Subject to the provisions of the Charter and the city and any regulations consistent therewith which may be adopted by the City Council, the City Administrator shall control and direct the administration of the city’s affairs. His or her powers and duties as City Administrator shall be:
(A) To see that the Charter and the laws, ordinances and resolutions of the city are enforced;
(B) To exercise control and have jurisdiction over all departments, offices and divisions of the city administration created by the Charter or which have been or may hereafter be created by the City Council;
(C) To supervise and administer all departments, offices and divisions within his or her jurisdiction under this code or other ordinance or resolution of the City Council; to recommend to the Council persons to be appointed as heads of all the departments, offices and divisions and as employees in the departments, offices and divisions and as subordinate officers, and to suspend the subordinate officers, department, office and division heads and employees, upon recommendation of their department, office or division head, pending review and final determination of the Council;
(D) To attend all official meetings of the City Council, with the right to take part in discussion but having no vote; but the Council may at its discretion, exclude him or her from meetings at which his or her removal is considered;
(E) To recommend to the City Council for adoption the measures as he or she may deem necessary for the welfare of the people and the efficient administration of the city’s affairs;
(F) To keep the City Council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the city, and to prepare and to submit to the Council within 60 days prior to call by the County Auditor all annual city budgets, which shall include statements relating to projected revenue and proposed sources, and all proposed expenditures to be made and obligations to be incurred by the city in the forthcoming fiscal year; to prepare and to submit to the Council for adoption an administrative code incorporating the details of the administrative procedure, and from time to time suggest amendments thereto; and
(G) To perform other duties as may be prescribed by the Charter or required of him or her by ordinance or resolution adopted by the City Council and by the laws of the state.
(1973 Code, § 2-21) (Ord. 311, passed 8-9-1971)