The office of the city manager of the city 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. 10 § 1, 1977)
No member of the city council shall be eligible for appointment
as city manager until one year has elapsed after such councilmember
has ceased to be a member of the city council.
(Ord. 10 § 3, 1977)
The city manager and acting 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 and
acting city manager as prescribed in this chapter. Any premium for
such bond shall be a proper charge against the city.
(Ord. 10 § 4, 1977)
The assistant city manager shall serve as manager pro tempore
during any temporary absence or disability of the city manager. In
the event there is no assistant city manager, the city manager, by
filing a written notice with the city clerk, may designate a qualified
city employee to exercise the powers and perform the duties of city
manager during his or her temporary absence or disability. In the
event the city manager's absence or disability extends over a two-month
period, the city council may, after the two-month period, appoint
an acting city manager.
(Ord. 190, 1991)
The city manager shall be 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 the powers set forth in
the following subsections:
A. Law
Enforcement. It shall be 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.
B. Authority
Over Employees. It shall be 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.
C. Power
of Appointment and Removal. It shall be the duty of the city manager
to, and he or she shall appoint, remove, promote and demote any and
all officers and employees of the city, subject to all applicable
personnel ordinances, rules and regulations except for the city attorney
or who shall serve at the pleasure of the city council.
D. Administrative
Reorganization of Offices. It shall be the duty and responsibility
of the city manager to conduct studies and effect such administrative
reorganization of offices, positions 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.
E. Ordinances.
It shall be the duty of the city manager and he or she shall recommend
to the city council for adoption such measures and ordinances as he
or she deems necessary.
F. Attendance
at Council Meetings. It shall be the duty of the city manager to attend
all meetings of the city council unless at his or her request he or
she is excused therefrom by the mayor individually or the city council.
G. Financial
Reports. It shall be the duty of the city manager to keep the city
council at all times fully advised as to the financial condition and
needs of the city. The city manager shall retain the services of a
finance director or person who has responsibility over city finances
who shall also serve as the city's treasurer.
H. 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.
I. Expenditure
Control and Purchasing. It shall be the duty of the city manager to
see that no expenditures shall be submitted or recommended to the
city council except on approval of the city manager or authorized
representative. The city manager, or authorized representative, shall
be responsible for the purchase of all supplies for all the departments
or divisions of the city.
J. Investigations
and Complaints. It shall be the duty of the city manager to make investigations
into the affairs of the city and any department or division thereof,
and any contract or the proper performance of any obligations of the
city. Further, it shall be 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.
K. Public
Buildings. It shall be the duty of the city manager and he or she
shall exercise general supervision over all public buildings, public
parks, and all other public property, which are under the control
and jurisdiction of the city council.
L. Contractors.
It shall be the duty of the city manager, or designee, to exercise
management and control over contractors providing city services.
M. Additional
Duties. It shall be 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 official
action of the city council.
(Ord. 10 § 7, 1977; Ord. 442 § 1, 2016)
A. 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 or instructions 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 convened council
meeting. No council member shall give any orders or instructions to
the city manager.
B. Departmental
Cooperation. It shall be the duty of all subordinate officers and
the city attorney to assist the city manager in administering the
affairs of the city efficiently, economically and harmoniously.
C. Subject
to the direction and control of the city council, the city manager,
or designee, shall manage all intergovernmental contracts, grant agreements
and joint powers agreements on behalf of the city of Lemon Grove,
or its subsidiary agencies, with other governmental agencies. The
city manager, or designee, shall manage contracts with agencies including,
but not limited to, the state of California, county of San Diego,
Heartland Communications Authority, Heartland Fire and Rescue, San
Diego County sheriff's department, San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater
Authority, and the San Diego Association of Governments. For the purposes
of providing public safety services to the citizens of Lemon Grove,
the city manager shall supervise the appointed fire chief of Heartland
Fire and Rescue as to all matters involving the city of Lemon Grove.
The city manager shall work with the commanding officer of the Lemon
Grove substation of the county of San Diego sheriff's department in
the implementation of the contract providing police services to the
city of Lemon Grove. All references to "police" services in this municipal
code shall mean the services provided by the San Diego sheriff's department
to the city of Lemon Grove. The city manager, or designee, shall also
provide support and assistance to council-appointed members of joint
powers authorities and intergovernmental agencies in the performance
of their duties.
D. Attendance
at Commission Meetings. The city manager may attend any and all meetings
of any commission, board, task force, focus group or committee (collectively
"advisory body") 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, he or she shall be heard by the advisory
body as to all matters upon which the city manager wishes to address
the members thereof, and shall inform said members as to the status
of any matter being considered by the city council. The city manager
shall cooperate fully with the members of all advisory bodies created
by the city council.
(Ord. 10 § 8, 1977; Ord. 433 § 1, 2015; Ord. 442 § 1, 2016)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a limitation on
the power or authority of the city council to enter into any supplemental
agreement with the city manager delineating additional terms and conditions
of employment not inconsistent with any provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 10 § 10, 1977)