(A) The administrative officers of the city shall be the City Manager, the Assessor, the City Attorney, the Director of Public Works, the Clerk, the Treasurer, the Police Chief and the Fire Chief. The Council may, by ordinance, upon the recommendation of the City Manager, create such additional administrative offices, or combine any administrative offices, in any manner not inconsistent with law, and prescribe the duties thereof as it may deem necessary for the proper operation of the city government. No creation of any administrative office, or combination thereof one with another, shall abolish the office of City Manager, nor diminish any of the duties or responsibilities of that office as set forth in this Charter.
(B) In making any appointment of an administrative officer, the appointing authority shall consider only the good of the public service and the fitness of the appointee for, and his ability to discharge the duties of, the office to which he is appointed.
(C) All persons employed by the city who are not elective or administrative officers, or members of a board created by this Charter, or declared to be administrative officers by or under authority of this section shall be deemed to be employees of the city.
Statutory reference:
Mandatory that Charter provide for duties of city officers, see M.C.L.A. § 117.3(d)