A. 
There shall be a borough manager, appointed by the assembly, who serves at the pleasure of the assembly. The assembly may suspend or remove the borough manager at any time.
B. 
The assembly shall choose the manager on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications. At the time of appointment, the manager need not be a resident of the borough or state, but, during his or her tenure of office, shall reside within the borough.
C. 
No assembly member may be appointed borough manager or acting borough manager sooner than one year after leaving office, except by a vote of three-fourths of the authorized membership of the assembly.
D. 
The borough manager shall be chief administrative officer and head of the administrative branch of the borough government. The manager shall have such powers and perform such duties as specified by the assembly.
A. 
If the borough manager is absent from the borough, is unable to perform his or her duties, has been suspended by the assembly, or there is a vacancy in the office of the borough manager, the assembly may appoint an acting borough manager to serve until the borough manager returns, until his or her disability or suspension ceases, or until another borough manager is appointed and qualifies, as the case may be. The assembly may suspend or remove an acting borough manager at any time.
B. 
If the borough manager is absent from the borough or unable to perform his or her duties, the borough manager may appoint a director of a borough department to serve as acting borough manager until the borough manager returns or his or her disability ceases. This appointment may be superseded at any time by the assembly.
A. 
There shall be such administrative departments, offices and agencies as this charter establishes and as the assembly may establish.
B. 
The assembly by ordinance may provide for advisory, regulatory, administrative, appellate, and quasi-judicial boards and commissions. Unless provided otherwise by ordinance or this charter, the assembly shall appoint and remove all members of borough boards and commissions.
There shall be a borough assessor, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the borough assembly, and under the direction of the borough manager. The borough assessor shall assess property for taxation in accordance with this charter, the ordinances of the borough, and the provisions of Alaska Statutes, Title 29, applicable to home rule municipalities.
The borough may have a public library or libraries. The assembly shall determine by ordinance the establishment and operation of the borough library system.
There shall be a borough attorney or attorneys, as needed, who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of the borough assembly.
There shall be a Wrangell Port Commission, which shall be composed of five members elected at large by the voters. The Assembly shall prescribe by ordinance its authority, purpose, function, rules and procedures, and conduct of meetings.