Martindale v. Anderson

HALL, Justice:

Defendant, Desmond L. Anderson, Mayor of Logan City, appeals from a judgment of the District Court construing the Optional Forms of Government Act1 of 1975 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”). The trial judge declared that, under the council-may- or form of government provided for by the Act, the Council possessed all of the governing powers of the municipality (both legislative and executive), except for those executive powers the Act expressly vested in the Mayor.

*1024The Mayor contends that the Court erred in its interpretation of the Act and that, when properly interpreted, it…