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City of Grand Forks Mayor's Office Scrapbooks
City of Grand Forks Mayor's Office Scrapbooks, 1976-1987
Collection Overview
Title: City of Grand Forks Mayor's Office Scrapbooks, 1976-1987
ID: OGLMC1242
Primary Creator: Owens, Patricia (1941-)
Extent: 12.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 09/04/1991
Subjects: City of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Grand Forks - Mayor
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
On February 22, 1881, Grand Forks was incorporated into a city. Grand Forks chose the Mayor-Council form of city government, which consists of an elected Mayor and Councilmen. The Mayor acts as the presiding officer of the City Council. Under this system, the municipal judge is the only other elected official. All other officials are appointed.
Mayors serve as the chief executive of the city during their four year term. Their powers and duties include:
-To preside over meetings of the council. The mayor is a non-voting member unless there is a tie.
-To suppress disorder and keep the peace.
-To enforce all laws and ordinances.
-To sign or veto ordinances passed by the council. The mayor can veto specific items in an appropriation ordinance without killing the entire ordinance.
-To make appointments and remove officers.
The Mayor's Office is responsible for four city agencies: Personnel, Legal Service, Planning, and Budget Analyst and Grants. These four agencies direct the other various departments of city government, such as the police and public works.
(Lloyd B. Omdahl. "City Government," in 1985-87 Governing North Dakota and the Constitution of North Dakota. pp. 144-147. Grand Forks: University of North Dakota, 1985.)
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Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Pat Owens, Administrative Assistant, Grand Forks Mayor's Office
Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.91-1783
Related Materials: C.P. O'Neill Papers: OGLMC 970
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). City of Grand Forks Mayor's Office Scrapbooks. OGLMC 1242, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in November 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
[All]
- Box 1
- Scrapbook 1: February 1976 - April 1977
Topics with multiple articles:
request for a can recycling center; Columbia Mall planning; fires; debate over 1% sales tax
- Scrapbook 2: April - December 1977
Topics with multiple articles:
controversy over liquor licenses; Columbia Mall ground breaking
- Scrapbook 3: December 1977 - August 1978
Topics with multiple articles:
record year for building in Grand Forks; Red River flood; agreement on the Columbia Road Overpass; censorship targeted at pay television channels; Columbia Mall opens
- Box 2
- Scrapbook 1: August - November 1978
Topics with multiple articles:
low police morale; Mayor to be cable watchdog
- Scrapbook 2: December 1978 - July 1979
Topics with multiple articles:
Red River: record flood of two centuries; Columbia Road Overpass funding unveiled and approved; law suit filed to block Columbia Road Overpass construction; fight over a pornography store opening
- Scrapbook 3: July 1979 - March 1980
Topics with multiple articles:
smoke detector issues; elections and campaigning
- Box 3
- Scrapbook 1: March - May 1980
Topics with multiple articles:
Wessman winner in mayoral election; Mayor to review use of vehicles; elimination of car allowances
- Scrapbook 2: May - October 1980
Topics with multiple articles:
City Center Mall and delinquent taxes; Mayor upset with delinquent taxpayers; clashes over car allowance; sewer funding proposal; mayors unite for flood prevention; B-52 at base catches fire
- Scrapbook 3: October 1980 - March 1981
Topics with multiple articles:
State board against the Columbia Road Overpass plan; pigeon problems
- Scrapbook 4: March 1981 - February 1982
Topics with multiple articles:
Mayor has new ideas for city government; Mayor's trip to Winnipeg bonds good will across the border; reorganization of City Hall
- Box 4
- Scrapbook 1: June 1981 - April 1982
Topics with multiple articles:
citizens irate because of delinquent taxes from City Center Mall; Mayor presents a balanced budget; Columbia Road Overpass special task force; voters agree to building the Columbia Road Overpass
- Scrapbook 2: April 1982 - June 1983
Topics with multiple articles:
liquor licensing; Mayor pledges support to fight Marshall waste site; Senator Strinden and Mayor argue about need for state tax hike; luring of European business; wind energy; heat from garbage; UND and the Humane Society
- Scrapbook 3: June - December 1983
Topics with multiple articles:
city agrees to budget cuts; Columbia Road Overpass construction started; arguments for city to do county personnel work
- Box 5
- Scrapbook 1: December 1983 - April 1984
Topics with multiple articles:
Federal funding unlikely for water plant; city looks forward to economic prosperity when the B-1 arrives at Grand Forks Air Force Base
- Scrapbook 2: April - November 1984
Topics with multiple articles:
Council committee backs Grand Forks airport expansion; airport renamed after Senator Mark Andrews; $12.8 million water plant approved for Grand Forks; 911 system to be installed; 45% water rate hike; Columbia Road Overpass is finished
- Scrapbook 3: November 1984 - January 1986
Topics with multiple articles:
Garrison Diversion water project; Council approves sales tax proposal; Mayor's police plan; toxic waste dumped in refuge disposal site; water bills may send city and base to court; plans to widen Columbia Overpass; no competition for Northwest Airlines in Grand Forks
- Box 6
- Scrapbook 1: February 1986 - October 1986
Topics with multiple articles:
violent crimes decrease again in 1985; Mayor hopes to extend sales tax; new police chief; President Ronald Reagan in Grand Forks
- Scrapbook 2: November 1986 - June 1987
Topics with multiple articles:
burning of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl); Grand Forks dam project tangled with the Garrison Diversion funding; liquor licensing; ERC loses permit to burn PCBs; campaigning for mayor
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[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
[All]