The departments and divisions of the city shall be those which
are established and adopted from year to year in the fiscal budget
of the city, except, however, in accordance with the charter, there
shall be a finance department. The duties of each department shall
be those which are set out in the fiscal budget of the city and may
be amended by the city manager. In accordance with the charter of
the city, the city council may, by ordinance, discontinue any department
or office and may prescribe, combine, distribute or abolish the functions
and duties of any and all departments and offices other than the finance
department.
(Ordinance 86-98, sec. 2, adopted 9/23/86; 1978 Code, sec. 2-4)
In order to expedite the work of any department and to administer
an increase in duties which may evolve upon any department, or to
cope with periodical seasonal changes, the city manager is hereby
empowered to transfer employees temporarily from one department to
perform similar duties in another department. Similarly, each department
director shall have the power to transfer employees from one division
to another within his department. This section shall not be construed
to permit transfers of employees in violation of civil service law.
(Ordinance 84-163, sec. 1, adopted 12/11/84; 1978 Code, sec. 2-2)
