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Except as otherwise provided by this charter, the power to suspend, demote and remove accompanies the power to appoint or elect; and the city manager or other appointing or electing authority at any time may suspend, demote or remove any officer or employee to whom he or the other appointing or electing authority respectively may appoint or elect a successor.
The appointing or electing authority who may appoint or elect the successor of an officer or employee, may appoint or elect a person to act during the temporary absence, disability or suspension of such officer or employee, or, in case of a vacancy, until a successor is appointed or elected and qualifies, unless the council ordains that a particular superior or subordinate of such officer or employee shall act. The council by ordinance may provide for a deputy to act in such cases.
1. If a court of competent jurisdiction should hold any section or part of a section of this charter invalid, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this charter nor the context in which such section or part of a section so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part of a section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with that section or part of a section; and
2. If a court of competent jurisdiction holds a part of this charter invalid or if a change in the state constitution or law renders a part of this charter invalid or inapplicable, the council by ordinance may take such appropriate action as will enable the city government to function properly.