The Village Manager shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) Enforce all laws and ordinances of the village;
(B) Attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees. The Village Manager shall have the right to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the Board, but shall have no right to vote. The Village Manager shall be entitled to notice of all special and regular meetings of the Board of Trustees;
(C) Recommend to the Board such measures as, in his or her judgment, he or she deems to be in the best interest of the village;
(D) Appoint all village employees, except for those covered by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners;
(E) The Village Manager shall present to the Board of Trustees personnel rules and regulations to be adopted by motion of the Board of Trustees. These rules may cover procedures and policies to govern the following phases of the personnel program:
(1) The administration of the position classification and pay plans;
(2) Procurement, promotion, evaluation, transfer and separation of village personnel;
(3) Establishment of hours of work, attendance, leave regulations and working conditions;
(4) Rules covering the outside employment, nepotism and political activity of village personnel;
(5) Maintenance and use of necessary records and forms; and
(6) System of handling all grievances.
(F) Conduct the collective bargaining process of the village;
(G) Exercise control of all departments and divisions thereof now in existence or that may hereafter be created by the Board, except as limited or restricted by ordinance;
(H) Recommend to the Board the creating, consolidating and combining of offices, positions, departments or units of the administrative and executive departments of the village;
(I) Investigate all complaints in relation to matters concerning the administration of the government of the village and services maintained by the public utilities in the village, and see that all franchises, permits and privileges granted by the village are faithfully observed;
(J) Sign on behalf of the village any contract authorized by the Board of Trustees, except where the Board or state statutes direct that some other officer shall do so. It shall be the duty of the Village Manager to see that all terms of any contract to which the village is a party are fully performed by all parties hereto;
(K) Keep a current inventory of all real and personal property of the village and location of such property. The Village Manager shall be responsible for the care and custody of all village property which is not assigned to some other officer or body for care and control;
(L) Devote his or her entire time to the discharge of his or her official duties; and
(M) The Village Manager shall perform such other duties as may be required by the Board of Trustees consistent with law and the ordinances of the village.