Section 20. Mayor. The mayor shall appoint the committees
provided by the rules of the commission. He shall sign all
records of proceedings approved by the commission. He shall
have no veto power and shall sign all ordinances passed by the
commission within three days after their passage. After the
commission approves a bond of a city officer or a bond for a
license, contract, or proposal, the mayor shall endorse the
bond.
Section 21. City Manager.
(a) Qualifications. The city manager shall be the administrative
head of the government of the city. He shall be chosen by the
commission without regard to political considerations and
solely with reference to his executive and administrative
qualifications. He need not be a resident of the city or of the
state at the time of his appointment. Before taking office, he
shall give a bond in such amount and with such surety as may
be approved by the commission. The premiums on such bond
shall be paid by the city.
(b) Term. The manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term
and may be removed at the pleasure of the commission. Upon
any vacancy occurring in the office of manager after the first
appointment pursuant to this charter, the commission at its
next meeting shall adopt a resolution of its intention to appoint
another manager. Not later than four months after adopting the
resolution, the commission shall appoint a manager to fill the
vacancy.
(c) Powers and Duties. The powers and duties of the manager
shall be as follows:
(1) He shall devote his entire time to the dis-charge of his
official duties, attend all meetings of the commission unless
excused therefrom by the commission or the mayor, keep the
commission advised at all times of the affairs and needs of the
city, and make reports annually, or more frequently if
requested by the commission, of all the affairs and
departments of the city.
(2) He shall see that all ordinances are enforced and that the
provisions of all franchises, leases, contracts, permits, and
privileges granted by the city are observed.
(3) The manager shall designate a city recorder, shall appoint
and may remove appointive city officers and employees except
as this charter otherwise provides, and shall have general
supervision and control over them and their work with power to
transfer an employee from one department to another. He shall
supervise the departments to the end of obtaining the utmost
efficiency in each of them. He shall have no control, however,
over the commission or over the judicial activities of the
municipal judge.
(4) He shall act as purchasing agent for all de-partments of the
city. All purchases shall be made by requisition signed by him
or authorized designee.
(5) He shall be responsible for preparing and submitting to the
budget committee the annual budget estimates and such
reports as that body request.
(6) He shall supervise the operation of all public utilities owned
and operated by the city and shall have general supervision
over all city property.
(d) Seats at Commission Meetings. The manager and such
other officers as the commission designates shall be entitled
to sit with the commission but shall have no vote on questions
before it. The manager may take part in all commission
discussions.
(e) Manager Pro Tem. Whenever the manager is absent from
the city, is temporarily disabled from acting as manager, or
whenever his office becomes vacant, the commission shall
appoint a manager pro tem, who shall possess the powers and
duties of the manager. No manager pro tem, however, may
appoint or remove a city officer or employee except with the
approval of three members of the commission.
(f) Ineligible Persons. Neither the manager's spouse nor any
person related to the manager or his spouse by consanguinity
or affinity within the third degree may hold any appointive office
or employment with the city.
Section 22. Municipal Judge.
(a) The municipal judge shall be the judicial officer of the city.
He shall hold within the city a court known as the municipal
court for the city of Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon.
All area within the city shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
of the court. The municipal judge shall exercise original and
exclusive jurisdiction of all offenses defined and made
punishable by ordinances of the city and of all actions brought
to recover or enforce forfeitures or penalties defined or
authorized by ordinances of the city. He shall have authority to
issue process for the arrest of any person accused of an
offense against the ordinances of the city, to commit any such
person to jail or admit him to bail pending trial, to issue
subpoenas, to compel witnesses to appear and testify in court
on the trial of any cause before him, to compel obedience to
such subpoenas, to issue any process necessary to carry into
effect the judgments of the court, and to punish witnesses and
others for contempt of court.
(b) The jury panel for the municipal court shall be selected
periodically by the municipal judge in the same manner in
which juries are selected for circuit court. In no event may a
jury panel serve more than one year. A jury shall be of six in
number. Each party shall be entitled to three peremptory
challenges in addition to challenges for cause. Challenges
shall be taken in the same manner as provided in circuit court.
When not governed by ordinances or this charter, all
proceedings in the municipal court for the violation of a city
ordinance shall be governed by the applicable general laws of
the state governing justices of the peace and justice courts.
Section 23. Recorder. The recorder shall serve ex officio as
clerk of the commission, attend all its meetings unless
excused therefrom by the commission, keep an accurate
record of its proceedings, and sign all orders on the treasury.
In the recorder's absence from a commission meeting, the
manager shall appoint a clerk of the commission pro tem who,
while acting in that capacity, shall have all the authority and
duties of the recorder.
