Neither the Council nor any of its committees or members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his or her removal from, office by the City Manager or any of his or her subordinates, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative service of the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the Manager, and neither the Council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinate of the City Manager either publicly or privately.
(1995 Code, § 2-18)