Chapter 2.28 CITY MANAGER
Section 2.28.050 Duties -- powers.
The City Manager shall have and exercise such powers and perform such duties
as
specified in this section, or in such other ordinances as specified by the governing body of
the City. Specifically, the duties and powers of the Manager shall be:
A. To be Chief Administrative Officer, and to have authority,
supervision and
direction over the City employees. The City Manager shall have authority, subject to the
approval of the governing body of the City, for the appointment and dismissal of the
heads of each City department and appointing officers as deemed necessary for the
efficient management of City government. The City Manager shall have authority for the
appointment and dismissal of all other city employees;
B. To create no liability for any City department in
excess of the amount of that
department's total appropriations published in the budget as adopted or subsequently
amended. The City Manager shall create no liability against any City department in
excess of
two thousand
five hundred (
$2
500) dollars without the approval of the
governing body, where that liability represents a change to the basic intent of the
appropriation as originally approved or subsequently amended;
C. To attend all meetings of the Council with the right
to take part in the discussion
but not to vote; and to recommend to the City Council the adoption of such measures as
he may deem necessary or expedient;
D. To provide for a purchasing agent of the City, who
will approve all claims before
presentation of the same to the City Council to see that all goods purchased by or for the
City are received as per contract;
E. To prepare monthly and annual reports for the governing
body, together with
whatever other reports the governing body may request;
F. To be the Budget Officer for the City, responsible
for the fiscal operations of the
City, including:
1. The preparation of the City budget,
2. The exercise of budgetary control over the City departments
and services,
3. The maintenance of uniform accounts and records of
financial transactions,
4. The purchasing of materials, supplies, equipment and
services,
5. The preaudit of claim and disbursements of City funds
and state law, and
6. To keep the governing body of the City advised as
to the financial condition of the
City;
G. To provide for the care of and preserve all machinery,
tools, appliances and
property belonging to the City;
H. To notify the Mayor immediately upon the Manager's
cognizance of any
emergency situation existing in any department or office under his supervision, where an
emergency condition requires or will likely require future action on the part of the
governing body of the City, or where the emergency threatens to interrupt normal City
operations. If the Mayor takes no action and the Manager feels the Council should be
informed, he may so advise the Council;
I. To act as City Recorder and supervise all functions
rendered by others relative to
this function;
J. To perform such other duties as may be required of
him by this chapter, by state
law, or by ordinance or resolution of the governing body of the City;
K. To adhere to the City Management Code of Ethics as
published by the
International City Management Association. (Ord. 80-9 § 6; amended during 1993
recodification)
(Ord. 2008-03, Amended, 03/05/2008, Prior Text)