Opinion No.

The Honorable Dennis Young State Representative P.O. Box 1835 Texarkana, AR 75504

Dear Representative Young:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the appointment, discipline, and termination of police and fire chiefs in a city with the city manager form of government. Specifically, you note that the City of Texarkana, Arkansas is in the process of changing from a Public Safety Department to the standard system of having a separate police chief and fire chief. In light of this development, you pose the following questions:

1. In city manager form of government in a city of…