Saginaw Michigan Charter Chapter 15

SCHEDULE

Submission of Saginaw Michigan City Charter

            Section 102. This charter shall be submitted to a vote of the electorate of the City of Saginaw for adoption or rejection at a special election Monday, October 14, 1935.

First Election

            Section 103. If this charter shall be adopted at said election the first council to be chose under it shall be elected at a special election Monday, December 2, 1935. Candidates for the office of councilman shall be nominated and the election conducted in all respects as prescribed in this charter.

First Council Meeting

            Section 104. The council first elected under this charter shall assemble at the official chamber at seven-thirty (7:30) p.m., Monday, January 6, 1936, and when it shall have been called to order by the city clerk, the council existing under the previous charter shall cease to be, and the office and term of the mayor and each and every council-commissioner holding office thereunder shall terminate and this charter shall become operative.

Holdover Officers

            Section 105. All officers holding office under the previous charter, except the mayor and councilmen-commissioners and members of the board of estimates, shall continue in office until their successors shall be chosen and shall qualify or the office shall be abolished. Where questions arise concerning the responsibility and authority of officers, pending the appointment of the manager, the council shall temporarily fix such responsibility and grant such authority as is necessary to maintain the services of the city.

Budget Adjustments

            Section 106. The first council elected under this charter shall have authority, on recommendation of the manager, to make any necessary adjustments in the budget then in force.

Ordinances Continued

            Section 107. All bylaws, ordinances, resolutions, rules o regulations of the city, not inconsistent with this charter, in force at the time this charter becomes effective, shall continue in full force until amended or repealed. All administrative powers and duties of the commissioners thereunder shall be exercised by the manager or other appropriate officers.

Obligations Unaffected

            Section 108. All taxes and assessments levied or assessed and all charges thereon and all fines and penalties imposed, uncollected at the time this charter becomes effective, shall be collected as if such change had not been made; if a different remedy is provided by this charter, or by any ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant thereto, which can be made applicable to any rights existing upon the effective date of this charter, the remedy shall be deemed to be accumulative to the remedies before provided.

Severability

            Section 109. The sections of this charger and the parties thereof are severable, and in the event of any pr9ovision being declared unconstitutional or contrary to state law, it is hereby declared the intent of the charter commission and the electors voting thereon that such unconstitutionality or illegality shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this charter.