(A) The City Manager shall be appointed by the City Council for an indefinite term as provided by law. Before taking office the City Manager shall furnish a fidelity bond in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, in which bond shall be filed with the City Clerk.
(B) The City Manager shall have and exercise all powers and duties assigned to him by statute and such other authority as may be granted by the City Council. He shall be charged with the enforcement of all laws and ordinances within the municipality insofar as their enforcement is within the power of the City.
(C) The Manager shall attend all meetings of the City Council, shall keep the Council informed as to the affairs of the City, and shall recommend to the Council such actions as may be necessary or expedient for the welfare of the City.
(D) The City Manager shall hire and discharge all employees (other than those under civil service or other tenure of office law) authorized by the City Council to be hired, at such compensation as may be set or authorized by the City Council. All employees shall perform their duties subject to the direction of the City Manager or that of the superior to whom the Manager may assign such employee; provided that the Manager may delegate to any other official or employee the authority to hire or discharge any employee so authorized.
(E) All appointive officers of the City shall be filled by appointment by the Manager, except where otherwise provided by law, and the Manager shall report to the Mayor and Council such appointments or any removal from office, made by him as soon as possible after the appointment or removal.
(F) Every administrative department of the City shall be under the supervision and control of the Manager, who shall have the power to remove from office any officer appointed by the Manager, subject to the provisions of this Section.
(G) The Manager shall examine all proposed contracts to which the City may be a party, and may sign on behalf of the City any contract authorized by the City Council, excepting where the Council directs that some other officer or officers shall do so. It shall be the duty of the Manager to see to it that all terms of any contract to which the City is a party, are fully performed by all parties thereto.
(H) The Manager shall be general purchasing agent of the City, and except where specific provision to the contrary is made by law or by the Council, he shall make all purchases of supplies, materials and equipment authorized by the Council in the manner prescribed by, and subject to the limitations imposed by law. No purchase shall be made or obligation incurred excepting upon authorization by the Council and no expense shall be incurred, except for purposes for which no prior appropriation is required by law, if the amount thereof is not covered by an unexpended appropriation.
(I) It shall be the duty of the Manager to cause to be prepared each year the Annual Appropriation Ordinance in time for consideration and enactment by the Council during the first quarter of the fiscal year; and to prepare the Tax Levy Ordinance for passage and file a certified copy with the County Clerk within the time required by law. He shall keep current accounts of the amounts appropriated and the amounts spent out of each appropriation, showing the unexpended appropriations at all times.
(J) It shall be the duty of the Manager to keep current accounts showing at all times the fiscal condition of the City, including the current and anticipated expenses, appropriations, cash on hand, and anticipated revenue of all municipal funds and accounts; and shall see to the collection of all money due the municipality.
(K) The Manager shall keep a current inventory showing all real and personal property of the City and its location, and shall be responsible for the care and custody of all such property, including equipment, buildings, parks and all other City property, which is not by law assigned to some other officer or body for care and control.
(L) It shall be the duty of the Manager to see to the publication of all notices, ordinances or other documents required by law to be published, and to prepare or cause to be prepared, all reports which the City of any of the officials thereof are required by law to prepare.
(M) The Manager shall prepare and have custody of all municipal records required by law to be kept by the City and not by a specific officer. Where the law makes it the duty of a specific officer to keep or maintain records, the Manager shall make available to such officer all necessary clerical assistance for the preparation of such records and shall make available a place for the custody of such records. And in compliance herewith, the Manager shall make available to the Clerk, stenographic or clerical assistance necessary for the preparation of the Journal of Council Proceedings, and the record of ordinances and all other documents which by law the Clerk is required to keep, and he shall perform similar services for the Treasurer in the maintenance of bond registers and all other records or documents which by law the Treasurer is required to keep or prepare. Where the law requires or provides for certification of any records or documents by any officer of the City, the Manager shall cause such records or documents to be properly prepared and presented to each officer for his signature.
(N) The Manager shall cause to be kept a complete set of maps and plats, showing the location of all City utilities, and other municipal properties, all street and other public places, and all lots or parcels of land subdivided according to law.
(O) The Manager shall maintain an office in the City Hall and shall spend such time in the performance of his duties as may be required by the Council. In the event that the City Manager shall be absent from the City or incapacitated from performing the duties of his position, the City Attorney shall act as Manager during such absence or incapacity.
(P) The above described salary shall be adjusted quarterly hereafter by one half the percentage of increase in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The average index number as published for the month of May, 1981, for “All Items”, in a table entitled, “Consumer Price Index of U.S. City Average, All Items and Commodity Groups”, shall have subtracted from it the same index number as published for the month of August, 1981. The resultant number shall be divided by 2, and that figure used as percentage for increase or decrease in the salary herein provided. The same computation shall then be made quarterly thereafter, using the average index figure for the last month of the prior quarter and the last month of the then quarter.
(Q) The City Manager shall make periodic surveys of the functions, duties and work load of all departments and officers of the City. Based thereon, the City Manager shall, from time to time, determine the need of all departments and officers of the City, all secretarial, stenographic, and clerical assistance, and shall, based upon results of said periodic survey, have complete authority from time to time to assign secretarial, stenographic, and clerical employees of the City to the various departments and officers of the City in accordance with their current requirements. The City Manager is hereby granted the right, authority, and power to hire such secretarial, stenographic, and clerical employees as shall, in his opinion, be necessary to the efficient discharge of business of the City and such other limitations of those numbers of employees as shall be authorized by annual appropriation and salary ordinances, and the City Manager shall further have the power to discharge such employees.
(R) Any employee of the City in any position who shall become disabled or incapable of performing the duties of his office or position shall be automatically retired arid the City Manager is hereby granted authority to retire any employee who shall be shown to be so disabled or incapable of performing the duties of his office or position by certificate of a duly licensed physician. No retirement benefits shall be due or payable to any employee, except under the provisions of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, Firemen’s Pension Fund, or the Policemen’s Pension Fund. The provision of this subsection (R) shall not apply to officers under the jurisdiction of the Fire and Police Commission.
(Prior Code, Art. 2, § 2.1)