Series 31601
Provo (Utah). Mayor
Executive and administrative orders, 1983-2015
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Schedule Description
These are proclamations, declarations, or executive orders issued by a governor, mayor, or other executive officer or body. Proclamations are formal public announcements related to certain matters of government. They may designate classes of cities, call special legislative sessions, publish states-of-emergency, or publicly avow or cause certain matters of state government to be made generally known. Declarations may recognize or call attention to people, groups, bodies, or actions that have a public purpose; designate special days or other time periods; or invoke specific legislative purposes. Executive orders set policy for an executive branch of government; create boards and commissions; provide for the transfer of authority; or otherwise interpret, implement, or give administrative effect to a provision of the Constitution, state law or executive policy.
Scope and Content
This series contains executive orders issued by the mayor of Provo City. Executive orders are official documents through which the executive officer administers the operations of the municipal government. Executive orders are also called administrative orders, administrative directives, executive rules, and administrative policies.