A CHARTER ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MEDFORD, TAYLOR COUNTY, WISCONSIN, DO HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
I. OFFICE OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR CREATED.
A. The position of City Administrator is created.
II. APPOINTMENT, TERM OF OFFICE, AND REMOVAL.
A. The City Administrator shall hold office for an indefinite term subject to removal by the Common Council pursuant to Section 17.12(1)(c) and (d) of the Wisconsin Statutes. The Mayor is vested with the authority pursuant to section 17.12(3) of the Wisconsin Statutes to suspend the City Administrator pending any such removal.
B. The Personnel Committee and Mayor shall recommend the appointment of a City Administrator to the Common Council. The City Administrator shall be appointed by a two-thirds vote of the Common Council.
C. The City Administrator is expected to provide 60 days written notice to the Mayor and Common Council of the intent to resign from the position.
III. ORIENTATION PERIOD.
A. The orientation period for the position of City Administrator shall be the first twelve (12) months following the date of appointment. During this time period, the City Administrator will be afforded an opportunity to become acquainted with City procedures and policies. Quarterly evaluations may be completed by the Mayor and the Common Council with a final evaluation at the end of the orientation period.
IV. POSITION EXPECTATIONS.
A. The City Administrator, subject to the limitations defined in resolutions, policies and ordinances of the City and Wisconsin State Statutes, shall be responsible to and under the general supervision of the Mayor and Common Council.
B. The City Administrator shall comply with all City ordinances, rules, regulations and policies. The City Administrator shall comply with all lawful directives of the Mayor and the Common Council and perform the duties and responsibilities contained in the job description for the position.
C. The City Administrator shall abide by the requirements set forth in City of Medford Ordinance #385 and the Code of Ethics for Local Government Officials and Employees set forth in section 19.59 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
V. CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
VI. SEVERABILITY.
The provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed severable, and it is expressly declared that the Common council would have passed the other provisions of this ordinance irrespective of whether or not one or more provisions may be declared invalid. If any provisions of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
VII. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Charter Ordinance shall take effect sixty (60) days after passage and publication unless within such sixty (60) days of passage and publication a referendum as provided by Section 66.01 of the Wisconsin State Statutes shall be filed, in which event this ordinance shall not take effect until it shall have been submitted to a referendum of the electors and approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.
Date of Clerk's Signing: 12-9-94
Editor's note:
Wisconsin Statutes § 66.01 was renumbered § 66.0101 by 1999 Wis. Act 150 § 18.