(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)