The city manager shall have the general supervision and control of all departments, and the proper and efficient administration of the work of all departments shall be his responsibility. He shall have authority to prescribe the work of each department not inconsistent with the applicable laws, the charter, and ordinances and resolutions of the council. He shall have access at all times to all records and facilities of all departments. He shall have the power to investigate the work and operations of all departments, and may require directors to submit to him such reports and records as he deems necessary for this purpose. It is the intent of this chapter that the city manager be vested with all the authority over departments under his supervision and control necessary and convenient to fulfill his responsibility.
(1970 Code, § 1-206)