The
City Council and its members may deal with the administrative services
of the City only through the City Manager, except for the purpose
of inquiry, and no member of the City Council is permitted to give
orders or instructions to any subordinates of the City Manager. The
City Manager takes orders and instructions from the City Council only
when sitting in a duly convened meeting of the City Council and no
individual Council member may give any orders or instructions to the
City Manager.
The
City Manager may attend any and all meetings of commissions, boards,
or committees created by the City Council, upon the Manager's
own volition or upon direction of the City Council. At such meetings
which the City Manager attends, the Manager must be heard by such
commissions, boards or committees as to all matters upon which the
City Manager wishes to address the members thereof. The City Manager
must inform the members as to the status of any matter being considered
by the City Council pertaining to that body, and the City Manager
must cooperate to the fullest extent with the members of all the commissions,
boards, or committees appointed by the City Council.
(Ord. 555 § 3, 2019)
It is the duty of all department heads, the City Clerk, and
the City Attorney to assist the City Manager in administering the
affairs of the City efficiently, economically and cooperatively.