[Adopted as Ch. II, Art. 1]
In accordance with Article VII, Section 2(a), of the City Charter, there is hereby established an Executive Department.
It shall be the function of this Department to administer, coordinate and supervise the entire activities of the City's administration.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
In accordance with Article VII, Section 1(a), of the City Charter, there is hereby authorized and established the position of City Manager. The City Manager shall be appointed by the City Council according to the provisions of the City Charter. The City Manager shall be the chief executive and the chief administrative officer of the City government, and the City Manager shall:
A. 
Enforce laws. Enforce all laws and ordinances, but the City Manager shall delegate to the Chief of the Police Department the active duties connected therewith regarding misdemeanors.
B. 
Attend Council meetings. Attend meetings of the City Council, except when their removal is being considered, and recommend for adoption such measures as they may deem expedient.
C. 
Appoint and dismiss employees. Appoint, according to the provisions of the City Charter, qualified officers and employees to the administrative service and have the power to dismiss, suspend and discipline all such employees in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the City Council. The City Manager shall require the faithful performance of all administrative officers and shall have the authority to authorize a department head or officer responsible to them to appoint and remove subordinates serving under that department head or officer. The City Manager shall also have the authority to appoint assistant, deputy or acting department heads as may be required in the absence of the department head.
D. 
Annual report. Prepare and present to the Council an annual report of the City's affairs and such other reports as the Council shall require.
E. 
Budget report. Prepare and present to the Council an annual budget showing estimates of the financial needs and resources of the City for each ensuing year, including a program of activities within the financial power of the City, embodying in it a budget document with proper supporting schedules and analyses.
F. 
Prescribe rules. Prescribe such rules and regulations as they shall deem necessary or expedient for the conduct of administrative agencies subject to their authority and make, suspend or amend any rule or regulation of the administrative service by whomever prescribed.
G. 
Investigations. Investigate, examine or inquire into the affairs or operations of any department, division, bureau or office under their control and conduct the same in other departments not under their control when so authorized by the City Council.
H. 
Committee appointments. Appoint such administrative committees as they shall find necessary for the proper consideration of administrative problems. Such committees shall meet on the request of the City Manager and shall make such recommendations on matters referred to them as they shall find necessary for the best interest of the City.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Sec. 4, Marketing Officer, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 1-23-1984 by Ord. No. 84-74. Former Sec. 5, Purchasing Division, and Sec. 6, Central Services Division, were repealed 9-26-1988 by Ord. No. 88-377. For the Central Services Division, see now § 28-1. For the Purchasing Division, see now § 28-28.