At the direction of the City Administrator, the heads of departments, except the City Attorney, shall have the duties hereinafter described:
(A) Be immediately responsible to the City Administrator for the effective administration of their respective departments and all activities assigned thereto and, to that end, they shall have the power to establish work rules and to initiate disciplinary proceedings in accordance with established policies of the Council;
(B) Keep informed as to the latest practices in their particular field and shall inaugurate, with the approval of the City Administrator and Council, such new practices as appear to be of benefit to the service and to the public;
(C) Submit, as requested, reports of the activities of their departments to the City Administrator;
(D) Establish and maintain a system of filing and indexing records and reports in sufficient detail to furnish all information necessary for proper control of departmental activities and to form a basis for the periodic reports to the City Administrator;
(E) Be responsible for the proper maintenance of all city property and equipment used in their departments;
(F) Cooperate with each other and furnish, upon the request of the City Administrator or the Council, service, labor and materials as may be requisitioned by the head of any other department, and as its own facilities permit, through the same procedure and subject to the same audit and control as other expenditures are incurred;
(G) Be responsible for recommending to the City Administrator changes in codes, ordinances and internal departmental organizations which will improve the operations of their departments;
(H) Be responsible for submitting an annual budget request to the City Administrator which will include proposed additions or reductions in staff, adjustments in salary schedules and additions to plant and equipment;
(I) Have responsibility for keeping the city administration advised as to the programs and policies of other governmental agencies which might affect the city’s operations within the designated area of responsibility;
(J) Have authority to hire, subject to the approval of the City Administrator, all employees for their departments; and
(K) Have the authority to effectively recommend to the City Administrator the heads of all divisions within their department where such appointments are not provided for in this code or elsewhere.
(1992 Code, § 130:09)