The city council may provide, by ordinance not inconsistent with this Charter, for the organization, conduct and operation of the several offices and departments of the city as established by this Charter, for the creation of additional departments, divisions, offices and agencies and for their consolidation, alteration or abolition. Each new department created by the city council shall be headed by an officer as department head who shall be appointed and may be suspended or removed by the city manager.
All department heads, the city clerk, and the director of finance and treasurer shall be at-will employees, all of whom shall be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the city manager, and shall have no procedural hearing rights on termination, but shall be entitled to all vested compensation and benefits at the time of termination, provided, however, that nothing in this Charter shall change the status or rights of any existing officer or employee.
The city council, by ordinance or resolution, may assign additional functions or duties to offices, departments or agencies not inconsistent with this Charter. Where the positions are not incompatible, the city council may combine in one person the powers and duties of two or more offices created or authorized by this Charter. No office provided in this Charter to be filled by appointment by the city manager may be consolidated with an office to be filled by direct appointment by the city council. The city council shall provide for the number, titles, qualifications, powers, duties and compensation of all officers and employees.
There shall be a city clerk who shall be appointed by the city manager, and the city manager shall have the authority to discipline or dismiss the city clerk. The city clerk shall have power and shall be required to:
(a) 
Attend in person or through authorized representative, all meetings of the city council and be responsible for the recording and maintaining of a full and true record of all of the proceedings of the city council in books that shall bear appropriate titles and be devoted to such purpose.
(b) 
Maintain records, in which shall be recorded respectively all ordinances, with the certificate of the clerk annexed to each thereof stating the same to be the original or a correct copy, and as to an ordinance requiring publication, stating that the same has been published or posted in accordance with this charter; and keep all books properly indexed and open to public inspection when not in actual use.
(c) 
Have the responsibility for records management of official actions of the city council, including contracts, bonds, deeds, and other recorded instruments.
(d) 
Be the custodian of the seal of the City.
(e) 
Administer oaths or affirmations, take affidavits and depositions pertaining to the affairs and business of the City and certify copies of official records.
(f) 
Be ex-officio assessor, unless the city council has availed itself, or does in the future avail itself, of the provisions of the general laws of the State relative to the assessment of property and the collection of city taxes by county officers, or unless the city council by ordinance provides otherwise.
(g) 
Serve as the election official of the City and have charge of all City elections.
(h) 
Serve as the City's agent for service of process.
(i) 
Perform such other duties consistent with this Charter as may be required by ordinance or resolution of the city council.
There shall be a director of finance and treasurer who shall be appointed by the city manager, and whose appointment, suspension or removal by the city manager shall be subject to the approval of the city council. The director of finance and treasurer shall be qualified by sufficient technical accounting training, skill, and experience to be proficient in the discharge of the responsibilities of the office. The director of finance and treasurer shall have power and shall be required to:
(a) 
Serve as the chief fiscal officer of the City.
(b) 
Have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the City under the direction of the city manager, and to assist and advise the city council and city manager in all matters pertaining to City finances.
(c) 
Compile annual expense and income estimates for the city manager.
(d) 
Maintain a general accounting system for the City government and each of its offices, departments and agencies, and perform all financial and accounting duties.
(e) 
Supervise and be responsible for the disbursement of all moneys and have control of all expenditures to insure that budget appropriations are not exceeded; audit all purchase orders before issuance; audit and approve before payment, all bills, invoices, payrolls, demands or charges against the City government and, with the advice of the city attorney, when necessary, determine the regularity, legality and correctness of such claims, demands or charges.
(f) 
Submit to the city council through the city manager a periodic statement of all receipts and disbursements in sufficient detail to show the exact financial condition of the City; and, as of the end of each fiscal year, submit a complete financial statement and report.
(g) 
Supervise the keeping of current inventories of all property of the City by all City departments, offices and agencies.
(h) 
Receive all taxes, assessments, license fees and other revenues of the City, or for whose collection the City is responsible, and receive all taxes or other money receivable by the City from the county, state or federal government, or from any court, or from any office, department or agency of the City.
(i) 
Have custody of all public funds belonging to or under control of the City or any office, department or agency of the City government and deposit all funds coming into his or her hands in such depository as may be designated by resolution of the city council, or, if no such resolution be adopted, then in such depository designated in writing by the city manager, and in compliance with all of the provisions of the State Constitution and laws of the State governing the handling, depositing and securing of public funds.
(j) 
Perform such other duties consistent with this Charter as may be required by the city council.
Each department head and his or her deputies shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations in connection with any official business pertaining to his or her department.
Each department head and appointive officer shall have the power to appoint, suspend or remove such deputies, assistants, subordinates and employees as are provided for by the city council for his or her department or office, subject to the provisions of this Charter and of any personnel system adopted hereunder. Any such appointment or removal by a department head appointed by the city manager shall be subject to approval of the city manager.
The city council shall fix by ordinance or resolution the amounts and terms of the official bonds of all officials or employees who are required by ordinance to give such bonds. All bonds shall be executed by responsible corporate surety, shall be approved as to form by the city attorney, and shall be filed with the city clerk. Premiums on official bonds shall be paid by the City.
There shall be no personal liability upon, or any right to recover against, a superior officer, or his bond, for any wrongful act or omission of his subordinate, unless such superior officer was a party to, or conspired in, such wrongful act or omission.
The city council shall determine, by ordinance, resolution, or contract the amount of compensation to be paid to all City officers, department heads, and employees.
Upon request by any employee or former employee of the City named in any claim or action against him or her for an injury arising out of an act or omission occurring within the scope of his or her employment as an employee of the City, made in writing not less than ten (10) days before the trial of the action, and so long as the employee or former employee cooperates reasonably and in good faith in the defense of the claim or action, the City shall pay any judgment based thereon or any compromise or settlement of the claim or action to which the City has agreed. Where the City conducts the defense of the claim or action pursuant to an agreement with the employee or former employee, reserving the City's rights not to pay the judgment, compromise, or settlement until it is established the injury arose out of act or omission occurring within the scope of his or her employment as a City employee, the City shall be required to pay the judgment, compromise, or settlement only if it is established the injury arose out of an act or omission occurring within the scope of his or her employment as a City employee. The City may indemnify any employee or former employee for any part of a claim or judgment that is for punitive or exemplary damages only upon a vote to do so by a majority of the membership of the city council.