All Council persons, the City Manager and department heads,
before commencing their official duties, shall take and sign an oath
of office as shall from time to time be prescribed by law. This oath
shall be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to assuming
office.
All Council persons, the City Manager and department heads,
before commencing their official duties, shall affirm to a Code of
Ethics as may be adopted by the City from time to time. The signed
affirmation of such Code of Ethics by Council persons, the City Manager
and department heads shall be filed with the City Clerk.
Neither the Council nor any of its members shall, in any manner,
dictate the appointment or removal of any City administrative officers
or employees whom the City Manager is empowered to appoint except
as otherwise provided in the Charter; however, Council may, by a majority
vote of its total membership, remove any person appointed by the Council
under the Charter.
All elected and appointed officials of the City shall file a
disclosure form as required by the State Ethics Law, every year during
their term of office, with the City Clerk, which shall be available
for public inspection.
Any person convicted of a felony or a crime or offense involving
moral turpitude shall be ineligible to assume any municipal elected
office, position or employment and, upon conviction thereof while
in office or employment, shall forfeit such office or employment.
Where law or ordinance prescribed certain functions to be performed
by a designated department head under the former form of government,
such function shall be performed by the equivalent department head
to which the respective functions have been assigned by this Administrative
Code.