A.
Executive power. The executive power of the City government
shall be exercised by the Mayor.
B.
Powers of Mayor.
(1)
Enforcement and supervisory powers, reports and recommendations.
The Mayor shall enforce the Charter and ordinances of the City and
all general laws applicable thereto. He shall, annually, report to
the Council and the public on the work of the previous year and on
the condition and requirements of the City Government and shall, from
time-to-time, make such recommendations for action by the Council
as he may deem in the public interest. The Mayor will present to City
Council and the public, within 30 days after the close of the quarter,
a quarterly report covering the City's state of affairs. He shall
supervise all of the Departments of the City government, with the
exception of the Office of City Council/City Clerk and the City Controller's
Office and shall require each Department to make annual and such other
reports of its work as he may deem desirable.
(2)
Ordinances and resolutions, council meetings, votes,
bonds, notes, contracts and written obligations.
(a)
Ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Council
shall be submitted to the Mayor and he shall, within 10 days, including
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and during normal working hours, presently
between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., after receiving any ordinance or
resolution, either return it to the Council by delivering it to the
City Clerk together with a statement setting forth his objections
thereto or to any item or part thereof. If the 10th day falls on a
Saturday, Sunday and/or holiday, all ordinances and/or resolutions
shall be returned by 4:00 p.m. on the following business/work day.
The day it is delivered to the Mayor's office and returned to City
Clerk's office will constitute the 10 days and not the date of signature
and/or veto. No ordinance or resolution or any item or part thereof
shall take effect without the Mayor's approval, unless the Mayor fails
to return an ordinance or resolution to the Council within 10 days
after it has been presented to him or unless Council, upon reconsideration
thereof, at its next regular scheduled meeting, shall by a vote of
extraordinary majority, override the Mayor's veto.
(b)
The Mayor may attend meetings of Council and may take
part in discussions of Council but shall have no vote except in the
case of a tie on the question of filling a vacancy in the Council,
in which case, he may cast the deciding vote.
(c)
All bonds, notes, contracts and written obligations
of the City shall be executed on its behalf by the Mayor and the Controller.
Said bonds, notes, contracts and written obligations are to be signed
by the City Solicitor as to form and attested to by the City Clerk.
(3)
Appointments and removal of Department directors.
The Mayor shall appoint all Department directors pursuant to the Charter,
including directors for federal and/or state projects. All appointments
shall be submitted by the Mayor to Council at least 48 hours prior
to Council's next scheduled meeting. Council will have 35 days after
introduction to approve or reject the appointment. If Council fails
to take final action, the appointment will automatically take effect.
C.
Deputy Mayor. The Mayor shall designate any Department
head or the City Clerk to act as Deputy Mayor whenever the Mayor cannot
fulfill his duties due to illness or temporary absence from the City.
During such time the person so designated by the Mayor shall possess
all the rights, powers and duties of Mayor.
D.
Vacancy in office of Mayor.
(1)
If a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor, the City
Council shall fill such vacancy within 30 days thereafter by choosing
a Mayor to serve for the portion of the unexpired term.
(2)
If by reason of a tie vote or otherwise a vacancy
in the office of Mayor shall not have been filled by Council within
the time as limited herein, the Court of Common Pleas, upon petition
of 10 or more qualified electors, shall fill such vacancy by the appointment
of a more qualified person for the portion of the unexpired term as
herein provided. Until such time as either Council or the Court fills
a vacancy in the office of Mayor, the Council President shall serve
as acting Mayor and shall possess all the rights, perform all the
duties and exercise all the powers thereof.
B.
Department Directors. Each Department shall be headed
by a Director, appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent
of Council, solely on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications
appropriate to the duties of each Department. Each Department Director
shall serve subject to removal at the pleasure of the Mayor, during
the term of office of the Mayor appointing him and until his successor
is appointed and qualified. Subject to provisions of the Charter as
to Civil Service and personnel appointment, Department Directors shall
appoint subordinate officers and employees within their respective
Departments and may, with the approval of the Mayor, remove any such
officers or employees. In addition to the duties prescribed in general
law, each Director of a Department shall, under the direction of the
Mayor:
(1)
Direct the performance of all duties and responsibilities
required of his Department or its subordinate agencies provided by
state law, this Administrative Code, or other ordinance of the City,
and such other duties as may be required by the Mayor which are not
in conflict with law or ordinance.
(2)
Prescribe the internal organization of the Department
and the duties of subordinate officers and employees within the Department.
(3)
Assign functions, powers and duties to subordinate
officers and employees within the Department and modify such assignments
as need appears.
(4)
Supervise the work of the Department through the provisions
provided by the Administrative Code and such other organization units
as the Director of the Department may find necessary or desirable
and supervise and direct the work of the employees of the Department.
(5)
Delegate to division heads such of his powers as he
may deem necessary for efficient administration.
(6)
Report at least annually to the Mayor and Council
in such form as shall be approved by the Business Administrator on
the work of the Department during the preceding year and, upon request
of the Mayor and/or Council, file interim monthly reports for periods
requested.
(7)
The Mayor may appoint acting Department Directors
for a period not to exceed 35 days. After 35 days, said person must
be either approved as permanent or dismissed. No Acting Director can
be reappointed to that classification for a period of six months.
C.
Department of Administration. The Department of Administration
shall be headed by a Director who shall be known and designated as
Business Administrator and who shall perform the fiscal and administrative
service function for the City. The major responsibilities of the Business
Administrator and this Department are delineated in the Charter. Additional
areas of responsibility of this Department shall be to supervise established
standard personnel policies and practices, assist the Mayor in the
preparation of the budget, administer a centralized purchasing system
and a payroll system for all Departments of the City government, maintain
and supervise the City tax program and shall be responsible for tabulation
of all Departmental reports and such other functions as by law or
ordinance shall be assigned to this Department.
D.
Department of Police and Department of Fire.
[Amended by Ord. Nos. 19-1993; 84-1993]
(1)
Department of Police. Department of Police shall carry
out law enforcement services for the protection of persons and property
in the City as provided for by Council. The Superintendent of Police
shall be responsible for emergency management of matters related to
the Department of Police.
(2)
Department of Fire. The Department of Fire shall carry
out fire prevention and protection services for the protection of
persons and property the City has provided for by Council. The Superintendent
of Fire shall be responsible for emergency management of matters relating
to the Department of Fire.
E.
Department of Community Development. The Department
of Community Development shall be responsible for those functions
required for the desirable growth and development of the City. The
Department shall include planning, zoning, community renewal, social
welfare inspections and health.
[Amended by Ord. No. 84-1993]
F.
Department of Public Works. The Department of Public
Works shall perform those activities required in construction, operation
and maintenance in the following City functions: engineering, which
shall include traffic maintenance; streets; municipal garage; the
water system, including meters, distribution and collection and storage
facilities; sewage, including the sewage treatment plant; maintenance;
and solid waste collection and disposal. This Department shall provide
engineering services not only for its own activities, but in cooperation
with the operating activities in other Departments of City government.
[Amended by Ord. No. 84-1993]
G.
Parks and Recreation. The Department is responsible
for planning, organizing and conducting programs that are beneficial
to the community designed to improve the physical, psychological and
social economic well-being of its citizens. This includes programs
for senior citizens and for the physically and mentally handicapped.
The Department is also responsible for the servicing and maintaining
of all City-owned recreational facilities.
H.
Department of Law.
(1)
The Department of Law shall consist of a City Solicitor,
who shall be the head thereof and shall hold his office until his
successor shall be duly chosen and qualified. The City Solicitor shall
be the legal adviser to all of the executive Departments and officers
under the supervision of the Mayor and shall act as attorney and counsel
for the City in all actions, suits, citations or claims filed on behalf
of or against the City. The Mayor may appoint, with the advice and
consent of Council, such assistant Solicitor or Solicitors as he and
the City Solicitor deem necessary. Such appointments are to include
federal and/or state subsidized programs.
(2)
The City Solicitor shall be furnished by the heads
of the various Departments with statements of claims of the City which
remain due and unpaid within 30 days from the date that said claims
became due and payable, and the City Solicitor shall enter such claim
in the City lien docket. Upon payment of any claim so entered, the
person receiving said payment shall forward to the City Solicitor
a satisfaction piece, and it shall be the duty of the City Solicitor
to cause satisfaction to be entered upon the proper record.
I.
Residence.
(1)
CITY
EMPLOYEE
MOVING
Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any reference to "City" herein shall be construed as meaning
the City of Scranton.
Any reference to "Employee" herein shall be construed as
meaning all employees working for the City of Scranton, including
all those employees working in federally funded projects under CETA
or Community Development.
Any reference to "Moving" herein shall be construed as meaning
a change of principal residence or location characterized by the transfer
of household and/or furnishings form one place to another.
(2)
On or after March 1, 1980, any new employee of the
City of Scranton who is not a resident of the City of Scranton at
the time of the commencement of employment shall have six months from
the time of commencement of employment to acquire a bona fide residence
within the corporate limits of the City. Such residence must be maintained
during continuous employment by the City or be a cause for immediate
termination of the employment relationship between the City of Scranton
and the new employee.
(3)
On or after March 1, 1980, any current employee of
the City of Scranton shall be required to move back within the corporate
limits of the City of Scranton in the event that a change in their
residence is made by moving. If no change in the residence of a current
employee is made, they shall be allowed to remain in their present
residence outside of the City of Scranton's corporate limits despite
their status as an employee and such shall not be cause for termination
of employment.
(4)
The best interest of the City of Scranton shall be
most important in employing a person or persons to work for the City.
It shall be within the sole discretion of the Mayor in evaluating
the circumstances of each candidate for employment to determine whether
or not to seek a waiver of the residency requirements contained herein.
If the Mayor decides to seek a waiver of these residency requirements
for a potential candidate or candidates for employment by the City,
the such an appointment to any and all employment positions within
the City shall not be made unless the advice and consent of Council
is secured prior to employment of the potential candidates for employment
in the same manner as cabinet departmental heads and solicitors are
confirmed.
(5)
The Controller of the City of Scranton may, from time
to time, after the six-month period, require adequate proof of bona
fide residence within the City of Scranton.
