CHAPTER 6 Personnel
Section 24. Qualifications.
(1) An elective city officer shall be a qualified elector under the state constitution and shall have resided in the city during the 12 months immediately before being elected or appointed to the office. In this subsection “city” means area inside the city limits at the time of election or appointment.
(2) No person may be a candidate at a single election for more than one elective city office.
(3) An elective officer may be employed in a city position that is substantially volunteer in nature. Whether the position is so may be decided by the municipal court or in some other manner, whichever the council prescribes.
(4) Except as subsection (3) of this section provides to the contrary, the council is the final judge of the election and qualifications of its members.
(5) The qualifications of appointive officers of the city are whatever the council prescribes or authorizes.
Section 25. Compensation.
The council shall prescribe the compensation of city officers. The council may prescribe a plan for reimbursing city personnel for expenses that they incur in serving the city.
Section 26. Political Rights.
By ordinance the council may affirm the rights of the city personnel to participate in political activities and may limit those activities to the extent necessary for orderly and effective operation of the city government.
Section 27. Oath or Affirmation.
Before entering upon the duties of the office, each officer shall take an oath or affirm to support the constitutions and laws of the United States and the State of Oregon and the charter and ordinances of the City of North Bend, and to faithfully perform the duties of the office.