(1) 
Appointment of city manager.
The council shall appoint an officer of the city who shall have the title city manager, and who shall have the powers and perform the duties in this Charter provided. The city manager shall be at-will employee and shall be appointed for an indefinite term. No council member shall receive such appointment during the term from which the councilmember is elected, nor within one year after the expiration of that term.
(2) 
Acting city manager.
By letter filed with the city secretary, the city manager may designate, subject to council approval, a qualified city administrative officer to be acting city manager during the city manager’s temporary absences or disabilities. The council may revoke such designation at any time and appoint another person acting city manager to serve during such times; and if the city manager fails to make such designation, the council may appoint an acting city manager to serve during such times. The council may remove an acting city manager at any time.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
The city manager shall be the chief executive officer and the head of the administrative branch of the city government. To that end, the city manager shall be responsible to the council for the proper administration of all affairs of the city. The city manager shall have power and shall be required to:
(1) 
Appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, remove all officers and employees of the city except as otherwise provided by this Charter and except as the city manager may authorize the head of a department to appoint and remove subordinates in such department;
(2) 
Prepare the budget annually and submit it to the council and be responsible for its administration after adoption;
(3) 
Prepare and submit to the council as of the end of the fiscal year a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the city for the preceding year;
(4) 
Attend council meetings and keep the council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the city and make such recommendations as may seem to the city manager desirable;
(5) 
Enforce the Charter and ordinances;
(6) 
Control the work of all departments created by the Charter and ordinances;
(7) 
Execute documents as the executive for the city;
(8) 
Conduct investigations as deemed necessary, or as directed by council; and
(9) 
Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this Charter or required of the city manager by the council, not inconsistent with this Charter.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
Other officers of the city shall be city secretary, city attorney, and judge of the municipal court, who shall be appointed by the city manager with approval of the city council.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
The city secretary shall attend all meetings of the city council and keep accurate minutes of the proceedings, engross and enroll all laws, resolutions, and ordinances of the city council, keep the corporate seal, keep all books, records, papers, documents and files of said council, countersign all commissions and licenses issued by the mayor, and issue all official city notices. The city secretary shall carefully keep all contracts made by the city council, and perform such other duties as may be required of such office by law, ordinance, resolution or order of the city council.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of and attorney and counsel for the City and all officers and departments thereof.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
(1) 
The judge of the municipal court shall serve a term of two years concurrent with that of the Mayor. The judge may be removed for incompetency, misconduct, or malfeasance. The judge shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the council from time to time. The judge shall be the judge of the municipal court which shall have the jurisdiction and shall be conducted in the manner prescribed and authorized by law.
(2) 
The city manager shall appoint the clerk and deputy clerks of the municipal court who shall have the power to administer oaths, affidavits, make certificates, affix the seal of the municipal court, and perform all acts usual and necessary by the clerks of the court, in conducting the business thereof, including but not limited to, the keeping of the records and accounts of the municipal court.
(3) 
All fines, special expenses and penalties imposed by the municipal court shall be paid into the city treasury for the use and benefit of the city, as may be consistent with the present and future state laws.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
There are hereby created the following administrative departments: finance, police, fire and public works. The city council may, upon the advice of the city manager, consolidate into one department no more than two of the departments hereby established; and by ordinance may create, change, and abolish offices, departments or agencies other than the offices, departments and agencies established by this Charter.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
At the head of each administrative department there shall be a director, appointed by the city manager with the approval of city council, who shall have supervision and control of the department subject to the city manager. Two 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.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
The work of each administrative department may be distributed among the divisions thereof subject to approval of the city manager.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)
Neither the city council nor any of its members shall direct the appointment or removal of any person from office by the city manager or by and of the city manager’s subordinates. Except for the purpose of inquiry in accordance with Article II, Section 10 of the Charter, the city council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager, and neither the city council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately.
(Ordinance 22-934 adopted 5/26/22)