CHAPTER 13 – DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS

§ 77   Establishment and Discontinuance of Departments and Offices

§ 78   Directors

§ 79   Departmental Divisions

§ 80   Board of Control

§ 81   Advisory Boards

§ 82   Reports

§ 77 Establishment and Discontinuance of Departments and Offices

   There shall be a Department of Law, a Department of Finance, a Department of Public Utilities, and such other departments and offices as may be established by ordinance, with the concurrence of the Board of Control. The Council may by ordinance, with the concurrence of the Board of Control, discontinue any department or office established by ordinance, and may prescribe, combine, distribute or abolish the functions and duties of departments and offices; but, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, no function or duty assigned by this Charter to a particular department or office shall be abolished or assigned to any other department or office. Departments and offices existing at the time of the adoption of this section, and not specifically mentioned therein, shall continue as though established thereby but subject to alteration or discontinuance by ordinance in the manner provided herein.

(Effective June 3, 1968)

§ 78 Directors

   A director for each department shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall serve until removed by the Mayor or until his successor is appointed and has qualified. The director of each department shall have the supervision and control of the department. He shall have power to prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Charter, for the conduct of the officers and employees of his department; for the distribution and performance of its business; and for the custody and preservation of the books, records, papers and property under its control.

(Effective November 9, 1931)

§ 79 Departmental Divisions

   The work of the several departments shall be distributed among such divisions thereof as are established by this Charter or as may be established by the Council by ordinance, with the concurrence of the Board of Control. There shall be a commissioner or chief in charge of each division who shall be appointed, and may be removed by the director of the department in conformity with the civil service provisions of this Charter. Each commissioner shall, with the approval of the director of his department, appoint all officers and employees in his division and have supervision and control of its affairs.

(Effective November 9, 1931)