[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 City Manager shall:
(a) 
Administer the personnel affairs of the City.
(b) 
Be responsible for the enforcement of all personnel rules and regulations adopted by the Council.
(c) 
Exercise administrative control over all City departments and agencies. In accordance with this Charter, he or she shall recommend to the Council appointment and removal of department and agency heads and all subordinate officers and employees of the offices, departments and agencies of the City government on the basis of merit and supervise all other City employees.
[Amended 12-8-2014 by Res. No. CR-01-2015]
(d) 
Issue all work requests through the department head involved unless the department head is incapacitated or unavailable.
(e) 
Attend all meetings of the Council in an advisory capacity.
(f) 
Assist in the preparation of the annual City budget by coordinating the requests and suggestions of the Mayor, the Council, department and agency heads, and other concerned City personnel; drafting a proposed budget; and assisting the Mayor in preparation of the annual budget message as required by Section 804(b) of this Charter.
(g) 
Make reports, as the Mayor or Council may require, concerning the financial condition and future needs of the City, the operation of the City's departments and agencies subject to his or her administrative control, or any other matters the Mayor or Council may designate. These reports may include recommendations as the City Manager deems necessary.
(h) 
Authorize all purchases of supplies and equipment, in line with the established budget and the availability of specifically allotted funds as authorized by the Council.
[Amended 12-8-2014 by Res. No. CR-01-2015]
(i) 
Perform other duties as the Mayor or Council may require or as may be required elsewhere in this Charter.
(a) 
The City Manager shall be subject to separate annual performance evaluations to be performed by the Mayor and Council.
(b) 
The performance and evaluation criteria shall be prepared by the Mayor and adopted by the Council and may be periodically revised by the Mayor with the approval of the Council.
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.