(A) The City Manager shall have such powers and perform such duties as are prescribed for him in the City Charter, this Code and other ordinances and resolutions of the City Council.
(B) The City Manager shall establish such administrative departments, offices and agencies as may be necessary for the orderly conduct of the city's business and may assign city personnel thereto and designate their duties; provided, that in doing so, he shall not abolish, reorganize or merge any department, office or agency contrary to any provision of the City Charter, other state law or this Code.
(C) The City Manager may make or require department, office or agency heads to make and promulgate rules and regulations governing the city departments, offices and agencies and the transaction of business therewith by members of the public; provided, that no such rule or regulation shall be contrary to any provision of the City Charter or other law or to any provision of this Code or other ordinance or resolution of the City Council. Rules and regulations so made and promulgated by the City Manager or by a department, office or agency head and approved by the City Manager shall be binding on all persons affected thereby. When any such rule or regulation has been submitted by the City Manager to the City Council and by that body approved, such rule or regulation, when maintained on file in the office of the City Clerk, shall then have the force and effect of an ordinance and it shall be unlawful to violate any provision thereof.
('69 Code, § 2-17)
(D) In the event the City Manager shall be absent or otherwise unable to perform his duties, or in the event that the office of City Manager becomes vacant, the City Council shall designate a qualified officer of the city to act as City Manager until such time as the City Manager resumes his duties or the office is filled by appointment, as the case may be.
('69 Code, § 2-18)