(A) The authority and responsibility for administering this chapter shall be in the chief elected official of the City of Elephant Butte.
(B) The chief elected official may delegate any of these functions, duties and powers to employees of the City of Elephant Butte or to boards of the employees, including functions, duties and powers with respect to investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining ordering, certifying, reporting or otherwise acting as to any work, business or matter under this chapter. The chief elected official shall by rule prescribe the rights of appeal from the decisions of their hearing examiners, to other hearing examiners or to other offices in the City of Elephant Butte, to boards of officers or to themselves, as shall be appropriate and in accordance with law.
(C) All City of Elephant Butte departments and agencies shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and community development in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of this chapter and shall cooperate with the chief elected official to further the purposes.
(Ord. 59, passed 2-12-2003)