Cookeville, TN Code of Ordinances Book View


THE COOKEVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE
CITY OF COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE OFFICIALS
PREFACE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE
Article I. AMENDING PROVISION, BOUNDARIES, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE POWERS.
§ 1.01. Amendment of Charter.
§ 1.02. City of Cookeville.
§ 1.03. Corporate Boundaries.
§ 1.04. Form of Government.
§ 1.05. Corporate Powers.
Article II. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
§ 2.01. Number, Selection, Term.
§ 2.02. Qualifications.
§ 2.03. Compensation.
§ 2.04. Presiding officer; Mayor.
§ 2.05. Powers.
§ 2.06. Appointment of City Manager.
§ 2.07. Removal of City Manager.
§ 2.08. Council Not to Interfere in Appointments or Removals.
§ 2.09. Vacancies in Council.
§ 2.10. Creation of new departments or offices.
§ 2.11. City Clerk.
§ 2.12. Induction of Council into Office; Meetings of Council.
§ 2.13. Rules of Procedure; Journal.
§ 2.14. Ordinances.
§ 2.15. City Legislation.
§ 2.16. Permissive Referendum; Effective Date of Ordinances.
§ 2.17. Independent Annual Audit.
Article III. THE CITY MANAGER
§ 3.01. The City Manager; Qualifications.
§ 3.02. The City Manager; Powers and Duties.
§ 3.03. Absence of City Manager.
§ 3.04. Administrative Departments.
§ 3.05. Directors of Departments.
§ 3.06. Departmental Divisions.
§ 3.07. Merit Basis of Appointment.
Article IV. FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
§ 4.01. Fiscal Year.
§ 4.02. City Manager to Submit Annual Budgets.
§ 4.03. Contents of Budgets.
§ 4.04. Capital Improvement Budget.
§ 4.05. Appropriation and Additional Revenue Ordinances.
§ 4.06. Copies of Budget Message and Budgets.
§ 4.07. Public Hearing.
§ 4.08. Action by City Council.
§ 4.09. Additional Appropriations.
§ 4.10. Appropriations to Lapse.
§ 4.11. Allotments.
§ 4.12. Budgetary Reports to Council.
§ 4.13. Penalty for Unauthorized Contract or Expenditure.
§ 4.14. Annual Audit.
§ 4.15. Centralized Purchasing.
§ 4.16. Allotments Required; Advance Authorization for Emergency Purchases.
§ 4.17. Powers and Duties of Purchasing Agent.
§ 4.18. Stocking Supplies, Materials, and Equipment.
§ 4.19. Who May Make Expenditures and Contracts; Bids.
§ 4.20. Bonds for Public Works Contracts.
§ 4.21. Bid Records to be Preserved.
§ 4.22. Exception to Purchase Governmental Materials.
§ 4.23. Sale of City Property.
§ 4.24. Official Depository.
Article V. TAXATION.
§ 5.01. Property Taxes; Assessment Date.
§ 5.02. Property Taxes on Public Service Companies.
§ 5.03. Responsible Officers.
§ 5.04. City May Use County Assessment or Make Assessment.
§ 5.05. Procedure if County Assessment is Used.
§ 5.06. Procedure if City Assessment is Made.
§ 5.07. Powers and Duties of the City Assessor.
§ 5.08. Board of Equalization.
§ 5.09. Procedure for Review of Assessments.
§ 5.10. Tax Levy.
§ 5.11. Tax Bills; Failure to Send Does Not Invalidate Tax.
§ 5.12. When Property Taxes Due and Payable; Penalty and Interest.
§ 5.13. Collection of Delinquent Taxes.
§ 5.14. Lien for Taxes.
§ 5.15. Collection of Merchants Ad Valorem taxes.
§ 5.16. Mistakes or Technicalities not to Invalidate Assessments; Corrections.
Article VI. BORROWING AND BONDS
§ 6.01. Notes in Anticipation of Current Tax Collections.
§ 6.02. Purposes for Which Bonds May be Issued.
§ 6.03. Serial Bonds.
§ 6.04. Sinking Funds.
§ 6.05. Bond Ordinance.
§ 6.06. Title of Bond Ordinance; Two or More Projects May Be Included.
§ 6.07. Procedure for Adoption of Bond Ordinance: Publication of Notice.
§ 6.08. Effective Date of Bond Ordinance.
§ 6.09. Period of Limitations to Challenge Bond Ordinance.
§ 6.10. Determinations in Bond Ordinance Conclusive.
§ 6.11. Bonds May be Callable.
§ 6.12. Term of Bonds Not To Exceed Life of Improvements.
§ 6.13. Election Required Except for Certain Bonds.
§ 6.14. Public Sale.
§ 6.15. Property Tax Levy to Retire Voted Bonds.
§ 6.16. Cancellation of Retired Bonds and Paid Interest Coupons.
§ 6.17. Supplementary nature of Title VI.
Article VIA. PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES1
§ 6A.01. Definitions.
§ 6A.02. Provisions in this article are supplementary.
§ 6A.03. Resolution for the project, notice of public hearing, etc.
§ 6A.04. Public hearing; when referendum is required.
§ 6A.05. Construction may be on bids or by city forces.
§ 6A.06. Bond resolution.
§ 6A.07. Bids for bonds.
§ 6A.08. Disposition of bond funds.
§ 6A.09. Bonds, bond security, etc.
§ 6A.10. Basis of assessments.
§ 6A.11. Assessments against public property.
§ 6A.12. Payment of assessments; penalties and interest for delinquency.
§ 6A.13. Assessments to constitute liens.
§ 6A.14. Special fund for assessments.
§ 6A.15. Disposition of collected assessments; calculation of annual assessments, etc.
§ 6A.16. Additional bonds or funds to cover deficiency.
§ 6A.17. Refunding bonds.
§ 6A.18. Use of parking facilities; disposition of revenues.
§ 6A.19. Severability clause.
§ 6A.20. Approval required.
§ 6A.21. Date of effect.
Article VII. CITY JUDGE AND CITY COURT; CITY ATTORNEY.
§ 7.01. City Court Established; Jurisdiction.
§ 7.02. Appeals.
§ 7.03. Warrant for Each Offense; Exception.
§ 7.04. Other Officers May Decide Lesser Traffic Offenses.
§ 7.05. Clerk of Court and Other Employees.
§ 7.06. Court Docket.
§ 7.07. City Attorney.
Article VIII. UTILITIES.
§ 8.01. Authority to Own or Operate Public Utility.
§ 8.02. Accounting System.
§ 8.03. Budgets and Allotments.
§ 8.04. Other Laws and Ordinances May Apply.
§ 8.05. Municipal Utilities Separate Enterprises.
Article IX. HOSPITALS.
§ 9.01. Board of trustees.
Article X. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.
§ 10.01. Municipal Elections.
§ 10.02. Regulation of Elections.
§ 10.03. Nominations.
§ 10.04. Council Ballots.
§ 10.05. Voting Machines.
Article XI. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
§ 11.01. Power of Initiative.
§ 11.02. Power of Referendum.
§ 11.03. Form of Petitions: Committee of Petitioners.
§ 11.04. Filing, Examination and Certification of Petitions.
§ 11.05. Amendment of Petitions.
§ 11.06. Effect of Certification of Referendum Petition.
§ 11.07. Consideration by Council.
§ 11.08. Submission to Electors.
§ 11.09. Form of Ballot for Initiated and Referred Ordinances.
§ 11.10. Results of Election.
§ 11.11. Repealing Ordinances: Publication.
Article XII.
Article XIII. SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT.
§ 13.01. Rights of Officers and Employees Preserved.
§ 13.02. Continuance of Present Officers. Be it further enacted,
§ 13.03. Transfer of Records and Property.
§ 13.04. Continuity of Offices, Departments and Agencies.
§ 13.05. Continuance of Contracts and Public Improvement.
§ 13.06. Pending Actions and Proceedings.
Article XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
§ 14.01. Right of City Manager and Other Officers in Council.
§ 14.02. Investigations by Council or City Manager.
§ 14.03. Contracts Extending Beyond One Year.
§ 14.04. Publicity of Records.
§ 14.05. Conflicts of Interest.
§ 14.06. Official Bonds.
§ 14.07. Oath of Office.
§ 14.08. Penalties.
§ 14.09. Repeal of Laws in Conflict.
§ 14.10. Severability.
§ 14.11. Local Approval and Date of Applicability.
§ 14.12. Effective Date.
PRIVATE AND RELATED ACTS COMPRISING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE
Title 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Title 2. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ETC.
Title 3. MUNICIPAL COURT
Title 4. MUNICIPAL PERSONNEL
Title 5. MUNICIPAL FINANCE AND TAXATION
Title 6. LAW ENFORCEMENT
Title 7. FIRE PROTECTION AND FIREWORKS
Title 8. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Title 9. BUSINESS, PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, ETC.
Title 10. ANIMAL CONTROL
Title 11. MUNICIPAL OFFENSES
Title 12. BUILDING, UTILITY, ETC. CODES
Title 13. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REGULATIONS
Title 14. ZONING AND LAND USE CONTROL
Title 15. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAFFIC AND PARKING
Title 16. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, ETC
Title 17. SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
Title 18. WATER AND SEWERS
Title 19. ELECTRICITY AND GAS
Title 20. MISCELLANEOUS
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