(A) Among the administrative duties and powers of the City Manager as the Chief Appointive Administrative Officer of the city shall be the following:
(1) To see that the law and policies of the city are properly executed and carried out;
(2) To attend all meetings of the City Council and Planning Commission unless otherwise directed and excused by the City Council;
(3) To exercise supervision and control overall departments and divisions of the city government, save for the City Attorney, who is excused by law from the control, and to coordinate the efforts and activities of the same;
(4) To keep the City Council advised of all matters respecting the conduct of the public business and to make recommendations with reference thereto but the officer shall have no authority to make policy, only to execute the same after adoption by the City Council;
(5) Prepare and recommend to the City Council personnel rules and revisions and amendments to the rules. The rules will be reviewed by the City Council and when voted upon and passed by resolution, will constitute personnel rules for the city;
(6) To provide the City Council with prior advice, where possible, on all matters respecting personnel, specifically concerning the hiring, disciplining and/or discharging of city employees which powers are now vested in the position of City Manager. The power may be delegated by the City Manager to any other officer or employee of the city. The City Manager may also recommend to the City Council that the powers and duties be performed under a technical services contract which may be entered into upon a vote by the City Council. The power delegated to the City Manager regarding the hiring, disciplining and/or discharging of city employees shall not apply to the following positions which shall remain under the control and supervision of the City Council:
(a) Any elective officer;
(b) The City Attorney and any assistants or Deputy City Attorneys;
(c) Members of appointive boards, commissions and committees;
(d) City Engineer;
(e) Persons engaged under contract with the city to supply expert, professional, technical or any other services; and
(f) Emergency employees who are hired to meet the immediate requirements of an emergency condition such as extraordinary fire, flood or earthquake which threatens life or property.
(7) To investigate all complaints received by the city relating to the operation of the various city departments and services, and to remedy the same in appropriate cases or otherwise report to the City Council with reference thereto;
(8) To generally supervise the care and use of the real and personal property owned or operated by the city;
(9) To have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the city under the direction of the City Council. The City Manager shall collect all receipts for the city generally and for the various departments of the city, and shall supervise and be responsible for the disbursement of all expenditures by the city generally and the various departments of the city. The City Manager shall keep accurate records and accounts of all the receipts and disbursements;
(10) The City Manager shall maintain and keep for the city generally and for the various departments of the city, an accounting system; and
(11) To prepare an annual budget, submit the same to the City Council for its review, revision and final approval, and thereafter administer the operation of the budget.
(B) The City Manager shall prepare and submit to the City Council regular reports which accurately portray the financial condition of the city, and at the end of each fiscal year cause an audit of the financial affairs of the city for the year and of all records and accounts, and in regard thereto, submit to the City Council a complete financial statement and report of the year's activities.
(C) The City Manager shall perform all of the fiscal and accounting duties heretofore imposed upon the City Clerk, and the City Clerk shall be, and hereby is, relieved of all the duties, including all the duties imposed upon the City Clerk by Chapter 4, Part 2, Division 3, Title 4, and by Cal. Gov't Code §§ 40802 through 40805 inclusive.
(D) The City Manager shall perform the other duties and functions as the City Council may from time to time specify by appropriate action, it being contemplated by this subchapter that the financial affairs of the city generally and of all departments of the city shall be handled by the officer and department established herein.
(1994 Code, § 2.12.030) (Ord. 88-104, passed - -1988; Ord. 93-107, passed - -1993; Ord. 95-101, passed 3-28-1995; Ord. 2021-02, passed 6-1-2021)