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Article 01: General Provisions
Municipal Code:
Chapter 004: Administrative Code
Details
4-1. Form of government.
The Town of Durham adopted the Town Council form of government effective January 1, 1988. In this form of government, the fiscal, prudential, municipal and other affairs of the town, with the governance thereof, shall be vested in a Town Council, shall be directed by a Town Administrator and shall be carried out by the various departments of the town as established by state law, the Town Charter and ordinance and resolution, as may be amended from time to time.
4-2. Purpose and intent.
Pursuant to the Town Charter, it is the purpose and intent of this Administrative Code to define the function and duties of the Town Administrator and each town department or agency. The Town Council may amend this code from time to time so as to create, consolidate or abolish departments or agencies and to redefine or alter their functions and duties not inconsistent with statutory duties of town officials.
4-3. Word usage.
Words of any gender used in this code shall be held and construed to include any other gender.
