The mayor's office shall include the mayor, the city administrator, any assistant city administrators, and any other assistants and officers, as follows:
A. Executive assistants and administrative assistants shall be at-will employees as per Utah Code subsection 10-3-1105(2)(c)(xii). Other employees in the mayor's office shall be at-will employees, subject to any applicable employment contract, as per Utah Code subsection 10-3-1105(2)(c)(xi).
B. Subject to the limitations and requirements of the city code and applicable budget appropriations, the mayor shall have the authority to appoint and remove assistants and officers who shall perform such functions and duties as may be assigned to them by the mayor.
C. In order to provide proper staff and management services to the city and its executive branch departments, the mayor is authorized to establish within the mayor's office (I) such assistants and divisions as may seem necessary or proper, and (ii) a government relations liaison, who may be styled as a "deputy mayor" or other title as deemed appropriate by the mayor. The government relations liaison (I) may be appointed and/or discharged by the mayor with or without cause, without the advice and consent of the council, (ii) shall be an at-will employee, and (iii) shall work under the supervision of the mayor.
D. Subject to budget constraints, and with the assistance of the city administrator, the mayor may:
1. Establish, change or reorganize or transfer functions, duties and services;
2. Assign or reassign personnel between any division of the mayor's office; and
3. Transfer functions, duties, services and assign or reassign personnel from, to, or between any division of the mayor's office, and between and among any of the executive branch departments or divisions of the city. (Ord. 19-37, 11-13-2019, Effective at 12 noon on January 6, 2020)