A City Manager form of government is hereby established for
the City.
(§ 1, Ord. 204)
No one shall be eligible for appointment as City Manager who
has not served as a City Manager, Administrator, Assistant City Manager,
or Deputy thereof for at least three years or, in the alternative,
has had at least five years' experience in a responsible executive
position. The City Manager need not be a resident of the City unless
specifically required by the Council at the time of the appointment.
(§ 2, Ord. 204, as amended
by Part 1, Ord. 481, eff. February 21, 1974)
The City Manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term and
shall be removable at the pleasure of the Council.
(§ 3, Ord. 204)
The City Manager shall be the administrative head of the City
government under the direction and control of the 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 government
which are under his or her control. In addition to his or her general
powers as administrative head of the City government, it shall be
his or her duty, and he or she shall have the powers set forth as
follows:
(a) To
see that all laws and ordinances are enforced;
(b) To
appoint all appointive officers and employees of the City, upon merit
and fitness alone, to have general supervision and control over such
officers and employees, and to remove such officers and employees
at pleasure;
(c) To
exercise general supervision over all privately owned public utilities
operated within the City so far as the same are subject to municipal
control;
(d) To
see that the provisions of all franchises, leases, contracts, permits,
and privileges granted by the City are fully observed, and to report
to the Council any violation thereof;
(e) To
attend all meetings of the Council unless excused therefrom by three
members thereof or by the Mayor;
(f) To
act as purchasing agent for the City. All purchases shall be made
by purchase order signed by the City Manager;
(g) To
examine or cause to be examined, without notice, the official conduct
of any officer or employee of the City except a Councilmember or member
of the Planning Commission;
(h) To
keep the Council advised as to the needs of the City;
(i) To
prepare and submit to the Council the annual budget estimate and such
reports as may be required by the Council, including an annual report
of all departments of the City, and to keep or supervise the keeping
of a system of budgetary accounting; and to prepare an agenda for
each regularly scheduled Council meeting and include a financial statement
and a summary of the activities of each department of the City. A
copy of the agenda and required reports shall be delivered to each
Council member on the Saturday prior to each regularly scheduled Council
meeting;
(j) To
prepare, or cause to be prepared, plans and specifications for work
which the Council may order coming under his or her supervision; and
to provide such plans and specifications in sufficient number and
in ample time to give full opportunity for all contractors who desire
to bid thereon to do so;
(k) To
have control, subject to such ordinances as may from time to time
be adopted, of all public utilities owned or operated by the City;
(l) To
have general supervision over all City property and its use by the
public or City employees;
(m) To
devote his or her entire time to the discharge of his or her official
duties;
(n) To
perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by the
Council;
(o) From
time to time, in order to facilitate the prompt, economical, and efficient
dispatch of City business, to organize the work of the departments
under his or her control, to assign assistance, deputies, and employees
from any office or department of the City government to perform work
or service in connection with any other office or department thereof,
or to work in more than one of said offices or departments; provided
that no such change shall affect the powers and duties of any elective
officer of the City;
(p) To
audit all statements submitted to the City and report to the Council
his recommendations thereon;
(q) To
maintain a perpetual inventory of all City property; and
(r) To
receive and open all mail addressed to the Council and give immediate
attention thereto to the end that all administrative business referred
to therein and not requiring Council action may be disposed of expeditiously.
(§ 4, Ord. 204)
The City Manager shall act as agent for the City in the discharge
of its administrative functions, but shall not exercise any policy-making
or legislative functions nor attempt to commit or bind the Council
to any action, plan, or program requiring action by the Council.
(§ 5, Ord. 204)
In the discharge of his or her duties, the City Manager shall
endeavor at all times to exercise the highest degree of tact, patience,
and courtesy in his or her contacts with the public and with all City
officers and employees, to the end that the highest possible standards
of public service be continuously maintained.
(§ 6, Ord. 204)
No member of the Council shall in any manner, directly or indirectly,
by suggestion or otherwise, attempt to influence or coerce the City
Manager in the making or removal of any appointment or the purchase
of supplies, or attempt to exact any promise relative to any appointment
from any candidate for City Manager, or discuss directly or indirectly
with any such candidate the matter of appointments to any City office
or employments; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall
be construed as prohibiting the Council, while in open session, from
discussing with or suggesting to the City Manager, fully and freely,
anything pertaining to City affairs and for the best interests of
the City. The Council and its members shall deal with the administrative
services and employees of the City only through the City Manager except
for the purpose of inquiry, and neither the Council nor any member
thereof shall give orders to any subordinate of the City Manager.
Neither the City Manager nor any person in the employ of the City
shall take any part in securing, nor shall contribute any money, toward
the nomination or election of any candidate for municipal office.
(§ 7, Ord. 204)
In case of the absence of the City Manager, or his or her temporary
disability to act as such, the Council shall appoint a Manager Pro
Tem who shall possess the powers and discharge the duties of the City
Manager during such absence or disability only; provided, however,
a Manager Pro Tem shall have no authority to appoint or remove any
City officer or employee except with the concurrence of the Council.
(§ 8, Ord. 204)
No person related to the City Manager by consanguinity or affinity
with the third degree shall hold any appointive office or employment
with the City.
(§ 9, Ord. 204)