§ 2-84. Duties.

(a)

Appointments, dismissals. The city manager shall appoint competent, qualified officers and employees to the administrative service and shall have the power to dismiss, suspend and discipline, in accordance with the civil service, all officers and employees in the administrative service under the city manager's control. The city manager shall also have the power to authorize a department head or officer to appoint and remove subordinates serving under that department head or officer.

(b)

Vacancies in administration. The city manager shall designate itself or some other officer or employee to perform the duties of any officer of any office or position in the administrative service under the city manager's control which is vacant or which lacks administration due to the absence or disability of the incumbent.

(c)

Annual report. The city manager shall prepare and present to the city council an annual report of the city's affairs, including a summary of reports of department heads, and such other reports as the council shall require.

(d)

Preparation of budget. The city manager shall assemble estimates of the financial needs and resources of the city for each ensuing year, and shall prepare a program of activities within the financial power of the city, embodying in it a budget document with proper supporting schedules and analyses.

(Ord. No. 88-1-5, § 2(3), 5-16-88; Ord. No. 92-1-12, § 1, 12-7-92; Ord. No. 2015-08 , § 3, 6-1-15)