(A) Except for the purpose of inquiry, the City Council and the individual members thereof shall deal with the officers and employees of the city solely through the City Manager, and neither the City Council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the City Manager.
(B) The City Manager shall receive orders and instructions from the City Council only when sitting in a duly convened meeting of the City Council, and no individual Councilmember shall give any orders or instructions to the City Manager.
(C) Neither the Council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or removal from, any office by the City Manager or by any of the City Manager's subordinates.
(`83 Code, § 2.04.120) (Ord. 82-16 § 12, 1982)