[Amended 8-12-1969 by Ord. No. MC 2229; 8-11-1970 by Ord. No. MC 2260; 5-10-1972 by Ord. No. MC 2318; 6-10-1975 by Ord. No. MC 2451; 11-10-1978 by Ord.
No. MC 2548]
There shall be the following administrative departments and
offices in the government of the Town:
B. Office
of the Municipal Clerk.
C. Office
of the Town Attorney.
D. Office
of the Legislative Research Officer.
E. Department
of Administration.
F. Department
of Revenue and Finance.
G. Department
of Parks and Recreation.
H. Department
of Health.
[Added 7-1-2014 by Ord.
No. MC 3511]
I. Department
of Housing Services.
[Added 7-1-2014 by Ord.
No. MC 3511]
J. Department
of Public Works.
[Added 7-1-2014 by Ord.
No. MC 3511]
K. Department
of Public Safety.
[Added 10-15-2015 by Ord.
No. MC 3553]
The head of each department of the Town government shall, subject
to the Charter, the provisions of this Code and other ordinances of
the Town:
A. Devote
full time as required for the proper and efficient discharge of the
duties of his office.
B. Have,
exercise and discharge the functions, powers and duties of the department.
C. Prescribe
the internal organization of the department and the duties of his
subordinates and assistants.
D. Administer
the work of the department through the divisions established by this
chapter and such other units of administration as he may find necessary
or desirable.
E. Appoint
officers and employees employed within the department and assign functions,
powers and duties to them, subject to the provisions of Title 11 (civil
service statutes) of the Revised Statutes.
F. Delegate
such of his powers as he may deem necessary for the efficient administration
of the department to be exercised under his direction and supervision
of division heads.
G. Report
at least annually to the Mayor and Council on the work of the department
during the preceding year.
H. Attend
regular Council meetings and be available to answer questions from
citizens and Council members upon advance notice to the Mayor by the
Council of the necessity for the attendance of specific department
heads.
[Added 5-14-1991 by Ord.
No. MC 2925]
[Amended 3-23-1999 by Ord. No. MC 3113]
Whenever a vacancy exists by resignation, removal, death or
otherwise in any office of director of a department, head of a division
or bureau or office, the Mayor may temporarily fill such vacancy in
cases not otherwise specifically provided for in the Charter, this
Code, other ordinances or general laws, by appointing an acting director
or acting head from among the existing officers and employees of the
Town, who shall perform all the duties and functions of such department,
office or bureau head until such office shall be filled permanently.
Any such appointment of an acting head or director shall terminate
not later than 90 days after the date of the appointment, unless the
Council shall by resolution authorize one or more extensions thereof.
Any person serving beyond the ninety-day time period proscribed by
law without the consent of the Municipal Council shall be removed
from the municipal payroll in such capacity immediately upon notification
of the Council to the administration.
No officer or employee, elected or appointed, in the Town government
shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract or job
for work or materials, or the profits thereof, to be furnished or
performed for the Town, and no such officer or employee shall be interested
directly or indirectly in any contract or job for work or materials,
or the profits thereof, to be furnished or performed for any person
operating any interurban railway, street railway, gasworks, waterworks,
electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, telephone
exchange or other public utility within the territorial limits of
the Town.
The Council shall cause to be made an annual audit of the Town's
accounts and financial transactions as required by law. Such annual
audit shall be made by a registered municipal accountant of the state
selected by the Council.
The administrative functions, powers and duties of statutory
and other agencies of the Town government not allocated and assigned
by this chapter shall be subject to the supervision of the Mayor except
as otherwise specifically required by law, and for this purpose such
statutory and other agencies are allocated and assigned to the office
of the Mayor.
[Amended 3-22-1983 by Ord. No. MC 2690; 9-29-1992 by Ord. No. MC 2957; 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. MC 3553]
The Chaplains for the Department of Public Safety and the Police
and Fire Surgeon shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and
consent of the Council for a term of office coinciding with that of
the Mayor, and their compensation shall be fixed by ordinance. The
four Chaplains and the Police and Fire Surgeon shall serve both the
Division of Police and the Division of Fire within the Department
of Public Safety.
Whenever, after organization, a division, bureau, unit or unit
of functional duties shall, by ordinance, be transferred from one
department to another department of the Town government, all the functions,
powers and duties thereof shall be and are transferred as of the effective
date of the ordinance.