SECTION
1. Administrative organization.
2. Council-manager relationships.
Editor’s note:
Priv. Acts 1972, ch. 416, sec. 15 deleted in its entirety Article XVI, titled Departments and replaced it with a new Article XVI by the same title. Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1 deleted in its entirety Article XVI, titled Departments, and replaced it with a new Article XVI by the same title.
Be it further enacted
(1) Within the framework established by this charter, the administrative organization of the city shall be organized into departments of general government, finance, and such other departments necessary to provide health, welfare, police, recreational, fire, public works, utilities and other municipal services as shall be provided in a plan of administrative organization to be developed by the City Manager and submitted to the council for approval.
(2) Administrative regulations governing the operations and relationships of departments, agencies, and offices within the administrative organization shall be prepared and issued by the city manager; provided, that the authority to prepare and issue departmental rules and regulations may be delegated to designated subordinates. (As amended by Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1)
(1) The manager shall be responsible to the council for the administration of all units of the city government under the manager's jurisdiction and for carrying out policies adopted by the council.
(2) (a) Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative officers and employees solely through the manager.
(b) Neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to the manager's subordinates or otherwise interfere with managerial functions through such means as directing or requesting the appointment or removal of any of the manager's subordinates, or the making of particular purchases from, or contracts with, any specific organization. (As amended by Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1)