The duties of the City Manager, in addition to those imposed by Charter Section 4.03, are as follows:
(a) Coordinate all departments.
(b) Assist in arranging inter-departmental help.
(c) Help to maintain communications between:
(1) The public.
(2) The employees.
(3) The Mayor and Council.
(4) Other agencies of the City.
(5) Utilities and contractors serving the City.
(d) Supervise, assist in or perform:
(1) Billing.
(2) Correspondence.
(3) Filing.
(4) Other clerical duties.
(e) Delegate duties of various departments to those departments and request performance by those departments.
(f) Use written communication as much as possible.
(g) Allow and require each department head to perform at liberty in operating his or her department. Each department is responsible for its own work programs, unless otherwise requested by the department or unless a significant problem can be avoided by intervention by the City Manager or City officials.
(h) Be the Purchasing Agent of the City.
(i) Be the Contracting Agent of the City.
(j) Assign complaints or problems to related department head, who will handle such complaints or problems and reply in writing to the City Manager. Problems not specifically related to a department shall be handled by the City Manager or the Mayor or a Council committee chairperson.
(Ord. 80-45. Passed 9-8-80; Ord. 2007-44. Passed 11-20-08; Ord. 2008-87. Passed 1-6-09; Ord. 2011-09. Passed 3-15-11.)