There shall be a Finance Department and such other departments
and offices as may be established by ordinance. All of said departments
shall be under the control of the City Manager except where otherwise
provided in this Charter. The City Council may discontinue any department
or office established by ordinance and may prescribe, combine, distribute
or abolish the functions and duties of departments and offices, but
no function or duty assigned by this Charter to a particular department
or office shall be abolished or assigned to any other department or
office.
At the head of each department there shall be a director who
shall have supervision and control of the department subject to supervision
and approval by the City Manager except as specifically provided otherwise
by this Charter. Two (2) or more departments may be headed by the
same individual. The City Manager may head one or more departments
and directors of departments may also serve as chiefs of divisions.
The work of each administrative department may be distributed among
such divisions thereof as may be established by resolution of the
City Council upon the recommendation of the City Manager.
The directors of all administrative departments shall be appointed
by the City Manager unless otherwise provided in this Charter, and
shall receive such compensation as shall be prescribed by the City
Council, and before entering upon the duties of the office shall,
if required by the Council, make bond in some responsible Surety Company
acceptable to the City Council, for such amount as the Council may
prescribe, the premium of which bond shall be paid by the City.
