Utah Code

Utah Code § 10-3b-203 (2026)

Council in a council-mayor form of government

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The council in a municipality operating under a council-mayor form of government:

shall:

by ordinance, provide for the manner in which:

municipal property is bought, sold, traded, encumbered, or otherwise transferred; and

a subdivision or annexation is approved, disapproved, or otherwise regulated;

pass ordinances, appropriate funds, and review municipal administration;

perform all duties that the law imposes on the council; and

elect one of its members to be the chair of the council;

may:

adopt an ordinance, to be known as the municipal administrative code:

dividing the municipality's administrative service into departments, divisions, and bureaus; and

defining the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau;

adopt an ordinance:

creating, consolidating, or abolishing departments, divisions, and bureaus; and

defining or altering the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau;

notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(iii), make suggestions or recommendations to a subordinate of the mayor;

notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c), appoint a committee of council members or citizens to conduct an investigation into:

an officer, department, or agency of the municipality; or

any other matter relating to the welfare of the municipality; and

delegate to an appointed committee powers of inquiry that the council considers necessary;

make and enforce any additional rule or regulation for the government of the council, the preservation of order, and the transaction of the council's business that the council considers necessary; and

take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84; and

may not:

direct or request, other than in writing, the appointment of a person to or the removal of a person from an executive municipal office;

interfere in any way with an executive officer's performance of the officer's duties; or

publicly or privately give orders to a subordinate of the mayor.

A member of a council in a municipality operating under the council-mayor form of government may not have any other compensated employment with the municipality.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Outfront Media, LLC v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 74 (Utah 2017).

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Outfront Media, LLC v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 74 (Utah 2017). · cites it 3× “Citing Utah Code § 10-3b-203. Citing id. §§ 10-6-101, 10-8-1.”

— Utah Code § 10-3b-203(1) — 1 case

Outfront Media, LLC v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 74 (Utah 2017). “Citing Utah Code § 10-3b-203. Citing id. §§ 10-6-101, 10-8-1.”

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