All departments of the City shall, to the extent
authorized by law and unless otherwise expressly provided therein
or by this chapter or other ordinances of the City, be operated pursuant
to the ordinances and regulations established herein for the City
and under the general supervision of the Mayor as the chief administrative
officer of the City.
The Mayor and City Council may create and, to
the extent permitted by law, thereafter abolish, modify or consolidate,
from time to time, such administrative, regulatory or advisory boards,
commissions and agencies as shall be necessary or desirable to assist
in the performance of such functions as shall be appropriate to the
City or in its behalf. Such boards, commissions or agencies shall
be established by resolution, except where an ordinance is required
by law or where the City Council shall otherwise determine, and such
ordinances shall be incorporated as part of this chapter.
Persons duly appointed to any office established
by this chapter or other office established by other ordinances of
the City shall be deemed City officers and, unless expressly provided
to the contrary, shall serve for a definite term, coterminous with
the term of the Mayor.
[Added 12-4-1989 by Ord. No. 43-1989]
Every department head shall attend City Council
committee and regular meetings. In the event that the department head
is unable to attend these meetings, he shall designate someone from
his department to attend in his absence.