In addition to the duties outlined in § 31.068, the Village Administrator shall perform the duties herein provided.
(A) The Village Administrator shall be the chief administrative officer of the village and shall be responsible to the President and to the Board of Trustees for the administration and operation of all the affairs and the departments of the village. As the administrative officer, he or she shall have the administration and control of all matters and things pertaining to the operation and maintenance of the properties of the village and all of the departments of the village, including, but not limited to the Department of Public Works, the Fire Department, the Police Department, the Water Department, the Health Department, the Community Development Department and the general offices of the village. He or she shall also have supervision of those administrative agencies, departments and officers as may be hereafter created by the Board of Trustees, unless the administration and control of these departments and officers is expressly delegated elsewhere. He or she shall perform his or her duties in conformity with the rules of the Police and Fire Commission.
(B) Specifically, but not in limitation of the above, he or she shall have the following additional powers and duties.
(1) The Village Administrator shall make all necessary purchases of supplies and equipment for all departments of the village. For that purpose, he or she is authorized to make expenditures not to exceed $20,000 without preliminary authorization by the Board of Trustees; however, all expenditures and payments, regardless of amount, shall be subject to the confirmation or approval of the Board of Trustees and to the limitations imposed by the adoption of a budget or special appropriation.
(2) He or she shall attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees unless excused therefrom by the Board of Trustees, except when his or her removal is under consideration by the Board of Trustees. He or she shall have the privilege of taking part in the discussion of all matters coming before the Board of Trustees and shall be entitled to notice of all meetings, regular and special, of the Board of Trustees.
(3) He or she shall make investigations into the affairs of the village or any department or division thereof and shall investigate all complaints in relation to matters concerning village services and village administration.
(4) He or she shall have the power to appoint and to discharge any employee of the village exclusive of employees and officers of the Police Department and exclusive of regular firefighters employed on a full-time basis, and as to said excluded employees he or she shall make his or her recommendations to the Police and Fire Commission. Upon discharging any employee he or she shall submit to the Board of Trustees at the next meeting following such removal a statement concerning said removal and the reasons therefor.
(5) He or she shall devote his or her entire time to the discharge of official duties.
(6) He or she shall perform all other duties required of him or her by the Board of Trustees, consistent with the village ordinances or state law.
(2000 Code, § 31.54) (Ord. 1132, passed 3-15-1982; Ord. 4000, passed 5-11-2009; Ord. 4149, passed 3-12-2012)