The said Council shall appoint a City Manager by a majority
vote, who shall be the Chief Executive officer to the City, and who
need not, at the time of his appointment, be a resident of Grand Junction
or of the State of Colorado; a City Attorney; and a Judge of the Municipal
Court. The City Manager prior to his appointment shall either have
had a successful experience in city management of a city operating
under the council-manager form of city government, or had comparable
experience. The Council shall have power, except as otherwise provided
in this Charter, to fix the salaries and official bonds, establish
the qualifications, and prescribe the powers and duties of all officers
and employees of the City. The Council shall further have power to
create offices and to alter the powers and duties relating thereto.
Provided, that nothing in this section shall be taken to give the
Council power to diminish the power of City Manager or to alter the
relation established by this Charter between the City Manager and
the other officers and employees of the City.
The city manager shall be the administrative head of the city
and shall be responsible for the conduct of all its departments. He
shall receive a salary to be fixed by the council by ordinance. The
city manager may be discharged or removed by a vote of a majority
of the members of the council.
The city manager shall appoint, subject to the provisions of
this Charter, all the officers and employees of the city except where
this amendment expressly provides otherwise. The city manager may
remove, suspend, demote or discipline any officer or employee of the
city except such as are appointed by the council.
The city manager shall see to the faithful execution of the
laws and ordinances of the state and city; control and direct the
several officers and departments of the city government; investigate
at any time the affairs of any department; attend all meetings of
the council and take part in its discussions, but not vote; keep the
council advised of all the needs of the municipality; recommend measures
for its adoption; prepare the annual budget, and perform such other
duties as may be imposed on him by this Charter or any ordinance.
Neither the council nor any member thereof shall dictate the
appointment of any person by the city manager, or in any manner interfere
with him or prevent him from exercising his own judgment in the appointment
of officers and employees. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the
council and its members shall deal with that part of the administrative
service of the city for which the city manager is responsible solely
through such manager, and neither the council nor any member thereof
shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the city manager either
publicly or privately.
The City Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Council and record
and keep all the proceedings thereof. It shall be the duty of the
City Clerk to affix the seal of the City to contracts and all other
documents whenever the same shall be necessary. The City Clerk shall
safely keep all books, records and other documents required to be
filed in his office. The City Clerk shall perform all duties characteristic
of his office as City Clerk, and the Council may prescribe other powers
and duties to be performed by him by ordinance of the City.
There shall be a city attorney who shall have had at the time
of his appointment at least five years experience in the active practice
of the law in the State of Colorado. He shall draw all ordinances,
contracts and other instruments when requested to do so by the council
or the manager. He shall be the legal adviser of the manager and the
council, and shall represent the city in all cases in which the city
shall be a party. He shall attend all meetings of the council and
shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
By and with the consent of the council, he may appoint one or more
deputies.
All election notices, or lists of candidates for office, department
reports, ordinances, charters, or charter amendments, advertising
publicity affairs, or other publications required or authorized by
this Charter, by general law, or by any ordinance of the city to be
made in any newspaper and all such publications for which the City
of Grand Junction may be liable, shall be paid for by the city at
such rates as shall not, in any event, exceed the ordinary and regular
advertising rates charged other advertisers; and all printing of books,
pamphlets, bills, letterheads, or other documents or printed matter
required by the city shall be paid for at a price not exceeding the
usual business rates therefor. No bill shall be rendered to or paid
by the city for such advertising or printing in excess of the said
usual business rates, even though higher rates may be fixed by the
general law for other cities of the state.