[R.O. 2010 §112.010; Ord. No. 411 §1, 10-22-2001]
This Chapter hereby creates and establishes the office of the City Administrator for the City of LaGrange, Missouri.
[R.O. 2010 §112.020; Ord. No. 411 §2, 10-22-2001]
A qualified person shall be hired and appointed to the position of City Administrator as a full-time employee of the City of LaGrange, Missouri. The City Council shall serve as a committee for the purposes of interviewing and selecting such person. The person selected shall be hired by a majority vote of the City Council. The person so hired shall be given the oath of office and appointed to the position of City Administrator by the Mayor of the City of LaGrange, Missouri. The person so hired and appointed shall serve for an indefinite term.
[R.O. 2010 §112.030; Ord. No. 411 §3, 10-22-2001; Ord. No. 417 §1, 5-13-2002; Ord. No. 575 §1, 11-12-2013]
The person hired and appointed for the office of City Administrator shall possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in public or business administration, political science, public affairs, public policy, economics, finance, planning, or a related field.
[R.O. 2010 §112.040; Ord. No. 411 §4, 10-22-2001]
The person so hired and appointed as the City Administrator, before entering upon the duties of the office of the City Administrator, shall file with the City Clerk a bond in the amount of three million dollars ($3,000,000.00). Such bond shall be approved by the City Council and shall ensure the faithful and honest performance of the duties of the City Administrator. The cost of such bond shall be paid by the City of LaGrange. However, should the City Administrator be covered by a blanket bond to the same extent, such individual bond shall not be required.
[R.O. 2010 §112.050; Ord. No. 411 §5, 10-22-2001]
The City Administrator shall receive such compensation as may be determined from time to time by the City Council and such compensation shall be paid bi-weekly.
[R.O. 2010 §112.060; Ord. No. 411 §6, 10-22-2001]
A.
Administrative Office. The City Administrator shall be the Chief Administrative Assistant to the Mayor and City Council and such shall be the Administrative Office of the City Government of the City of LaGrange, Missouri. Except as otherwise specified by ordinance or by the laws of the State of Missouri, the City Administrator shall coordinate and generally supervise the operations of all departments of the City of LaGrange, Missouri.
B.
Purchasing. The City Administrator shall be the Purchasing Agent for the City of LaGrange, Missouri, and all purchases shall be made under his/her direction and supervision in accordance with purchasing rules and procedures approved by the City Council and set by ordinance. No expenditure which exceeds the budget appropriation shall be made unless the City Council approves a supplemental appropriation.
C.
Budget. The City Administrator shall be the Budget Officer of the City of LaGrange and shall assemble estimates of the year and shall prepare a program of activities within the financial power of the City of LaGrange, embodying in it a budget document with proper supporting schedules and an analysis to be proposed to the Mayor and City Council for their final approval. The City Administrator shall prepare and present to the Mayor and City Council at the regular Council meeting in April a report of the City's affairs, including a summary of reports of department heads and such other reports as the Mayor and City Council shall deem necessary and require. The City Administrator shall also prepare a rough draft of the City budget to be presented at the April meeting, with the final form of the budget to be presented on the first (1st) regular Council meeting in May to the Mayor and City Council.
D.
Personnel System. The City Administrator shall act as the Personnel Officer of the City of LaGrange and shall recommend an appropriate position classification system and pay plan to the Mayor and City Council. The City Administrator, after consultation with department heads, shall approve advancements and appropriate pay increases within the approved pay plans and position classification system. The City Administrator shall have the power to appoint and remove (in accordance with personnel systems regulations approved by the City Council) all subordinate employees of the City of LaGrange, Missouri. The City Administrator shall make recommendations of appointments and removal of department heads.
E.
Policy Formation. The City Administrator shall recommend to the Mayor and City Council adoption of such measures as he/she may deem necessary or expedient for the health, safety or welfare of the City of LaGrange or for the improvement of administrative services for the City.
F.
Boards And Committees. The City Administrator shall work with all City boards and committees to help coordinate the work needed in all areas.
G.
Attendance At City Council Meetings. The City Administrator is required to attend all regular, special and committee meetings of the City Council of the City of LaGrange.
H.
Bid Specifications. The City Administrator shall supervise the preparation of all bid specifications for services and equipment and receive sealed bids for the presentation to the City Council of the City of LaGrange.
I.
State And Federal Aid Programs. The City Administrator shall coordinate Federal and State programs which may have applications to the City of LaGrange, Missouri.
J.
Conference Attendance. The City Administrator shall attend State and regional conferences and programs applicable to this office and the business of the City of LaGrange, whenever such attendance is directed and approved by the City Council of the City of LaGrange, Missouri.
K.
Record Keeping. The City Administrator shall keep full and accurate records of all actions taken by him/her in the course of his/her duties. All records shall be and remain the property of the City of LaGrange, Missouri, and be open to inspections by the Mayor and City Council at all times.
L.
Miscellaneous. In addition to the foregoing duties the City Administrator shall perform any and all other duties or functions prescribed and set forth by the Mayor and City Council of the City of LaGrange.
[R.O. 2010 §112.070; Ord. No. 411 §7, 10-22-2001]
A.
City Property. The City Administrator shall have responsibility for all real and personal property owned by the City of LaGrange. He/she shall have responsibility for all inventories and maintenance of such property. Personal property may be sold by the City Administrator only with the approval of the City Council. Real property may be sold only with the approval of the City Council by resolution or ordinance.
B.
Set Administrative Policies. The City Administrator may prescribe such rules and regulations as he/she shall deem necessary or expedient for the conduct of administrative agencies subject to his/her authority, and he/she may revoke, suspend or amend any rule or regulations of the administrative service except those prescribed by the City Council and he/she shall follow the administrative procedures and guidelines as set forth in the Code of the City of LaGrange, Missouri, and as it may be from time to time amended.
C.
Coordinate Departments. The City Administrator shall coordinate the work of all departments of the City of LaGrange and at times of any emergency shall have the authority to assign the employees of the City to any department where they are needed for the most effective discharge of the functions of the City Government. He/she may overrule any action taken by the department head and shall conduct the functions of a department temporarily without a director.
D.
Investigate And Report. The City Administrator shall have the authority to investigate and to examine or inquire into the affairs or operation of any department of the City under his/her jurisdiction and shall report any condition or fact concerning the City Government requested by the Mayor and/or City Council. When so authorized by the City Council, the City Administrator may employ consultants to aid an examination or inquiry.
E.
At no time shall the duties or powers of the City Administrator supersede the actions of the Mayor and City Council of the City of LaGrange, Missouri.
[R.O. 2010 §112.080; Ord. No. 411 §8, 10-22-2001]
No member of the City Council shall directly interfere with the conduct of any department or duties of the employees subordinate to the City Administrator except at the express direction of the City Council or with the approval of the City Administrator or Mayor.
[R.O. 2010 §112.090; Ord. No. 411 §9, 10-22-2001; Ord. No. 417 §2, 5-13-2002]
The City Administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The Mayor, with the consent of a majority of the City Council, may remove the City Administrator from office at will, and such City Administrator may also be removed by majority vote of the City Council independently of the Mayor's approval or disapproval. If requested, the Mayor and City Council shall grant the City Administrator a public hearing within thirty (30) days following notice of such removal. During interim, the Mayor, with the approval of the majority of the City Council, or by majority vote of the City Council without the Mayor's approval, may suspend the City Administrator from duty but shall grant his/her severance pay according to negotiated contract following the final removal date, provided however, that if the City Administrator shall be removed for acts of dishonesty or acts of moral turpitude, such salary shall not be continued.