The City Legislature is the municipality's governing body, responsible for voting on ordinances and policies, and often is in charge of hiring a city manager.
Candidate shall be eligible to the office of councilman or recorder except he be assessed with and own at least five hundred dollars worth of real or personal property, and be a citizen entitled to vote at the election at which he is elected, and no person shall be elected to such office or retain or hold the same, who shall or be come an officer or employee of any person, firm, or corporation holding any franchise or contact under or with said city.