A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
B and subject to budget approval by the City Council, the City Manager is authorized to establish, without amendment to this code, and supervise departments in the City, and to appoint the Director of each department. The following departments are currently established and supervised by the City Manager:
3. Fire
and Life Safety Services;
4. Human
Resources and Risk Management;
B. There
are in the City the following departments, which coordinate with the
City Manager, but whose directors are appointed by the City Council:
(Ord. 555 § 3, 2019; Ord. 612 § 2, 2023)
The duties of the City departments include those required by
the Constitution of the State of California and the laws of the United
States and the State of California. The City Manager may organize
and reorganize the City departments as necessary to accomplish the
duties of the City, subject to the City Council's authority
to approve the City budget and to appoint the City Clerk and City
Attorney.
(Ord. 555 § 3, 2019)