The city administrator shall have the authority to designate and appoint a city department head to act and serve as acting city administrator whenever the city administrator deems such to be necessary by virtue of temporary absence from the city or disability to perform the duties, save and except that in the event such an acting appointment and designation is anticipated to be for longer than twenty-one consecutive days, and the city council has not approved the designation and appointment of the acting city administrator, said appointment and designation shall be confirmed by the city council at their next regular council meeting. Any person so designated and appointed as acting city administrator shall receive no increase in compensation over that received for the position they otherwise occupy within the framework of city government unless and until such increase in compensation is approved by the city council. Any person so designated shall first furnish a bond in the form required of the city administrator unless such person has already filed a similar bond with the city. Any person appointed and designated as acting city administrator shall have all of the powers and duties of the city administrator specified in this chapter while acting in such capacity, excepting that no officer or employee of the city shall be appointed, removed, promoted, demoted, suspended or otherwise disciplined by the acting city administrator without the prior approval of the city council.
(Ord. 429 § 1(part), 1983).