City of Ward v. Ward Water & Sewer System

Steele Hays, Justice.

The single issue presented is whether the city council of an Arkansas municipal corporation, having adopted an ordinance creating a water and sewer commission, may abolish the commission by a majority vote.

On August 16, 1982 the Ward City Council passed Ordinance No. W2-82, providing for the abolishment of the Ward Water and Sewer Commission, created some fifteen years earlier, and for the operation of the system under the supervision of the Mayor and City Council. The ordinance was adopted by separate votes of four to three, the Mayor voting for passage of the resolution.