(A) Appointment.
(1) The City Manager shall appoint the Chief of Police, with the approval of the City Council, if there is no appointment pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section.
(2) The City Manager may appoint other police officers as the Mayor and Council deem necessary.
(B) Attend court; meetings. The Chief of Police or his or her designee shall be and remain in attendance at the city court at all times when the same is in session, and shall attend all meetings of the Council.
(C) Appoint additional police officers.
(1) The Chief of Police may appoint, by and with the consent and confirmation of the Mayor and the City Council, such additional peace officers for the city as the Council may authorize.
(2) In cases of emergency and in cases where a meeting of the Council will not be had in time for Council to give consent and approval to such appointments before the time at which such additional officers will be needed, he or she shall have authority to appoint such temporary officers for the city as shall be needed for the time.
(D) Removal. The Chief of Police may be removed for cause, after due process and an opportunity to be heard, by a three-quarter vote of the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-2) (Ord. 877A, passed 12-7-2021)