(A) Except for purposes of inquiry and information concerning city business, all elected city officers, including the Mayor and all City Commissioners, shall communicate and deal with all city officers and employees only through the City Manager. No individual elected official, acting otherwise than through formally adopted ordinances, municipal orders, or resolutions of the City Commission, shall give orders or directives to city employees or city officers, or otherwise interfere with the managerial function of the City Manager through any means, including, without limitation, directing the making of public purchases or expenditures, directing the making of purchase from or contracts with specific organizations, or directing the appointment, promotion, discipline, or discharge of any employees or city officer under the supervision of the City Manager.
(B) Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to prohibit conversations of a personal or social nature between the Mayor and City Commissioners and city officers and employees.
(C) Any elected city official violating any of the provisions of division (A) shall be subject to public censure, upon a majority vote of Commission members present and voting finding a violation of division (A) upon a complaint brought by the Mayor or any Commission member.
(Ord. 164, 2023, passed 12-14-23)