There are hereby created and established a Department of Law, a Department of Finance and a Department of Public Safety-Service. The Council shall by ordinance provide for the organization thereof and may provide by ordinance for the establishment and organization of other departments or divisions thereof and may provide for the abolishment or combination of any department or division not created expressly by this Charter. Each department shall be administered by a director who, with the exception of the Director of Law who shall be elected, shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. Except for the Department of Law and the Department of Finance, the same person may be the director of more than one department. Each director shall administer his department in accordance with this Charter and with ordinances enacted by Council and rules and regulations made by the Mayor pursuant thereto, and shall, subject to applicable civil service regulations, appoint and remove heads of divisions, and officers and employees within his department.
(Amended 11-7-72.)