The Council may create a Division of Purchasing and Personnel by ordinance. When such Division is created the Mayor shall appoint a Director of Purchasing and Personnel who shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and may be removed by the Mayor without cause. The Director of Purchasing and Personnel shall not serve as the head of any other division or bureau within the Department of Safety and Service; however, the person holding the offices of Administrative Finance Counsel or Safety- Service Director may be appointed to the position of Director of Purchasing and Personnel.
The Director of Purchasing and Personnel shall have powers to execute contracts and orders on behalf of the City as are granted to him in Sec. 5.04(9) of this Charter.
The Director of Purchasing and Personnel shall make, subject to the civil service requirements provided under this Charter, original and promotional appointments of City employees within the classified and unclassified service of the City's departments, divisions, bureaus, boards and commissions, except as such appointments are otherwise provided for by this Charter; and further, such power of appointment of employees shall not extend to the offices of City Law Director, City Finance Director, Council, Clerk of Council, the Civil Service Commission, nor to the appointments of the head of any department, division or bureau. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the Mayor shall appoint the heads of departments, divisions and bureaus of the City.
(Amended 5-8-01; 11-6-12)