SB 184 — Revises the Charter of the City of North Las Vegas. (BDR S-5)

(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 19, 2023) FIRST REPRINT S.B.

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184–SENATORS SPEARMANS ANDPEARMAN , FLORES F; EBRUARY 22, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises the Charter of the City of North Las Vegas.

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HARRIS AND K RASNER F EBRUARY 22, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises the Charter of the City of North Las Vegas.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§ 3) (NOTREQUESTED BAFFECTEDLOCALGOVERNMENT) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

setting forth residency requirements for certainthe cityCity officers;Manager;

The existing Charter of the City of North Las Vegas divides the City into four (Northwards, Laseach Vegas City Charter §§ 1.045, 2.010) Section 1 of thiswhich billis increasesrepresented theon number of wards in the City ofCouncil Northby Lasa VegasCouncil fromMember. four to six.

Sectionnumber 2 of thiswards billin provides that the City Council of theNorth CityLas consistsVegas offrom sixfour Councilto Memberssix. and a Mayor.

Section 2 of thise bill provides that the City Council of the City consists of six Council Members and a Mayor.

and (2) change the boundaries of the existing four wards so that the boundaries of all six wards are contiguous and as thenearly Councilas Membersequal who represent the fifth and sixth wards will be first elected atat the general municipal election held in Novemberpopulation 2024,as andpossible. the wards will not be considered vacant before that election.

SectionSections 127 and 11 of this bill requiresprovide thethat City Manager to present a report to the Jointgeneral Interimmunicipal Standingelection Committeeheld onin LegislativeNovember -2024, *SB184* – 2 – Operations and Electionsthe duringwards thewill legislativenot interimbeed regardingat theconsidered redistrictingvacant ofbefore thethat wards.election.

ExistingSection law12 of this bill requires the City Council- to*SB184_R1* appoint– a2 City– Manager whoto needpresent not be a residentreport ofto the CityJoint orInterim theStanding StateCommittee ofon NevadaLegislative atOperations theand timeElections ofduring his or her appointment, but he or she may reside outside the Citylegislative whileinterim inregarding office only with the thisredistricting bill requires that the City Manager become an actual resident of the Citywards. not later than 6 months after the date of his or her appointment and remain a resident of the City while in office.

Similarly,Existing sectionlaw 5requires ofthe thisCity billCouncil requiresto anyappoint appointeda administrativeCity officerManager who isneed thenot chiefappointment, financialbut officer,he an assistant city manager or assistantshe chiefmay ofreside staffoutside to become an actual resident of the City notwhile laterin thanoffice 6only monthswith after the dateapproval of appointment and remain a resident of the City whileCouncil. in office.

Section(North 13Las ofVegas thisCity billCharter provides§ that3.010) ifSection the4 Cityof Manager,this chiefbill financialrequires that the City onManager July 1, 2023, he or she must become an actual resident of the City notentnot of later than December6 31,months 2023,after the date of his or her appointment and remain a resident of the City while in office.

Section 13 of this bill provides that if the City Manager is not an actual resident of the City on July 1, 2023, he or she must become an actual in office.f the City not later than December 31, 2023, and remain a resident while Section 3 of this bill requires the City Manager to:

The boundaries of the wards must not be changed, except to accommodate an annexation of territory to the City, - *SB184* – 3 – during the period beginning 30 days immediately preceding the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy for a municipal election and ending on the date of the election.

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The Charter of the City of North Las Vegas, being chapter 573, Statutes of Nevada 1971, at page 1210, is hereby amended by adding thereto new sections to be designated as section - *SB184* – 4 – 3.022 and 3.023, respectively, immediately following section 3.020, to read as follows:

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- *SB184_R1* – 5 – (a) The number of contracts awarded by the City for the previous calendar year to businesses located in the City that are owned by women, veterans or a member of a minority group;

[, but he or she may reside outside the City while in office only with the approval of the City Council.] The City Manager must become an actual resident - *SB184* – 6 – of the City not later than 6 months after the date of his or her appointment and remain a resident of the City while in office.

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Section(Deleted 3.020 of the Charter of the City of North Las Vegas, being chapter 573, Statutes of Nevada 1971, as last amended by chapteramendment.) 254,Sec. Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 1330, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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3.020 [City Manager:] Powers and duties [.] of City Manager;

appointive administrative officers.

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The City Manager is the Chief Administrative Officer of the City.

He or she is responsible to the City Council for the efficient and proper administration of all City affairs placed in his or her charge by or under this Charter.

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The City Manager :

[shall:] (a) [Except] Shall, except as otherwise provided by law, this Charter, or personnel rules adopted pursuant to this Charter, appoint, and when he or she deems it necessary for the good of the service, discharge or suspend all City employees and appointed administrative officers provided for by this Charter.

[He or she may] An appointed administrative officer who is the chief financial officer, an assistant city manager or assistant chief of staff need not be a resident of the City at the time of his or her appointment, but he or she must become an actual resident of the City not later than 6 months after the date of his or her appointment and remain a resident of the City while in office.

(b) May authorize any administrative officer who is subject to his or her direction and supervision to exercise the powers enumerated in [this] paragraph (a) with respect to subordinates in that officer’s department, office or agency.

[(b) Direct] (c) Shall direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices and agencies of the City, except:

(1) As otherwise provided by law;

and (2) For any department, office or agency whose head is not appointed by the City Manager.

[(c) Attend] - *SB184* – 7 – (d) Shall attend all City Council meetings and have the right to take part in all discussions.