The city administrator shall be the chief administrative officer of the city. He or she shall be responsible only to the city council, to whom he or she shall report periodically. He or she shall supervise all city departments and employees and ensure that the city’s business is being conducted in an efficient and faithful manner.
(1965 Code, sec. 2-63; 1989 Code, sec. 2-161)
Except for the officers appointed by the city council and set out in section 9.02.001, the city administrator shall have exclusive authority to select and employ all city employees, and he or she alone shall have the authority to remove such subordinate employees; provided, however, that the chief of police shall have authority to select and employ all employees of the police department and shall have the sole authority to remove such employees, including police officers, other employees and personnel in the police department.
(1965 Code, sec. 2-64; Ordinance adopted 3/21/00; 1989 Code, sec. 2-162)
(a) 
In addition to those employees described in section 9.02.062, the city administrator shall supervise the activities of each city officer listed under section 9.02.001, each of whom is subordinate to the city administrator.
(b) 
The city administrator shall have no supervisory control over the city attorney or judge of the municipal court. Such officers shall be answerable only to the city council.
(1965 Code, sec. 2-66; 1989 Code, sec. 2-164; Ordinance adopted 6/16/14, sec. 2(D))
(a) 
The city administrator is authorized to make or approve purchases and to approve purchase orders with vendors for services, products, or equipment needed by the city, without approval of a majority of the city council at a public meeting, provided that such purchases or purchase orders do not exceed an expenditure of more than $20,000.00 of public funds.
(b) 
In the event that a particular purchase or purchase order is for an amount of public funds less than the amount stated in subsection (a), the city administrator shall nevertheless place the matter on the agenda of the city council for its prior approval in the event that:
(1) 
Council approval is required under state law or the terms of a particular agreement or purchase order;
(2) 
The purchase requires execution of a written contract or agreement not previously approved by the city council by resolution, budget, or minute order; or
(3) 
The city administrator is of the opinion that consideration of the matter and action by the city council at a public meeting is in the best interest of the city.
(c) 
The city administrator shall report all purchases or purchase orders approved pursuant to subsection (a) to the city council in a written report at the public meeting following the purchase or approval of a purchase order or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible.
(Ordinance adopted 1/22/19)