The commissioners shall, as soon as practicable after having met, qualified and elected a chairman and vice-chairman, proceed to employ a city manager. The city manager shall be employed without regard to his political belief, and it shall not be necessary that said manager be a legal resident or qualified voter of the City of Cushing. Said manager shall serve during the pleasure of the board. In the event the manager shall, for any reason, be temporarily incapable of performing the duties of his office, the commissioners shall immediately upon receiving notice of such temporary inability, select a manager pro-tem, who shall perform all the duties imposed upon the manager by this Charter, or by ordinances, until the manager shall return to duty, or a new manager be selected. The entry in the minutes of the meeting of the commissioners shall be conclusive evidence of the fact of such inability, and the proper selection of a manager pro-tem.
Note — There is no section 2.
[Amended 12-9-2008]
The city manager shall be the administrative head of the municipal government, under the direction and supervision of the commissioners. He shall not, during his services as such manager, without the prior approval of the commissioners, be an employee of, or perform any duty for any person, firm or corporation or institution other than the City of Cushing. Any approved outside employment shall not interfere with duties as City Manager. The City Manager shall not be interested in the profits of, or emoluments of any contract, job, work or service for the city.
Before entering upon the duties of his office, he [the city manager] shall take the official oath required of city officers and shall execute a bond in such sum as shall be fixed by the commissioners in favor of the City of Cushing, for the faithful performance of his duties, said bond to be approved by the commissioners.
[Amended 8-7-1972; 9-13-2005; 12-9-2008]
(a) 
The city manager, as chief administrative officer of the city, shall have charge and supervision of all branches of the city government, except as otherwise provided in the Charter of the City of Cushing; and he shall have power to administer oaths pertaining to the duties of his office and business of the city.
(b) 
He shall see to the faithful execution of all laws of the State of Oklahoma, and ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the City of Cushing.
(c) 
He shall appoint all officers and employees of the City of Cushing except the elective officers and the officers and employees whose selection or appointment is vested in the commissioners by this Charter, but in no case shall said manager appoint any officer or employee who is related to him by blood or marriage in the third degree.
(d) 
He shall have the power to dismiss any officer or employee appointed by him, whenever, in his judgment, the interests of the city service so requires.
(e) 
He shall control and direct the several officers and employees so appointed by him.
(f) 
He shall have power at any time to investigate the affairs of any department. He, or any person appointed by him in writing for the purpose, shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and other evidence.
(g) 
He shall attend all meetings of the commissioners, and may take part in the discussions, but shall have no power to vote.
(h) 
He shall keep the commissioners advised of the needs of the city, and shall recommend measures for adoption by the commissioners.
(i) 
He shall supervise and manage all public work of the city, and the repair and maintenance thereof. He shall manage and control the public utilities of the city, and shall have general charge of the cleaning, sprinkling, lighting and improving of the streets, sidewalks, bridges and public grounds, within and without the city, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
(j) 
He shall make a monthly report to the commissioners, and shall prepare and submit to the commissioners, an annual budget, subject to the approval of the board of commissioners.
(k) 
He may create such departments for the more efficient and economical administration of affairs of the city as to him shall seem necessary and expedient.
(l) 
He shall perform such other duties as may be imposed on him by this Charter, or by direction of the board of commissioners.
(m) 
The City Manager shall be the purchasing agent for the City and shall procure all supplies by first issuing a written requisition therefore upon the Commissioners, and upon their approval, such written requisition shall then become an order for the goods or supplies desired by him. Such requisition shall state the quantity and kind of material required. Except in cases of emergency, he shall procure competitive proposals and bids for supplies from competitive dealers where the estimated cost exceeds $5,000.00, and the competitive bids shall be kept on file in his office, provided that he may without requisition, in case of emergency, order supplies, goods or material not exceeding in value the sum of $7,500.00. The Commissioners shall make rules governing the letting of contracts or making of purchases by him, but no contract or purchase where the amount exceeds $7,500.00 shall, except as otherwise provided, be valid unless approved by the Commissioners. He shall not have authority or power to spend any money of the City except when the same is authorized or appropriated by the Board of Commissioners, except in an emergency, as herein provided.