(A) Council-Manager relations. The City Council and its members shall deal with the administrative services of the city only through the City Manager, except for purposes of inquiry, and neither the City Council nor any member thereof shall give orders or instruction to any subordinate of the City Manager. The City Manager shall take his/her orders and instructions from the City Council only when sitting in a duly convened meeting of the City Council and no individual member shall give any orders or instructions to the City Manager.
(B) Department cooperation. It shall be the duty of all subordinate officers, the City Attorney and elected department heads to assist the City Manager in administering the affairs of the city efficiently, economically and harmoniously.
(C) Attendance at Commission meetings. The City Manager may attend any and all meetings of the Planning Commission and any other commissions, boards or committees created by the City Council, upon his/her own volition or upon the direction of the City Council. At such meetings which the City Manager attends, he/she shall be heard by such commission, board or committee as to all matters upon which he/she wishes to address the members thereof, and he/she may inform said members as to the status of any matter being considered by the City Council, and he/she shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the members of all commissions, boards, or committees appointed by the City Council.
(Ord. 1008, passed 11-4-96)