The provisions of this article apply alike to
all officers or employees of the City.
Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance,
the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, shall make
appointments to fill all appointive offices. Employees authorized
by the City authority shall be hired by the Mayor or by the Mayor's
designee.
Where the term of office is not otherwise fixed
by state statute, every appointive officer or employee of the City
shall hold such office for as long as the Mayor and City Council may
designate. If no such designation is made, such office shall be terminable
at will. If any appointive officer or employee resigns, he/she shall
continue in office until his/her successor has been appointed.
The Mayor shall have power to assign any appointive
officer any duty which is not assigned by ordinance to some other
officer; and shall determine disputes or questions relating to the
respective powers or duties of officers.
All records kept by any officer of the City
shall be open to inspection by the Mayor, or any other member of the
Council, at all reasonable times, whether or not such records are
required to be kept by statute or ordinance.
Every officer and employee of the City shall
at least once each day turn over all monies received by him/her in
his/her official capacity to the Treasurer, with a statement showing
the source from which the same was received.
Every officer of the City shall, before entering
upon his/her duties, take and subscribe to the oath prescribed by
statute.
Every officer and employee shall, if required
by the Council, before entering upon the duties of his/her office,
give a bond in such amount as may be determined by the Council and
with such sureties as it may approve, conditioned upon the faithful
performance of the duties of his/her office or position.
The City Council may fix the salary of all City officers as set forth in §
A-24 above. No officer or employee receiving a salary from the City shall be entitled to retain any portion of any fees collected by him/her.
The Mayor and City Council, as well as every
member of the Police Department, are hereby declared to be conservators
of the peace.
Every officer of the City, upon the termination
of his/her office, for any cause whatsoever, shall deliver to his/her
successor all books and records which may be the property of the City;
and if no successor has been appointed within one week after the termination
of office, such property shall be delivered either to the Clerk or
to the Treasurer.