The office of the city manager is created and established. The
city manager shall be appointed by the city council wholly on the
basis of his or her administrative and executive ability and qualifications,
and shall hold office for and during the pleasure of the city council.
(Ord. 1762 § 2, 2002)
Residence in the city at the time of appointment of a city manager
shall not be required as a condition of the appointment, but, no person
shall hold the office of city manager unless such person resides within
the regulated response time as prescribed by city council.
(Ord. 1762 § 2, 2002)
No person elected as a councilmember of the city shall, subsequent
to such election, be eligible for appointment as city manager until
one year has elapsed after such councilmember shall have ceased to
be a member of the city council.
(Ord. 1762 § 2, 2002)
The city manager shall furnish a corporate surety bond to be
approved by the city council in such sum as may be determined by the
city council and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance
of the duties imposed upon the city manager as herein prescribed.
Any premium for such bond shall be a proper charge against the city.
(Ord. 1762 § 2, 2002)
The city manager shall appoint, subject to the approval of the city council, one of the other officers or department heads of the city to serve as manager pro tem during any temporary absence or disability of the city manager. In case of the absence or disability of the city manager, and his or her failure to so appoint a manager pro tem, the city council may designate some qualified city employee to perform the duties of the city manager during the period of absence or disability of the city manager; subject, however, to such person furnishing a corporate surety bond conditioned upon faithful performance of the duties required to be performed, as set forth in Section
2.08.040 hereof.
(Ord. 1762 § 2, 2002)
Subject to the limitations imposed by Assembly Bill No. 1344,
the city manager shall receive such compensation and expense allowances
as the city council shall from time to time determine and fix by contract,
and such compensation and expenses shall, to the extent not prohibited
by Assembly Bill No. 1344, be a proper charge against such funds of
the city as the city council shall designate.
Subject to the terms and conditions of any contract of employment,
the city manager shall be reimbursed for all sums necessarily incurred
or paid by him or her in the performance of his or her duties or incurred
when traveling on business pertaining to the city under direction
of the city council. Reimbursement shall only be made, however, when
a verified itemized claim, setting forth the sums expended for such
business for which reimbursement is requested, has been presented
to the mayor for approval.
(Ord. 1762 § 2, 2002; Ord. 2034 § 1, 2018)
The city manager is the administrative head of the government
of the city, under the direction and control of the city council except
as otherwise provided in this chapter. He or she shall be responsible
for the efficient administration of all the affairs of the city which
are under his or her control. In addition to his or her general powers
as administrative head and, not as a limitation thereon, it shall
be his or her duty and he or she shall have all the powers set forth
in the following subsections:
(1) Law
Enforcement. It is the duty of the city manager to enforce all laws
and ordinances of the city and to see that all franchises, contracts,
permits and privileges granted by the city council are faithfully
observed;
(2) Authority
Over Employees. It is the duty of the city manager, and he or she
shall have the authority to control, order and give directions to
all heads of departments and to subordinate officers and employees
of the city under his or her jurisdiction through their department
heads;
(3) Power
of Appointment, Etc. It is the duty of the city manager to appoint,
remove, promote and demote any and all officers and employees of the
city except the city attorney. Appointment of department heads, including
the city clerk and city treasurer, shall be subject to ratification
by the city council;
(4) Reorganization
of Offices, Etc. It is the duty and responsibility of the city manager
to recommend to the city council such reorganization of offices, positions,
departments or units under his or her direction as may be indicated
in the interest of efficient, effective and economical conduct of
the city's business;
(5) Ordinances.
It is the duty of the city manager to recommend to the city council
for adoption such measures and ordinances as he or she deems necessary
or expedient;
(6) Attendance
at Council Meetings. It is the duty of the city manager to attend
all meetings of the city council unless excused therefrom, except
when his or her removal is under consideration;
(7) Financial
Reports. It is the duty of the city manager to keep the city council
at all times fully advised as to the financial conditions and needs
of the city;
(8) Budget.
It shall be the duty of the city manager to prepare and submit the
proposed annual budget and the proposed annual salary plan to the
city council for its approval;
(9) Purchasing
Agent. It shall be the duty of the city manager and he or she shall
be responsible for the purchase of all supplies for all of the departments
or divisions of the city. No expenditures shall be submitted or recommended
to the city council except on report and approval of the city manager;
(10) Investigations. It is the duty of the city manager to make investigations
into the affairs of the city and any department or division thereof,
and of any contract or of the proper performance of any obligation
of the city;
(11) Public Utilities—Franchises. It is the duty of the city manager
to investigate all complaints in relation to matters concerning the
administration of the city government and in regard to the service
maintained by public utilities in the city, and to see that all franchise
permits granted by the city are faithfully performed and observed;
(12) Public Buildings. It is the duty of the city manager to exercise
control over all public buildings, public parks and all other public
property which are under the control and jurisdiction of the city
council;
(13) Hours of Employment. It is the duty of the city manager to devote
his or her entire working time to the duties of his or her office
in the interests of the city, except on permission of the city council
by action thereof;
(14) Additional Duties. It is the duty of the city manager to perform
such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be delegated
to him or her from time to time by ordinance or resolution or other
action of the city council;
(15) Council-Manager Relations. The city council and its members shall
deal with the administrative services of the city only through the
city manager, except for the purpose of inquiry; and neither the city
council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates
of the city manager. The city manager shall take his or her orders
and instructions from the city council only when sitting in a duly
held meeting of the city council, and no individual councilman shall
give any orders, or instructions to the city manager. Nothing in this
section, however, shall prevent any member of the city council from
discussing with the city manager any matter of general public interest
or concern relative to the proper operations of the city or of the
needs, problems, or projects thereof;
(16) Departmental Cooperation. It is the duty of all subordinate officers
as well as the city treasurer and city attorney to assist the city
manager in administering the affairs of the city efficiently, economically
and harmoniously so far as may be consistent with their duties as
prescribed by law and by the ordinances of the city;
(17) Attendance at Commission Meetings. The city manager may attend any
and all meetings of any commissions, boards or committees created
by the city council upon his or her own volition or upon direction
of the city council. At such meetings which the city manager attends,
he or she shall be heard by such commissions, boards or committees
as to all matters upon which he or she wishes to address the members
thereof, and he or she shall inform the members as to the status of
any matter being considered by the city council, and he or she shall
cooperate to the fullest extent with the members of all commissions,
boards or committees appointed by the city council;
(18) To prescribe administrative policies and procedures providing direction
to city employees for the courteous and efficient operation of all
offices of the city under the direction and control of the city manager;
(19) To prepare the meeting agendas for the council meetings and, in preparing
such agendas, to annotate in concise language, each agenda item, which,
in the manager's judgment, is of sufficient importance to warrant
additional explanatory material for the purpose of clarification of
such item to the council;
(20) To keep a personnel file on all city employees, avoiding duplication,
whenever it is practical to do so.
(Ord. 1762 § 2, 2002)
The removal of the city manager shall be only upon a majority
vote of the entire city council seated in a regular city council meeting.
(Ord. 1762 § 2, 2002; Ord. 2034 § 2, 2018)