(A) City Manager appointment. The Council shall appoint a City Manager for an indefinite term by a vote of a majority of all its members. It shall choose him or her solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his or her actual experience in, or his or her knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to the duties of his or her office.
(B) Duties. The City Manager has such duties as are defined by the Charter and applicable by ordinance and law.
(C) Expenditures. The City Manager shall be allowed, empowered and authorized to make such purchases in an amount to be set by the City Council from time to time and less of such items, services, and products as the City Manager shall deem necessary for the operations, management, and function of the city without the need for prior Council approval and formal bidding.
(Prior Code, § 30.005) (Ord. 2010-516, passed 8-3-2010; Ord. 2020-566, passed 5-5-2020)
Charter reference:
City Manager appointment, term, removal, see Charter § 20
Duties of City Manager, see Charter § 22