131.01 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND POWERS.

   (a)    The City Manager shall have full authority to prescribe and enforce administrative policy and procedure and to prescribe and enforce administrative rules and regulations for all departments, divisions, officers and employees of the City as the City Manager may deem necessary to the performance of the duties of the City Manager and to the efficient operation of the entire City government.

   (b)    The City Manager shall have full authority to prescribe the use of various forms

and procedures for the conduct of the City's affairs. Further, the City Manager shall prescribe and/or approve the use of various reports and forms for the various departments, divisions, officers and employees, either regularly, or from time to time, for the City Manager's, the Mayor's or the Council's information and use.

   (c)   The City Manager may require the submission of regular or special reports from

any department, division, office, officer or employee to be used in the administrative direction and control of the City.

   (d)   The City Manager shall have the power to make or delegate to department heads, rules and regulations to govern management practices.

   (e)   The City Manager is authorized and directed to amend and modify existing written agreements, and enter into and execute new written agreements by and on behalf of the City, without the approval of the City Council for the purposes, and subject to the limitations, set forth in Section 131.03.

(Ord. 2022-50. Passed 10-11-22.)

131.02 PERFORMING DUTIES OF CLERK OF COUNCIL.

   The City Manager or the person(s) designated by the City Manager shall perform the duties of Clerk of Council during the disability or temporary absence of the Clerk. Such duties shall include those duties imposed upon the Clerk of Council by Section 2.12 of the Charter, ordinances of the City and laws of the State, and the authority to execute certificates in regard to transcripts submitted to bond counsel to obtain approving opinions for the issuance of notes and bonds of the City. (Ord. 2022-50. Passed 10-11-22.)

131.03 CITY MANAGER ACTIVITIES .

   (a)    The City Manager, in their capacity as chief administrative and Safety Services

officer of the City, is hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions, including executing contracts for and on behalf of the City, without the approval of the City Council, for the following purposes:

      (1)    Contracts for public improvements, provided that the expenditure per occurrence or series of occurrences does not exceed the amount set forth in Section 159.05(a);

      (2)    Contracts necessitated by emergency circumstances, as set forth in Section 159.06;

      (3)    License and vendor agreements for the reasonable and limited and/or incidental use and access of City property, including in and to the rights of way, provided that the access is for limited purposes and the contract does not extend beyond a period of one year;

      (4)   Agreements for the reasonable and limited use and access of City property for placement of banners and signage, as set forth in Chapter 1129 of the Codified Ordinances;

      (5)    Agreements and/or granting permission to permit maintenance, repairs and replacements of infrastructure and/or improvements in the City right-of-way and/or on City property that pertain to then-existing easements, rights-of-way, or other conditions or encumbrances of record that grant property interests in and to City property;

      (6)    Undertake any and all other expenditures, transactions, and all other activities that serve to promote and permit the ongoing efficient daily operations and functions of the City that the City Manager deems to be in the best interest of the City and that, in the City Manager's discretion, may reasonably be transacted or undertaken without consent of the City Council, provided that the transaction does not exceed the amount set forth in Section 159.05(a) per occurrence or series of occurrences and the transaction will not extend beyond a period of one year provided, however, that there shall be no monetary limitations or caps for amendments to and modifications of existing written agreements, or entering into and executing new written agreements by and on behalf of the City, for power portfolio purchases pertaining to Huron Public Power and/or Huron Public Power customers due to the ever-changing, and occasionally volatile, nature of the energy markets.

   (b)    The City Manager shall not knowingly have any conflict of interest in violation of the Ohio Revised Code in any contract entered into as City Manager for and on behalf of the City.

   (c)    The City Manager is authorized to issue any and all permits or grant approvals required or permitted by then-existing Ordinances, including but not limited to permits for signage.

(Ord. 2022-50. Passed 10-11-22.)