[Amended 11-17-1981 by Ord. No. 42-81; 11-20-1984 by Ord. No. 38-84; 5-4-1993 by Ord. No. 13-93; 6-1997 by Ord. No. 21-97; 2-2-1999 by Ord. No. 3-99; 4-3-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10; 7-19-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]
There is hereby created the Office of City Administrator in
and for the City. The Mayor shall, with the consent of a majority
of the Council, appoint the City Administrator. All matters of general
supervision and administration with respect to public utilities now
owned, operated or hereafter acquired by the City, together with the
maintenance of the streets and alleys and the preservation and care
of all property owned by the City, except fire equipment, subject
to the instruction, direction, approval or ratification of the Mayor
and Council, and in conformity with the provisions of this Code and
the statutes of the State of Nebraska, shall be combined under the
jurisdiction and control of said officer. The Electric Superintendent,
Water/Wastewater Superintendent, Street Superintendent, City Clerk/HR
Director, Library Director, Public Properties Director, Senior Center
Manager and Building Inspector/Zoning Administrator, Finance Director/Treasurer,
City Engineer shall be under the direct control and supervision of
the City Administrator. The City Administrator shall assist the Mayor
with the supervision of the Police Department. The City Administrator
shall assist the Civic Center Commission with the supervision of the
Civic Center. The City Administrator shall be responsible for the
prudent management of their department and shall be accountable to
the Mayor and Council at all times. The City Administrator shall recommend
the appointment together with the compensation of such employees and
assistants as are necessary to perform the duties of their office
and of the various departments of the City, but such appointments
and the compensation of appointees shall be approved and confirmed
by the Mayor and Council before the City is bound to the acts of the
City Administrator in this respect. All employees of their department
and subordinate departments shall obey the City Administrator's
orders and may be discharged on recommendation of the City Administrator
for inefficiency or for the general good of the several departments.
The Mayor and City Council may assign duties from time to time, additional
to those prescribed herein. For performing the duties mentioned herein,
or for other such duties as the Mayor and Council may from time to
time designate, the City Administrator shall receive such compensation
payable out of the several funds to credit of the municipal activities
under their jurisdiction in regular installments as the Mayor and
Council shall fix by ordinance. The City Administrator may be removed
at any time by the Mayor with approval of a majority vote of the members
elected to the Council. The City Administrator shall give bond in
a sum set from time to time by the City Council to be executed for
the faithful performance of the duties of the several offices under
their jurisdiction and of the duties prescribed herein.
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Editor's Note: Former § 85-5.2, Administrative Assistant,
added 6-17-1997 by Ord. No. 22-97, was repealed 7-19-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11.
