HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 45-87 CityMgr PositionAmendORDINANCE NO. 45-87
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS
Section 1. POSITION EATED. The position of the City Manager of
the City o'f 'bublin is hereby created and established pursuant to Government
Code Section 34851. The City Manager shall be appointed by the City Council
wholly on the basis of administrative and executive ability and
qualifications and shall hold the position at the pleasure of the City
Council.
Section 2. RESIDENCE. Although it is desirable that the person
appointed establish residence within the City within a reasonable period of
time, residency within the City shall not be a condition of employment.
Section 3. BOND. The City Manager shall furnish a corporate
surety bond to be approved by the City Council in such sum as may be
determined by the City Council, and shall be conditioned upon the faithful
performance of the duties imposed upon the City Manager as herein
prescribed. Any premium for such bond shall be a proper charge against the
City of Dublin.
Section 4. ACTING CITY MANAGER. Within thirty (30) days after
appointment, the City Manager shall recommend for Council approval one of
the officers or department heads of the City to serve as Acting City Manager
during any temporary absence or disability of the City Manager. The
approval of the City Council and the appointment by the City Council of an
Acting City Manager shall be recorded in the minutes. In case of the
absence or disability of the City Manager and failure to choose an Acting
City Manager, the City Council may designate some qualified City employee to
perform the duties of the City Manager during the period of absence of
disability of said City Manager, .subject, however, to the person furnishing
a corporate surety bond conditioned upon faithful performance of the duties
required to be performed unless the person is covered by the City's blanket
bond.
Section 5. COMPENSATION. The City Manager shall receive such
compensation as the City Council shall from time to time determine. In
addition, the City Manager shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of official duties with approval of the
Council.
Section 6. POWERS AND DUTIES. The City Manager shall be the
administrative head of the government of the City under the direction and
control of the City Council except as otherwise provided in this ordinance.
The City Manager shall be responsible for the efficient administration of
all the affairs of the City which are under the Manager's control. In
addition to general powers as administrative head, and not as a limitation
thereon, the City Manager shall have the duties and powers set forth in the
following subsections..
A. Law Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the City
Manager to enforce or cause to be enforced all laws and ordinances
of the City and to see that all franchises, contracts, permits and
privileges granted by the City Council are faithfully observed.
B. Authorit~ Over Employees. It shall be the duty of the
City Manager, and the City Manager shall have the authority to
control, order and give directions to all heads of departments and
to subordinate officers and employees of the City under the City
~nager's jurisdiction through their department heads.
C. Appointment and Removal. It shall be the duty of the
City Manager pursuant to Government Code Section 34856 to appoint
and remove all officers and department heads including the City
Clerk and the City Treasurer, but excluding the City Attorney.
The City Manager shall either approve the appointment, removal,
promotion or demotion of all other City employees or authorize
Department Heads to appoint, remove, promote or demote in certain
classes of positions subject to all applicable personnel rules and
regulations which may be adopted by ordinance or resolution by the
Council.
D. Contracts. It shall be the duty of the City Manager to
negotiate all contracts for services for which the City has a
service responsibility to its residents and desires to provide
such service by contract. The contract shall be approved by the
City Council. After the Council approves the contract, it shall
be the duty of the City Manager to administer the contract and
determine that its provisions are carried out. The City Manager
shall report to the Council at such times as the Council may
direct on the performance of the service provider.
E. Administrative Reorganization. It shall be the duty and
responsibility of the City Manager to conduct studies and effect
such administrative reorganization of services, .offices, positions
or units under the City Manager's direction as may be indicated in
the interest of efficient, effective and economical conduct of the
City' s business.
F. Ordinances. It shall be the duty of the City Manager to
recommend to the City Council for adoption such measures and
ordinances as deemed necessary.
G. Attendance at Council Meetings. It shall be the duty of
the City Manager to attend all meetings of the City Council unless
excused therefrom by the Mayor individually or the City Council.
H. Financial Reports. It shall be the duty of the City
Manager to keep the City Council at all times fully advised as to
the financial condition and needs of the City.
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I. Budget. It shall be the duty of the City Manager to
prepare and submit the proposed annual budget and the proposed
annual salary plan to the City Council for its approval.
J. Expenditure Control and. P~.rchasing. It. shall be the duty
of the City }~nager to see that no expenditures shall be submitted
or recommended to the City Council except on approval of the City
Manager or authorized representative. The City Manager, or
authorized representative, shall be responsible for the purchase
of all supplies for all the departments or divisions of the City.
K. Invest.igations and Cqm~laints. It shall be the duty of
the City Manager to make investigations into the affairs of the
City and any department or division thereof, and any contract or
the proper performance of any obligations of the City. Further,
it shall be the duty of the City Manager to investigate all
complaints in relation to matters concerning the administration of
the City government and in regard to the service maintained by
public utilities in the City.
L. Public Property. It shall be the duty of the City
Manager to exercise general supervision over all public property
which is under the control and jurisdiction of the City Council.
M. Additional Duties. It shall be the duty of the City
Manager to perform such other duties and exercise such other
powers as may be delegated from time to time by ordinance or other
official action of the City Council.
Section 7. INTERNAL B~ATIONS.
A. Council-Manager Relations. The City Council and its
members shall deal with the administrative services of the City
through the City Manager, except for the purpose of inquiry, and
neither the City Council nor any member thereof shall give orders
or instructions to any subordinates of the City Manager. The City
Manager shall take orders and instructions from the City Council
only when sitting in a duly convened meeting of the City Council
and no individual councilmember shall give any orders or
instructions to the City Manager.
B. ..Depar....tment Cooperation. It shall be the duty of all
subordinate officers to assist the City Manager in administering
the affairs of the City efficiently, economically and
harmoniously.
C. Attendance at Commission Meetings. The City ~3nager may
attend any and all meetings of the Planning Commission and any
other commissions, boards or committees created by the City
Council. At such meetings, the City Manager shall be heard by
such commissions, boards or committees as to all matters the City
Manager wishes to address to the members thereof, and inform the
members as to the status of the matter being considered by the
City Council. The City Manager shall cooperate to the fullest
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extent with the members of all commissions, boards or committees
appointed by the City Council.
Section 8. AGBMEMENT ON EMPLOYMENT. Nothing in this ordinance
shall be construed as a limitation on the power or authority of the City
Council to enter into any supplemental agreement with the City Manager
delineating additional terms and conditions of employment not inconsistent
with any provisions of the ordinance.
Section 9. SUPERCESSIONS OF COUNTY ORDINANCE. It is the
intention of the City Council of the City Council of the City of Dublin as
of the effective date of this ordinance, it shall supersede the
effectiveness of any ordinance of the County of Alameda in conflict
herewith, insofar as any such ordinance may have applied to the City of
Dublin by reason of the adoption of Ordinance No. 1 of the City of Dublin.
Section 10. EFFECTIVE DATE AND POSTING OF ORDINANCE. This
ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days fr~m and after
the date of its passage. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause
this ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public, places in the City
of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the
State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on
this 28thday of September, 1987, by the following votes:
Councilmembers Moffatt, Snyder, Vonheeder and
Mayor Jeffery
NOES: Councilmember Hegarty
ABSENT: None
CITY CLERK
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