The executive branch shall include the following major departments:
A. A Department of Administration, headed by the Municipal Administrator,
and responsible for:
1. All Municipal and legal records, and maintenance thereof;
2. Personnel administration and wage negotiations;
3. Oversight of all other departments;
5. Such other duties as are required by the Administrative Code, this
Charter, ordinance or such other duties as the Municipal Administrator
may direct.
B. A Department of Finance, headed by the Director of Finance reporting
to the Municipal Administrator, and responsible for:
3. The operating plan and budget and the capital plan and budget;
4. All financial receipts and disbursements;
5. Such other duties as are required by the Administrative Code, this
Charter, ordinance, or such other duties as the Municipal Administrator
may direct.
C. A Department of Public Safety headed by the Director of Public Safety,
reporting to the Municipal Administrator, and responsible for:
3. Other public safety employees;
4. Code enforcement including, but not limited to, Health, Housing,
Zoning and Licensing;
5. Such other duties as are required by the Administrative Code, this
Charter, ordinance, or such other duties as the Municipal Administrator
may direct.
D. A Department of Planning and Municipal Development, headed by the
Director of Planning and Municipal Development, reporting to the Municipal
Administrator, and responsible for:
5. Such other duties as are required by the Administrative Code, this
Charter, ordinance, or such other duties as the Municipal Administrator
may direct.
E. A Department of Public Works, headed by the Director of Public Works,
reporting to the Municipal Administrator, and responsible for:
3. Parks, zoo and recreation;
4. Vehicles and vehicle maintenance;
5. Lighting, signs and signals;
6. Such other duties as are required by the Administrative Code, this
Charter, ordinance, or such other duties as the Municipal Administrator
may direct.
Council shall adopt, in the Administrative Code or other ordinance,
a comprehensive system of personnel administration based on merit
principles which shall include, but not be limited to, provisions
for:
A. A classification of all Municipal positions, based on the duties,
authority and responsibilities of each position, with adequate provision
for reclassification of any position whenever warranted by changed
circumstances;
B. Methods for determining the merit and fitness of candidates for appointment
or promotion;
C. Policies and procedures regulating the reduction in force, disciplinary
action, and suspension and removal of employees;
D. Hours of work, sick and vacation leave, holidays, overtime, compensatory
time off, and compensation;
E. Grievance procedures, including procedures for the due process hearing
of grievances; and
F. For such other practices and procedures necessary for the administration
of the personnel system of the Municipality.
Department heads shall appoint and remove subordinate employees
in their departments under the Personnel Rules and Regulations established
by Council in the Administrative Code and not inconsistent with provisions
of this Charter.
The compensation of all officers, department heads and employees
of the Municipality, if not otherwise specifically provided in this
Charter, shall be set by Council by resolution, and changed from time
to time by resolution at the discretion of Council. Compensation of
all other officers, department heads, and employees of the Municipality,
if not otherwise provided in this Charter shall be set by resolution.