Shelby City Council

Functions of the City Council:

The City of Shelby has a Charter form of government. The legislative powers of the City, except as limited by its Charter, are vested in a Council of five members who are elected every two years. A councilmember is elected from each of the four wards and one councilmember elected at large. The Mayor serves as the President of Council and the Councilmember at Large serves as Vice-President. The Director of Finance and Public Record serves as the Clerk of Council.

Some specific powers and duties of the Council of the City of Shelby are:

Enact legislation in the form of ordinances and resolutions
Confirm mayoral appointments to board and commissions
Determine the salaries, bonds, and other compensation of officers and employees
Authorize contracts for public works projects and major purchases
Appropriate the expenditures of public moneys
Set electric, water, and sewer rates
Levy and collect special assessments

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Rule 5 of Section 220.01 created the following Committees of Council

Committees of Council
Committee	Chairperson	Member
Finance	Schag	Shasky
(all financial aspects of City budget, etc.)
Utilities - Public & Private	Gates	Hoover
(telephone, gas, cable tv, water, sewer electric)
Safety, Streets & Traffic	Shepherd	Schag
(police, fire, traffic flow, signals, signs, etc.)
Personnel & Salary	Hoover	Gates
(wages, employee relations, salaries and working conditions)
Service & Development	Shasky	Shepherd
(annexations, subdivisions, city development, growth, etc.)

The President shall be ex officio a member of all committees.

The chairperson of each committee shall be responsible for providing adequate (24-hour) notice of each meeting by notifying City Hall, which will place the notice on the bulletin board, and by contacting all interested reporters. He/she shall make arrangements to have the required people present at committee meetings.

The member of each committee shall keep minutes of each meeting and perform other such duties as requested by the chairperson.