Sec. 16. COMMISSIONERS: EMPLOYMENT OTHER OFFICES, APPOINTMENTS BY CITY MANAGER, RULES DEALING WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST, DISPOSAL OF PARK PROPERTY OR RIVER FRONTAGE.
   (A)   Except where authorized by this Charter, no Commissioner shall hold any other City office or City employment during the term for which he-she was elected to the Commission, and no former Commissioner shall hold any compensated City office or City employment until one (1) year after the expiration of his term.
   (B)   Neither the Commission nor any of its members, individually, shall dictate the appointment or removal of any City official or employee whom the City Manager or any of his-her subordinates are empowered to appoint. The Commission may express its views and may fully and freely discuss with the City Manger anything pertaining to the appointment and removal of any official or employee.
   (C)   The Commission and its members shall deal solely through the City Manager with officials and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the City Manager. Neither the Commission nor its members, individually, shall give orders to any official or employee, publicly or privately.
   (D)   Any Commissioner, City official or employee, when engaging in official business, shall be guided in his or her action by the appropriate conflict of interest laws of the State.
   (E)   The Commission shall not have the power to sell, divide, lease, partition, plat, subdivide, or dispose of any City park, or any part thereof, unless specifically approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at any general or special election.
   (F)   The Commission shall not have the power to sell, divide, lease, partition, plat, subdivide, or dispose of any City owned interest in real property which lies within one hundred (100) feet of the edge of the Chippewa River or its tributaries, as they may exist in their natural state, unless specifically approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at any general or special election. This subsection shall not apply to the normal operation of a cemetery.
(Charter effective 1-1-77)