(A) There is hereby established and created an executive department which shall be known as the Department of Planning and Development (hereinafter called “Department”). The Department shall be under the direction and supervision of a Director of Planning and Development who shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council. The Department shall consist of other employees who shall be appointed by the Mayor as authorized by the City Council in its annual appropriation ordinance, including, but not limited to, a Director of Inspection and Enforcement and Zoning Administrator. A Director of Planning and Development appointed on an interim basis may only hold said office for 180 days. Prior to the expiration of 180 days from said Director’s appointment, they must receive the advice and consent of the Council, or their employment by the city is terminated.
(B) The Mayor may remove the Director of Planning and Development appointed under this Code, on any written charge, whenever the Mayor is of the opinion that the interests of the municipality demand removal. The Mayor shall report the reasons for the removal to the corporate authorities at a meeting to be held not less than five nor more than ten days after the removal. If the Mayor fails or refuses to report to the corporate authorities the reasons for the removal, or if the corporate authorities by a two-thirds vote of all members authorized by law to be elected disapprove of the removal, the Director of Planning and Development thereupon shall be restored to Director of Planning and Development. The vote shall be by yeas and nays, which shall be entered upon the journal of the corporate authorities. Upon restoration, the Director of Planning and Development shall give a new bond and take a new oath of office. No Director of Planning and Development shall be removed a second time for the same offense.
(1980 Code, § 10.401) (Ord. 9285, passed 2-29-2016; Ord. 9344, passed 8-13-2018)