(a) The governing body shall establish the compensation of the City Manager.
(b) The City Manager shall be appointed primarily upon the basis of executive, managerial and administrative qualifications as demonstrated by a verified record of training and experience in public administration and shall have such other qualifications as the governing body shall determine to be relevant.
(c) The governing body shall conduct an annual job performance review of the City Manager.
(d) The City Manager need not be a resident of the city at the time of appointment, but he or she must reside in the city while in office.
(e) The terms and conditions of employment of the City Manager shall be reduced to a written contract and approved by the governing body. The governing body shall retain the power to remove the City Manager from office upon reasonable notice at its pleasure as set forth in the contract between the City Manager and the governing body.
(2010 Code, § 1-303) (Charter Ord. 23, passed - -)