A.
This Administrative Code is promulgated pursuant to Section 5-1 of the Charter of the City of Melrose. Section 5-1 authorizes the Mayor to organize, reorganize, consolidate or abolish City agencies. This Administrative Code will remain in effect unless modified or amended pursuant to the provisions of Section 5-1.
B.
The Administrative
Code of the City of Melrose provides for the internal organization
and administration of the Melrose government. The intention and purpose
of this code is to establish a legal, practical, and efficient plan
of organization and administrative procedures which allow for and
encourage the effective delivery of municipal services to the residents
of Melrose. The duties and functions of agencies described herein
are to be read broadly and serve to illustrate, but not to circumscribe,
the duties and responsibilities of the agencies of the City under
the Charter, ordinances, and General Laws of the commonwealth. The
Administrative Code is to be applied harmoniously and in concert with
the applicable requirements of the Charter, ordinances and the General
Laws.
C.
The Administrative
Code is composed of two parts, the purpose of which is to describe
the various responsibilities, authorities, and methods of administering
municipal agency services. The parts describe the multiple-member
appointive organization and the administrative organization. A brief
description of each part follows:
(1)
Multiple-member
appointive organization: This describes all multiple-member bodies
whose members are appointed by the Mayor and further delineates manner
and time of appointment, terms of appointment generally and authorities
and responsibilities.
(2)
Administrative
organization: This describes all of the administrative agencies of
the City under the jurisdiction of the Mayor. It further delineates
the mission and functions of each said agency and its authorities
and responsibilities.
