5-5.16 Office Hours.

   Except as otherwise ordered by the Mayor under Subsection 2-7.10, the Collector-Treasurer shall daily have an Office open for the receipt and disbursement of money from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and every other Officer in charge of a Department shall daily have an Office open for the transaction of public business for not less than eight hours; provided, however, that every public Office in the city shall remain closed on all Sundays and legal holidays and may remain closed on all Saturdays, except that the Board of Health and Hospitals shall have an Office open for the issuance of burial permits and permits for the removal of dead bodies from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. on every day in the year.

(Ord. 1954 c. 2 § 9; Ord. 1968 c. 14 § 3; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 3 § 10; CBC 1975 Ord. T5 § 10; CBC 1985 5-5.16)

Cross-reference:

   Ord. ss 2-7.10; Ord. ss 6-3.5

5-5.17 Records of Acts and Doings of Departments.

   Every Officer in charge of a Department shall keep records of the acts and doings of the Department, in books kept specially for the purpose, including a book in which he or she shall record all contracts, and all changes and alterations made in contracts or specifications, for work and materials furnished for his or her Department, and shall keep files of its papers, and a book showing the property belonging to or used by the Department, such book to be corrected at the beginning of each financial year. The records of the proceedings of every Board shall be made by the secretary upon the day of the meeting, shall state the names of the members present and shall be read and submitted for approval at the next meeting.

(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 3 § 11; CBC 1975 Ord. T5 § 111; CBC 1985 5-5.17)

5-5.18 Employment, Compensation and Tenure of Subordinates.

   Every Officer in charge of a Department shall to the best of his or her ability cause all statutes, ordinances, regulations and orders relating to the duties of his or her Department to be observed and enforced, and subject to the Civil Service laws and rules, when applicable, shall employ, fix the compensation of and may discharge for such cause as he or she shall deem sufficient and cause to be recorded in the records of his or her Department, all subordinates in this Department; [provided, however, that none but citizens shall be employed in any capacity except that alien physicians and nurses may be employed in a hospital or other health care institution under the charge of the Board of Health and Hospitals;] and provided further, that no emergency, provisional, temporary, intermittent, permanent or other appointment, transfer or promotion nor any reinstatement except upon the expiration of a suspension or a valid leave of absence, nor any increase in the compensation, nor any change in the title or rating, of any subordinate shall take effect until approved in writing by the Director of Administrative Services except in cases where the Mayor by a writing orders otherwise. The Director of Administrative Services shall file each day with the Mayor a copy of all approvals given by him or her on the preceding day under this Section.

(Ord. 1953 c. 8 § 5; Ord. 1969 c. 5; Ord. 1972 c. 20 § 2; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 3 § 12; CBC 1975 Ord. T5 § 112; CBC 1985 5-5.18)

Editor’s note:

   The bracketed portion is unconstitutional Sugarman v. Dougall, 413 U.S. 634; 93 S.Ct. 2842 (1973).