[Adopted as Ch. 3 of the 1976 Code]
[Amended 9-1-2009]
Every officer or board having charge of any
department of the City's affairs shall, not later than October 1 after
the close of the preceding financial year, prepare a report, in writing,
of the work of the department during the year and deliver same to
the City Clerk, who shall submit it to the Mayor and City Council
for approval. After said reports are approved by the Mayor and City
Council, they shall be published by the City Clerk in convenient pamphlet
form to be called the "Municipal Register," for free distribution
among the voters of the City. The City Clerk shall also publish in
the register such other matters of public interest relative to the
affairs of the City as the Mayor or City Council may direct or the
Charter and ordinances of the City may require.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
All boards and commissions of the City of Chicopee
are required to forward copies of their meeting minutes to all members
of the City Council within six weeks after any meeting.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
Except as otherwise provided by law, the rate
of compensation of all subordinates and employees in all departments
shall be determined from time to time by the City Council.
Every officer and board in charge of a department
shall, to the best of his ability, cause all statutes, regulations
and orders relating to the duties of his department to be observed
and enforced and shall prevent, if possible, the assignment of wages
by person employed by him for the City.
Every officer and board in charge of a department
shall keep a record of the acts and doings of the department in books
kept specially for that purpose and shall include therein a memorandum
of all contracts made by him and all changes and alterations made
in contracts or specifications for work and materials furnished for
his department and also an inventory to be made at the beginning of
each financial year of the property belonging or used by the department.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
Every officer and board in charge of a department
may, by a vote of the City Property Committee and the City Council
and with the approval of the Mayor, sell any surplus City equipment
or property or any unnecessary material not required by such department
after advertising the same in the paper of local distribution at least
once a week for two successive weeks.
A.
Every officer or board in charge of a department issuing
a license or permit shall insert therein a condition that the person
accepting the same shall conform to all statutes and ordinances and
also to the specifications in the license or permit; that the license
or permit may be revoked at any time by the authority issuing it;
that the violation of any of its specifications shall work an immediate
revocation of the license or permit and that such person shall indemnify
and save harmless the City from any damage it may sustain or be required
to pay by reason of the doing of the work licensed or permitted or
by reason of any act or neglect of himself or of any one of his employees
relating to such work or by reason of any violation of any specifications,
provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent
the insertion of any other conditions and limitations deemed advisable
by the authority issuing such license or permit.
B.
The City Clerk shall notify any license holder of
the upcoming expiration of his license or permit at least 30 days
prior to expiration. Such notification of the upcoming expiration
shall be given in writing.
Every officer receiving a salary from the City,
for whose services as such officer any fees, charges or commissions
are allowed by law, shall, unless otherwise specially provided, pay
all such fees, charges and commissions received by him into the City
treasury to become the property of the City.
The provisions of the Massachusetts Conflict
of Interest Statute shall prevail in matters pertaining to the conduct
of officers, boards and employees. No officer, board or employee of
the City of Chicopee shall accept, directly or indirectly, from any
person, firm, corporation or organization to which any purchase order
or contract is or might be awarded any rebate, gift or anything of
value whatsoever, except when it is given for the use or benefit of
the City of Chicopee.
Department heads or employees are prohibited
from charging residence telephones to City accounts.
[Added 9-5-1978; amended 9-1-2009]
The City Clerk shall deliver to the Mayor all
orders, ordinances and resolutions for his signature within three
working days after all regular City Council meetings.
