(A) Council-Manager relations. The Council and its members shall deal with the administrative services of the city only through the Manager, except for the purpose of inquiry, and neither the Council, nor any member thereof, shall give orders or instructions to any employee or officer other than the Manager. The Manager shall take his or her orders and instructions from the Council only when promulgated at a duly convened meeting of the Council, and no individual Council member shall give any orders or instructions to the Manager except for purpose of inquiry.
(B) Attendance at meetings. The Manager may attend all meetings of commissions, boards, or committees created by the Council, upon his or her own volition or upon direction of the Council. At the meetings which the Manager attends, he or she shall be heard by the commissions, boards, or committees as to all matters upon which he or she wishes to address the members thereof, and he or she shall inform the members as to the status of any matter being considered by the Council, and he or she shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the members of all commissions, boards, or committees appointed by the Council.
('76 Code, § 3-1-9) (Ord. 302, passed 7-24-75; Am. Ord. 891, passed 12-12-91; Am. Ord. 894, passed 1-9-92; Am. Ord. 895, passed 12-12-91)