In addition to the above duties, the City Administrator shall perform such other duties as are herein provided. The City Administrator shall be the chief administrative officer of the city and shall be responsible to the Mayor and to the City Council for the administration and operation of all of the affairs and the departments of the city. As such administra- tive officer he shall have the administration and control of all matters and things pertaining to the operation and maintenance of the properties of the city and of all the departments, including the Department of Public Works, the Building Department, the Police Department, the Water and Sewerage Department, the Department of Streets and the general offices of the city. He shall also have supervision of such other administrative agencies and departments and officers as may be hereafter created by the City Council unless the administration and control of such departments and officers is expressly delegated elsewhere. He shall perform his duties in conformity with the rules of the Police Commission. Specifically, but not in limitation of the above, he shall have the following additional powers and duties:
(A) He may recommend to the Mayor and to the Council the appointment of all officers of the city who are required by law to be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council, and he may recommend to the Mayor the appointment of employees and officers who are required to be appointed by the Mayor. He shall further recommend the removal or suspension of any such officer or employee when such removal or suspension shall be consistent with the best interest of the city. All such recommendations for appointment or removal shall be based upon merit and upon the qualifications or disqualifications of such officer or employee without regard to political belief or affiliation.
(B) The City Administrator shall make all necessary purchases of supplies, equipment and services for all departments of the city; for that purpose he is authorized to make expenditures of $20,000 and to authorize Department Heads to purchase supplies, equipment, and services of $5,000 or less without preliminary authorization by the Council, provided, however, that all expenditures and payments, regardless of amount, shall be subject to the confirmation or approval of the Council and to the limitations imposed by the adoption of a budget or special appropriation.
(C) He shall attend all meetings of the City Council and executive sessions of the Council unless excused therefrom by the Council, except when his removal is under consideration by the Council. He shall have the privilege of taking part in the discussion of all matters coming before the Council and shall be entitled to notice of all meetings, regular and special, of the Council.
(D) He shall make investigations into the affairs of the city or any department or division thereof and shall investigate all complaints in relation to matters concerning city services and city administration.
(E) He shall have the power to appoint and to discharge any employee of the city exclusive of employees and officers of the Police Department employed on a full time basis, and as to the excluded employees he shall make his recommendations to the Police Commission. Upon discharging any employee he shall submit to the Council at the next meeting following such removal a statement concerning the removal and the reasons therefor.
(F) He shall devote his entire time to the discharge of official duties.
(G) He shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Council consistent with the city ordinances or the statutes of the state.
(`79 Code, § 30.280) (Ord. 905, passed 6-2-80; Am. Ord. 07-732, passed 9-26-07; Am. Ord. 07-738, passed 11-14-07)