GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991
CHAPTER 852
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL-MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE TOWN OF CORNELIUS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The Charter of the Town of Cornelius, being Chapter 288, Session Laws of 1971, is amended by adding the following new section to read:
"Sec. 6.4. Town Manager. The Town shall operate under the council-manager form of government in accordance with Part 2 of Article 7 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes. The Board of Commissioners of the Town shall proceed to appoint a Town Manager under that Part to serve at the pleasure of the Board.
The Town Manager shall be the administrative head of the Town government, and shall be responsible to the Board for the proper administration of all affairs of the Town. The Town Manager shall have all powers and duties provided by State law. The Town Manager shall appoint and may remove all Town employees except the Town Attorney. The Town Manager shall also perform such other duties as are prescribed by the Board.
In case of conflict between this section and any provision of this Charter, or any ordinance or law inconsistent with this section, this section shall prevail to the extent of the conflict. Otherwise, this section does not amend any other provision of this Charter."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 1992.
James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives