which the warrants are presented for payment; provided
that in case that there are no funds in the hands of said Treasurer
applicable to the payment of any warrant when presented, the City
Treasurer shall endorse on the same "Not Paid for Want of Funds,"
and enter same in a book to be kept for such purpose known as
the "Warrant Register," and thereafter said warrants shall bear
interest at the rate of per cent per annum until there are
funds in the hands of the City Treasurer with which to pay the
same.
(H) TO DELIVER BOOKS AND PAPERS TO SUCCESSORS: The City
Treasurer shall deliver to his successor in office all books,
moneys, papers and other property pertaining to his office.
(I) TO PUBLISH QUARTERLY REPORTS OF RECEIPTS AND
EXPENDITURES: It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to
cause to be published for at least one insertion in some news-
paper in the City of Eagle between the first and third Mondays
of May, August, November and February of each and every year a
full statement of the receipts and expenditures of the City, giving
the source from whence received, to what purpose applied and to
whom paid.
(a) TO COLLECT ALL MONEYS: The City Treasurer shall
receive and all Officers or other persons shall forthwith pay
to the City Treasurer, except as otherwise provided by Ordinance,
all moneys due the City on any account whatsoever.
(K) TO MAKE MONTHLY REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL: The City
Treasurer shall at the end of each and every month, and at other
times when required by the Mayor or City Council, render an account,
under oath, showing the condition of the treasury at the date of
such account, including in said statement the balance of money
in the treasury with a detailed statement of the specified amount
in each designated depository and of the amount and class of
security held to guarantee each deposit. Such account shall also
contain a statement of receipts and disbursements, and of all
warrants redeemed and paid by him, which said warrants, with
all vouchers held by him, shall be filed with his said accounts
in the Clerk's office. The Mayor or any member of the City Council
shall have free access to any and all books or papers in the office
of the City Treasurer for the purpose of inspection or examination.
3-128: BONDS OF OFFICERS: The several officers herein
named shall give bonds to the City with two or more sufficient
sureties in the penal sums as follows; provided, surety bonds may
be furnished at the expense of the City in lieu of personal bonds,
to -wit:
City Clerk $
City Treasurer
3-129: HEALTH OFFICER; DUTIES: The Mayor, with the con-
sent of the City Council, shall appoint a health officer of
Eagle, who shall have the duty of enforcing all health and
sanitary ordinances and laws pertaining to the City of Eagle,
and shall have such other duties as may from time to time be
required by the Mayor and Council.
3-130: PUBLIC HEALTH AGREEMENTS: The City of Eagle
may, from time to time, enter into agreements with the City -
County Health Department of Ada County, Idaho, for the operation
and maintenance of a health department for the City of Eagle.
The officers and employees of such a health department shall
have and perform such duties and functions as may be ascribed
by such agreements and by the ordinance of the City of Eagle.
3-131: CLAIMS FILED WITH CITY: All claims against the
City must be filed with the City Clerk, in writing, and by him
presented to the Council for their auditing, with a full account
of the items, verified by the oath of the claimant or his agent,
that the same is correct, reasonable and just and that it, nor
any part thereof, has not been paid, and no claims or demands
shall be audited or allowed unless presented and verified as
provided for in this Section.
3-132: DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITORY: The Idaho First
National Bank, Valley Branch, is hereby designated as the deposi-
tory for the City of Eagle. The City Treasurer is hereby ordered,
required and directed to keep moneys belonging to or in the care
of the City of Eagle coming into his hands and into the hands of
the said City, in the above named depository.
3-133: BOND OF DEPOSITORY: Such depository shall furnish
a bond executed by it to the said City and deposit with the
County Auditor, collateral security sufficient to save the City
from any loss in the sum not less than the estimated maximum
amount on deposit at any one time. Such bond and collateral to
be approved by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Eagle.
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION
State of Idaho, ss.
County oof Ada
I, ,being first duly
sworn, depose and say, that I am over twenty-one years of
age, and Chief Clerk of VALLEY NEWS -TIMES, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published at Meridian,
County of Ada, State of Idaho, and that the annexed
notic was published in said paper once each week for
consecutive w ka! the first publication being on
the 7 -'day of 19_9 _, and the last
publication being on theme .day of ____ _ _..__ _ _ .. ._.,
191L_.
That said notice was published in the newspaper
proper and not in a supplement. That said newspaper had
been continuously and uninterruptedly published in said
county for a period of 78 consecutive weeks prior to the
first publication of this notice, and is a newspaper within
the meaning of the Idaho statutes.
r
Chief Clerk
Subscribe nd sworn to before me this
day
of — .
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Notary Public in and for Idaho
Residence or Postoffice Address
Idaho.