Appointment terms, bond records, biennial budget bills pass

Senators gave final approval Feb. 11 to four bills that modify provisions for primary, first and second class cities and villages. All were introduced by Lincoln Sen. Amanda McGill.

LB87 provides that an appointee filling a vacancy on an airport authority board may serve the unexpired term of a vacated board member.

The bill passed on a 49-0 vote.

LB111 allows cities of the first and second class and villages to file biennial budgets with the state auditor’s office and county clerk.

State law classifies incorporated cities, villages and municipalities by their population. The city is classified as:
• first if its population is 5,001 to 100,000;
• second if its population is 801 to 5,000; and
• a village if its population is 100 to 800.

The bill passed with an emergency clause on a 49-0 vote.

LB112 transfers record keeping and reporting on bonds from the city clerk to the city treasurer in first and second class cities and villages. The bill also requires the treasurer to prepare lists of and collect all special assessments.

The bill passed on a 49-0 vote.

Finally, LB113 authorizes the mayor of a second class city to vote when it would create a number equal to a majority of the members elected to the council.

Senators passed the bill on a 47-0 vote.