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The compensation of all employees and officers of the city whose compensation is not provided for herein shall be fixed by the Commission by ordinance within the limits of budget appropriations.
No officers shall be paid on a fee basis. The respective salaries and compensation of officers and employees as fixed pursuant to this charter shall be in full for all official services of such officers or employees and shall be in lieu of all fees, commissions and other compensation receivable by such officers or employees for their services.
Any such fees, commissions and other compensation shall belong to the city and shall be collected and accounted for by such officers or employees and be paid into the city treasury and a statement thereof filed periodically with the Clerk.
Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the payment of necessary bona fide expenses incurred in service in behalf of the city.
Every officer, elective or appointive, before entering upon the duties of his office shall take the oath of office prescribed for public officers by the Constitution and shall file the oath with the Clerk, together with any bond required by statute, this charter or the Commission. In case of failure to comply with the provisions of this section within ten days from the date he is notified in writing of his election or appointment, such officer shall be deemed to have declined the office and such office shall thereupon become vacant unless the Commission shall, by resolution, extend the time in which such officer may qualify.
Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all officers of the city whose duties involve the custody of public property or the handling of public funds, either by way of receipt or disbursement or both and all other officers and employees so required by the Commission shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, file with the city an official bond, in such form and amount as the Commission shall direct and approve. Such official bond of every officer and employee shall be conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, and will on demand deliver over to his successor in office, or other proper officer or an agent of the city all books, papers, moneys, effects and property belonging thereto, or appertaining to his office, which may be in his custody as an officer or employee; and such bonds may be further conditioned as the Commission prescribe. The official bond of every officer whose duty it may be to receive or pay out money, besides being conditioned as above required, shall be further conditioned that he will, on demand, pay over or account for to the city or any proper officer or agent thereof, all moneys received by him as such officer or employee. The requirements of this paragraph may be met by the purchase of one of more appropriate blanket surety bonds covering all, or a group of, city employees and officers.
All official bonds shall be corporate surety bonds and the premiums thereon shall be paid by the city. All bonds of all officers or employees shall be filed with the Clerk, except that any bond pertaining solely to the Clerk shall be filed with the Mayor.
Whenever any officer or employee shall cease to hold such office or employment for any reason whatsoever, he shall within five days, or sooner on demand, deliver to his successor in office or to his superior all the books, papers, moneys, equipment owned by city and effects in his custody as such officer or employee. Any officer violating this provision may be proceeded against in the same manner as public officers generally for a like offense under statute. Any employee found guilty of violating this provision by a competent tribunal may be punished in accordance with statute.