In addition to those duties and responsibilities as provided
under the home rule charter, other provisions of the Code of Ordinances
and as directed by adopted policies of the city, and as same may be
amended from time to time, the city manager shall, as necessary for
the prudent and effective administration of the city:
(1) Be
authorized to move budgeted funds within a department and/or between
departments within the same fund;
(2) Purchase,
without approval of the city council, goods and services up to a certain
dollar amount less than $50,000.00 so long as funds have been budgeted
by the city council for the purpose for which they are to be expended;
(3) Execute all appropriate contracts, agreements, and franchises consistent with the authority described in subsection
(2) and to see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the city or its inhabitants in such transactions are faithfully kept or performed, and in such case of any violation thereof to take such action as may be necessary and proper to enforce or terminate same;
(4) To
execute change orders related to all contracts of the city in accordance
with the authority provided home rule cities by state law;
(5) Organize
the employees of the city into various departments, divisions and
positions and to create and draft job descriptions within the budgeted
number of full-time employees (FTEs);
(6) Make
such inquiries, investigations, studies and reports as the city manager
deems proper or as the city council may request or require concerning
the operation or conduct of city departments, personnel or agencies;
(Ordinance 197, sec. 2A, adopted 4/8/14)
Any attorney who is a member of the named city attorney's law
firm, or any attorney retained by the city to assist the city attorney
shall be considered a deputy city attorney of the city when performing
legal services for the city. Any attorney hired by the city to act
as a city prosecutor shall serve as deputy city attorney for legal
services associated with municipal court prosecution on behalf of
the city.
(Ordinance 35 adopted 7/28/09)
Editor's note–Former § 2.02.008
pertaining to the city engineer and deriving from the 2002
Code, art. 9.800, was repealed and deleted in its entirety
by Ordinance 536 adopted 6/25/2024.