(A) Office. The office of City Manager is hereby created. The City Manager shall be the administrative head of the government of the city.
(B) Appointment. The City Manager shall be appointed by and shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Council. He or she shall be chosen by the Council without regard to political considerations and solely with reference to his or her executive and administrative qualifications.
(C) Residency. The City Manager need not be a resident of the city or of the state at the time of appointment, but within 180 days after appointment shall become a resident of the city.
(D) Term. The City Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term. Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of City Manager, the City Council at its next meeting shall adopt a resolution of its intention to appoint another City Manager. Not later than four months after adoption of the resolution, the City Council shall appoint a City Manager to fill the vacancy.
(E) Duties and responsibilities. The duties, responsibilities and authority of the City Manager shall be established by resolution of the City Council.
(F) Bond. The City Manager shall be required to carry a faithful performance bond in an amount established by the City Council. The expense of the bond shall be paid from the budget of the city.
(G) Compensation. The City Manager shall receive such compensation as the Council shall approve from time to time. Said compensation shall be stipulated in an employment contract between the City Manager and the city.
(H) Seat at Council meeting. The City Manager shall be entitled to sit with the City Council but shall have no vote on questions before it. The City Manager may take part in all City Council discussions.
(I) Interference in administration. No member of the City Council shall directly or indirectly, by suggestion or otherwise, attempt to influence or coerce the City Manager in the making of an appointment or removal of an employee or in the purchase of supplies, nor shall a member of the City Council attempt to exact any promise, relative to an appointment, from any candidate for the office of City Manager. A violation of the foregoing provision of this section is grounds for forfeiture of the office of the offending member of the City Council. Nothing in this section shall be construed, however, to prohibit the City Council, while in open session, from fully and freely discussing with or suggesting to the City Manager anything pertaining to city affairs.
(J) Ineligible persons. No member of the City Council shall be eligible to receive the appointment of City Manager during the term for which the member is elected. No other appointed official of the city shall be eligible to receive the appointment of City Manager, except as City Manager Pro Tem, during the term of office for which they have been appointed. Neither the City Manager’s spouse, nor any person related to the City Manager by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree, may hold employment with the city.
(K) Removal. The City Manager may be removed with or without cause by a majority vote of the City Council. The action of the City Council in removing the City Manager shall be final.
(Ord. 1120, passed 3-6-1989) Penalty, see § 10.99