Subd. 1. Control. All Departments of the city are under the overall control of the Council. Heads of all departments are responsible to the Council and subject to its supervision and direction through the City Administrator, except as otherwise provided herein.
Subd. 2. Appointment. The City Administrator shall be appointed by the Mayor. Appointment of all department heads and employees shall be by the Mayor upon recommendation by the City Administrator. The Council shall approve, by simple majority of members present, all appointments made by the Mayor. In the event there is not a majority vote for an appointee of the Mayor, the Mayor shall submit a new appointee within 30 days. If a majority of the Council does not approve the new appointee or if the Mayor fails to submit an appointee, the Council may make its own appointment by a four-fifths vote of all its members. All appointments shall be for an indeterminate term and subject to applicable state and federal laws and the city's personnel policy.
Subd. 3. Compensation. All wages and salaries shall be determined by the Council and may be modified from time to time in accordance with an adopted pay plan.
Subd. 4. Table of Organization and Lines of Responsibility. The Council may, by resolution, adopt, amend and from time to time revise, a Table of Organization and define lines of responsibility and authority for the efficient governmental organization of the city.
(Ord. 44, Third Series, passed 10-19-1999)