The City Manager shall be the administrative head of the City.
a. He shall in accordance with the law appoint, supervise, suspend and remove all officers and employees of the City under his jurisdiction.
b. He shall see that the contracts and ordinances of the City and the laws of the State of Ohio are enforced.
c. He shall make such recommendations to the Council concerning the affairs of the City as may seem to him desirable, keep Council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the City, prepare and submit an annual report, and such other reports as may be required by Council, issue all licenses and permits pursuant to ordinance, and perform all other duties prescribed for him in this Charter, or imposed upon him by any measure of Council.
d. The City Manager, together with such subordinates as he shall designate, shall be entitled to sit with Council and all of the City’s boards and commissions, and to take part in any discussion, but shall have no vote; except as may be otherwise set forth in this charter.
e. Specifically, however, the City Manager shall not be entitled to sit with the Civil Service Commission.
f. The City Council shall appoint any qualified individual to perform the duties of City Manager during the City Manager's temporary absence or disability. Such approval shall be given, by motion, to the City Clerk.
g. He shall prepare and submit to Council with the assistance of the Finance Director, a budget no later than November 15 of each year to be adopted by Council prior to December 31.
h. He shall act as purchasing agent for the City and shall sign all contracts, bonds and notes on behalf of the City.
(Amended November 8, 1988; November 2, 1993; May 8, 2001; November 4, 2008)
i. He shall act as supervisor and chief administrator to the Charter listed Department Heads and maintains the right to discipline, short of termination, those Department Heads provided the discipline is within the bounds of any employment contract in place and assuring all City Charter prescribed duties of Department Heads remain in full force and effect.
j. In the event the City Manager suspends any employee with pay, the City Manager shall notify Council of such suspension in writing within one business day of the issuance of the suspension.
k. The City Manager is required to notify Council in writing before suspending any employee without pay or terminating any employee.
(Enacted November 5, 2013; Amended November 7, 2023)