(a) Whenever this code, another city ordinance, or a city council resolution delegates a duty, power, or function to a specific employee who is responsible to the city manager, that duty, power, or function may, at the discretion of the city manager as the chief administrative and executive officer of the city, also be performed or exercised by the city manager or by any assistant city manager or other city employee designated by the city manager to perform or exercise that duty, power, or function.
(b) Nothing in Subsection (a) authorizes the city manager to designate a person to perform or exercise a duty, power, or function when such a designation would be inconsistent with the city charter or state law. (Ord. 22356)