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Belgrade council reviews code rewrites covering administrative authority, settlement approvals and fire code overhaul
Summary
Staff proposed code changes to make administrative authority explicit (delegations from the city manager), to give the city manager settlement authority up to $80,000 per matter (non‑personnel) with reporting to council, and to repeal the antiquated Title 6 fire chapter and replace it with language recognizing Central Valley Fire District and codifying a city fire marshal role.
Councilmembers reviewed three proposed code changes staff has drafted to modernize city ordinances adopted decades ago.
First, staff proposed adding an interpretive section that would make it explicit that, except where the charter or state law says otherwise, any authority assigned in code to city officers or boards is a delegation from the city manager. Staff said the change would resolve conflicts in older code sections that predate the city manager form of government.
Second, staff proposed a…
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