The City Manager shall hold the office at the pleasure of the
City Council.
The City Manager shall expend full time on the performance of
the duties enumerated herein and shall not take on additional employment
without the consent of the City Council.
The City Manager shall furnish a corporate surety bond in the
amount of $100,000.00 from a surety approved by the City Council for
the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon the City Manager.
The premium for such bonds shall be a proper charge against the City.
The duties, responsibilities and authority of the City Manager
shall be, without limitation:
A. To enforce
all laws and ordinances of the City;
B. To enforce
all franchises, permits and privileges granted by the City;
C. To act
as the Secretary to the San Dieguito Water District, and Executive
Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Encinitas and the
Encinitas Public Finance Authority;
D. To appoint,
remove, promote and demote all department directors serving at the
pleasure of the City Manager;
E. To control,
order and give directions to all department directors;
F. To attend
all meetings of the City Council, unless excused therefrom;
G. To attend
commission meetings upon the City Manager's own volition or upon the
direction of the City Council;
H. To recommend
to the City Council the adoption of such measures and ordinances as
the City Manager deems necessary;
I. To keep
the City Council fully advised at all times as to the financial conditions
and needs of the City and to furnish financial reports to the City
Council;
J. To control
the purchase of all supplies for all departments or divisions of the
City to include submitting or recommending expenditures to the City
Council;
K. To prepare
and submit a proposed annual budget and a proposed salary plan to
the City Council each year;
L. To investigate
into the affairs of the City and any department or division thereof,
and into the proper performance of any contract or other obligation
pertaining to the City;
M. To investigate
all complaints in relation to matters concerning the administration
of the City to include services maintained by public utilities in
the City;
N. To supervise
the use of all public buildings, public parks, and all other public
property which are under the control and jurisdiction of the City
and to perform such other duties and exercise such other powers and
authority as may be delegated to the City Manager from time to time
by action of the City Council.
(Ord. 2003-08; Ord. 2010-18)