§ 20 POWERS AND DUTIES OF APPOINTED OFFICERS.
   1.   The City Manager shall be the chief city administrator, and shall supervise all city services, department chiefs, and all city employees. The City Manager, together with the City Clerk, shall develop and periodically revise a city personnel manual with qualification statements and guidelines for all appointed officer and employee positions. The City Manager shall conduct his duties in accord with policies established by the Common Council.
   2.   The City Clerk shall keep a journal of the proceedings, ordinances, acts, orders, and resolutions of the Common Council, and have charge of and preserve the records of the city, in the city building safe or vault, if there be one. The City Clerk shall also assist the Common Council and the City Manager in the supervision of all city services and shall be responsible for the keeping and periodic reporting of city record books. The City Clerk shall be the chief election officer for the city, and shall conduct all city elections in accord with the election laws of West Virginia.
   3.   The City Finance Manager shall assist the Common Council and the City Manager to supervise all city financial affairs and the annual audit of city fiscal records, and shall serve as Assessor of the value of properties for city tax purposes.
   4.   The City Attorney shall conduct city legal business, in accord with policies established by the Common Council, and shall advise the Mayor, Council, and City Manager on all legal matters pertaining to the city.
(Ord. passed 1-18-2002)