ARTICLE 3
CITY MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
CITY MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
There shall be a city manager. The council shall appoint him for an indefinite term by a vote of a majority of all its members. It shall choose him solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications. At the time of his appointment, he need not be a resident of the city or state; but, during his tenure of office, he shall reside within the city. Neither the mayor nor any other councilman may be appointed city manager or acting city manager during the term for which he shall have been elected nor within two years after the expiration of his term. The council may suspend or remove the city manager at any time by a vote of a majority of all its members.
If the city manager is absent from the city or is unable to perform his duties, if the council suspends the city manager, or if there is a vacancy in the office of city manager, the council may appoint an acting city manager to serve until the city manager returns, until his disability or suspension ceases, or until it appoints another city manager, as the case may be. The council may suspend or remove the acting city manager at any time.
The city manager shall be chief executive officer and head of the administrative branch of the city government. He shall execute the laws and ordinances and administer the government of the city, and shall be responsible therefor to the council. He shall:
1. Appoint, and when necessary for the good of the service, suspend, demote or remove all heads of administrative departments and other administrative officers and employees of the city except as he or the council by ordinance may authorize the head of a department, an officer or an agency to appoint and suspend, demote or remove subordinates in such department, office or agency, subject to such merit system regulations as the council may ordain;
2. Supervise and control, directly or indirectly, all administrative officers, agencies and employees;
3. Prepare a budget annually and submit it to the council, be responsible for the administration of the budget after it goes into effect, and recommend to the council any changes in the budget which he deems desirable;
4. Submit to the council a report at the end of the fiscal year on the finances and administrative activities of the city for the preceding year;
5. Keep the council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the city, and make such recommendations as may seem to him desirable; and
6. Perform such other duties as this charter may prescribe and such duties as the council may prescribe, consistent with this charter.
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