The responsibilities and duties of the City Manager shall be to:
(a) Supervise the enforcement of all laws and ordinances.
(b) Appoint and remove the heads of the several city departments whose appointments are not otherwise specified in this Charter.
(c) Manage and supervise all public improvements, works, and undertakings of the City; have charge of the construction, repair, maintenance and cleaning of streets, sidewalks, bridges, pavements, sewers, and all public buildings or other property belonging to the City, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
(d) Assure that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the City or its residents in any public utility franchise, or in any contract, are faithfully kept and performed.
(e) Prepare and recommend an annual budget to the Council and administer the budget as finally adopted under policies formulated by the Council, and keep the Council fully informed at all times as to the financial condition and needs of the City.
(f) Recommend to the Council the adoption of such measures as are necessary or expedient.
(g) Exercise the duties and responsibilities of personnel director of all city employees, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, or delegate such duties to another officer or employee of the City. Such delegation shall not relieve the City Manager of any responsibility for the proper conduct of such duties. As personnel director, the City Manager, in consultation with the appropriate department head, shall hire all employees of the city except those for which this charter provides for a different manner of appointment.
(h) Exercise and perform all administrative functions of the City that are not imposed upon another official by this Charter or any City ordinance.
(i) Perform such other duties as are prescribed by this Charter or as may be required by ordinance or by direction of the Council.
(j) Attend all meetings of the Council.