HB470 Summary

• Allows Class 7 municipalities to adopt a council-manager form of government through governing body resolution, eliminating the requirement for a citizen petition and referendum.

• Establishes a five-member council consisting of a mayor and four council members elected at-large under the alternate method.

• Requires the governing body to hold the election on adoption before January 1, 2011, with the new government form becoming effective on the first Monday in November 2012.

• Authorizes the mayor to call the election by proclamation within 10 days of the governing body's resolution adoption, with the city council able to call the election if the mayor fails to do so.

• Limits the alternate procedure to Class 7 municipalities and makes the authorization temporary, with the section having no further force or effect once the election and government transition are completed.