HB556 Summary

• Applies to Class 5 municipalities (population 23,000-27,000) organized under Act 71, 1977, establishing further provisions for council-manager government operations.

• Establishes an assistant city manager position to perform city manager duties during temporary absence or disability, with council authority to appoint a qualified administrative officer if needed.

• Creates a city planner position as an established administrative department role.

• Restricts employment contracts to the city manager only, prohibiting direct employment contracts with department heads.

• Changes council induction meeting date from first Monday in October to first Monday in November, and modifies franchise grant procedures to subject them to applicable state and federal law.