The Council shall be responsible to the electorate for the efficient
and economical management of the City government. It shall deal with
administrative matters as a body and effectuate its policy decisions
solely through the office of the Manager, as hereinafter established.
There shall be no committees where Council members make up a majority
of the members, except for subcommittees of the Council itself and
no individual Council member shall hold an executive or administrative
office, position or employment under the City government; nor shall
any Council member deal individually with the Manager or with any
department head regarding any administrative matter for which the
Council as a whole is responsible under this Charter.
The Council may establish City departments, offices or agencies
in addition to those created by this Charter and may prescribe the
functions of all departments, offices and agencies, except that no
function assigned by this Charter to a particular department, office
or agency may be discontinued or, unless this Charter specifically
so provides, assigned to any other.
Unless otherwise filled by existing provision(s) of this Charter,
any vacancy occurring at the expiration of an annual term at the end
of a calendar year, in the membership of any City board, agency or
authority shall be filled by Council at its organizational meeting
in January of the following year.
