[Amended 4-9-2018 by Ord.
No. CR-07-2018
The Mayor or the Council shall appoint and the Council shall
confirm a City Manager. The City Manager shall be appointed solely
on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications. The City
Manager need not be a resident of the City or State at the time of
appointment but may reside outside the City limits while in office
only with the approval of the Mayor or Council. The City Manager shall
not participate in election campaigns for City office or run for any
elective City office while serving as City Manager.
[Amended 9-12-2005 by Res. No. CR-01-2006; 1-9-2017 by Res. No. CR-09-2017; 11-13-2017 by Ord. No. CR-04-2018; 11-9-2020 by Res. No. CR-01-2021]
The City Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of
the City and shall be responsible to the Mayor for the administration
of all City affairs placed in his or her charge by the Mayor or under
this Charter.
The Mayor and Council may remove the City Manager from office
in accordance with the following procedures:
(a) The Mayor shall submit to the Council a resolution to consider removal
of the City Manager, which must state the reasons for removal, a copy
of which shall be delivered to the City Manager as soon as practicable.
The Mayor's resolution to consider removal of the City Manager shall
not require the approval of the Council. After submitting to the Council
a resolution to consider removal of the City Manager, the Mayor may
suspend the City Manager from duty with pay for a period not to exceed
45 days pending Council action on a final resolution of removal.
(b) Alternatively, the Council shall adopt by an affirmative vote of
a majority of all its members a resolution to consider removal of
the City Manager which must state the reasons for removal and may
suspend the City Manager from duty with pay for a period not to exceed
45 days. Such resolution and suspension shall not require the approval
of the Mayor. A copy of the resolution to consider removal shall be
delivered to the City Manager as soon as practicable.
(c) Within five days after a copy of the resolution to consider removal
is delivered to the City Manager, he or she may file with the Council
a written request for a hearing. This hearing shall be held at a closed-session
Council meeting not later than 20 days after the request is filed.
The City Manager may file with the Council a written reply to the
resolution to consider removal not later than five days before the
hearing.
[Amended 3-12-2012 by Res. No. CR-06-2012]
(d) The Council may adopt a final resolution of removal which may be
made effective immediately, by affirmative vote of a majority of all
its members, at any time after five days from the date when a copy
of the resolution to consider removal was delivered to the City Manager,
if a closed-session hearing has not been requested, or any time after
the closed session hearing if one has been requested.
[Amended 3-12-2012 by Res. No. CR-06-2012; 5-12-2014 by Res. No. CR-03-2014]
[Added 9-12-2005 by Res. No. CR-02-2006]
The Mayor may recommend and the Council may confirm a qualified
City Administrative Officer as acting City Manager to exercise the
power and perform the duties of the manager during any temporary absence
or disability of the manager. The Council may revoke such designation
at any time and appoint another officer of the City as acting City
Manager.