Review
of City Goals & Additional Recommendations
(December 21, 2005).
City Manager Duties:
By
charter, the city manager shall be the administrative head
of the government of the city. He or she shall be
chosen by the commission for an indefinite term and may
be removed at the pleasure of the commission.
The city manager shall devote his/her entire time to the
discharge of his official duties, attend all meetings of
the commission, keep the commission advised of the affairs
and needs of the city, and make reports of all affairs
and departments of the city.
The city manager shall see that all ordinances are enforced
and that provisions of all franchises, leases, contracts,
permits, and privileges granted by the city are observed.
The manager shall designate a city recorder, and administrate
over and supervise city officers and employees except over
the commission or over the judicial activities of the municipal
judge.
The manager shall act as purchasing agent for all departments
and further, all purchasing shall be made by requisition
signed by the manager.
The manager shall be responsible for preparing and submitting
to the budget committee the annual budget estimates and
such reports as that body request.
The manager shall supervise the operation of all public
utilities owned and operated by the city and shall have
general supervision over all city property.
The manager shall be entitled to sit with the city commission,
but shall have no vote on questions before it.