The executive branch may authorize subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses located within the state to give testimony or to produce records and documents or other items.
A. A subpoena may be authorized upon signature of the mayor or his or her designee or by a department head.
B. All executive subpoenas must also be endorsed by the city attorney, deputy city attorney, or any assistant city attorney. The attorney's signature shall be an affirmation the subpoena is an appropriate exercise of administrative power prior to the recorder issuing the subpoena. (Ord. 29-90 § 1, 1990)