(A) Establishment of office. The Office of Town Manager of the Town of Murphy, North Carolina, is hereby established.
(B) Appointment. The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Murphy, North Carolina, shall appoint the Town Manager of the Town of Murphy, North Carolina. The Town Manager shall be appointed solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications and need not be a resident of the town at the time of his or her appointment. The Mayor or any member of the Board of Commissioners shall not be eligible for appointment as Town Manager.
(C) Term; compensation. The Town Manager shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Commissioners and shall receive the compensation as the Board of Commissioners may determine.
(D) Duties. The Town Manager shall perform the following duties.
(1) He or she shall be the chief administrative officer of the town government responsible to the Mayor and Board of Commissioners for the performance of his or her duties as set forth by this section. The Manager shall perform or supervise the performance of all administrative affairs of the town as he or she may be authorized and directed so to do by the Mayor and Board of Commissioners.
(2) He or she shall attend all regular and special meetings of the Board of Commissioners and may attend all regular and special meetings of all boards appointed by the Board of Commissioners. In addition, he or she shall attend all committee meetings of the Board of Commissioners when requested by the Mayor or the Board of Commissioners.
(3) He or she shall make investigations and reports concerning town government affairs for the Mayor and Board of Commissioners as they may direct and as the Town Manager shall from time to time deem necessary. Reports may include recommendations for adopting the measures as the Town Manager may deem best for the good government of the Town of Murphy.
(4) He or she shall keep the Board of Commissioners fully advised of the town’s financial condition and its future financial needs, and perform the fiscal control duties in connection therewith as may from time to time be authorized or required by the Board of Commissioners.
(5) He or she shall perform the other duties and functions as the Board of Commissioners may prescribe.
(6) He or she is authorized to negotiate contracts and other matters on behalf of the town and to otherwise make decisions involving financial matters on behalf of the town which are not included in the budget ordinance up to the maximum amount of $1,000 per contract, negotiation or decision involving a financial matter without the necessity of receiving further specific authorization from the Board of Commissioners to do so.
(E) Relationship with other departments and boards. The superintendents or operating heads of the various town departments and the chairperson of the various town boards shall be directly responsible to the Town Manager, who in turn shall be directly responsible to the Mayor and Board of Commissioners. It is the intent of this section to establish a line of responsibility from the Superintendent, operating department head or chairperson of the board through the Town Manager to the Mayor and Board of Commissioners. The Town Manager is responsible for maintaining fiscal control of the budgeted items of the various departments.
(F) Personnel administration. The Town Manager shall appoint and suspend or remove all town officers and employees not elected by the people, and whose appointment or removal is not otherwise provided for by law, except the Town Attorney, in accordance with the general personnel rules, regulations, policies, or ordinances as the Council may adopt.
(Ord. passed 11-13-1989; Am. Ord. passed 5-5-2008; Am. Res. passed 11-5-2018)