(a) The City Manager is the administrative head of the City. The City Manager shall manage the City and perform such other duties as required by City Charter or ordinance.
(b) The City Manager and Assistant City Manager are authorized to determine, based upon an appraisal obtained on behalf of the City, just compensation, fair market value, and fair market value estimates for the purpose of making a proposal on behalf of the City for the acquisition of interests in real property needed for municipal purposes. No proposal made by a City Manager or Assistant City Manager shall become contractually binding on the City until the City Commission has adopted an ordinance authorizing the expenditure pertaining to such proposal when such authorization is mandated by the Charter of The City of Springfield, Ohio.
(Ord. 04-190. Passed 6-15-04.)