[11-10-2022 by Ord. No. 8423]
(a) The Department of Administration shall be responsible for supervising
sound and practical fiscal policies and procedure for the administration
of the City government.
(b) The areas of responsibility of this Department shall be the following:
(1)
The general administration of the City's business affairs.
(2)
The establishment and operation of a centralized purchasing
system.
(3)
The preparation of all fiscal reports, maintenance of all fiscal
records, and development of the City's annual budget.
(4)
The oversight of personnel administration including the establishment
and maintenance of a system for the appointment, discipline and dismissal
of employees, training, job classification, performance evaluation,
payroll, grievance procedures and employee records. This includes
but is not limited to:
A.
Prepare, install and maintain a classification program based
on the duties, authority and responsibility of positions in the City
service.
B.
Ensure that all positions in the City service shall be filled
by persons reasonably qualified to perform the duties of the position,
including the establishment of appropriate employment test standards
and the supervision and administration of all such tests for new employees.
C.
Develop and establish training and educational programs for
persons in the municipal service and so far as is practical establish
a program for promotion based on merit of performance.
(c) The Department of Administration is also responsible for all City
services relative to research, planning, development, and coordination
of all the departments and official boards, agencies and commissions
of the City.