CHAPTER VI.
City Manager.
Sec. 51. City manager—term of office, etc.
The Council shall elect on September 1st, or as soon thereafter
as is practicable for a term of one year, a business manager,
to be known as City Manager, at a salary to be fixed by the Council.
Said City Manager may be removed from office by said
Council at their discretion.
Sec. 52. City manager—duties.
Subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Council
and Mayor, the City Manager shall:
(1) See that the laws, ordinances, resolutions, and by-laws of
the Council are satisfactorily executed, except as hereinafter provided.
(2) Keep the Council fully advised of the City's financial condition
and of its future financial needs, and make such reports
upon the affairs of the City as may be required of him by the
Council.
(3) On or before the 31st day of May in each year the
City Manager shall prepare and submit to the Council a tentative
budget for the next fiscal year. Such budget shall contain
a complete itemized and classified plan of all proposed expenditures
and all estimated revenues and borrowings for the
ensuing appropriation year, and shall indicate thereon which expense
items are fixed expenditures. Opposite each item of the
proposed expenditures, the budget shall show in separate parallel
columns the amount appropriated for the preceding appropriation
year, the amount expended during that year, the amount
appropriated for the current appropriation year, and the increases
and decreases in the proposed expenditures for the ensuing year
as compared to the appropriation for the current year. This
budget shall be accompanied by an itemized and complete financial
balance sheet at the close of the last preceding appropriation
year, and a copy of the last auditor's monthly report as provided
in Section 79 post.
The Clerk of the Council shall cause to be published a synopsis
of the budget and notice of public hearings thereon as provided
by Section 17 of the Charter.
(4) Have full power to employ and discharge city employees,
but not officers or members of the police force, and except as
may be otherwise provided for by the Council. He shall fix the
salaries of all persons employed by him whose yearly compensation
is not more than $1,500.00. Where the compensation exceeds
$1,500.00 per year it shall be fixed by the Council before
such person is employed.
(5) The City Manager, under the direction of the Mayor and
Council shall be the executive officer for supervising all the business
affairs of the City including the building, maintenance and
operation of all public works; necessary purchases for the various
departments; the work of the heads of the various departments
and City employees.
He shall give general supervision to all streets, grounds, buildings,
water and gas work, sewers, and all other property belonging
to the City and cause to be made such surveys and estimates
as the Council or Mayor may direct.
Sec. 53. City manager—quarterly estimate.
The City Manager shall at the last regular meeting in each
quarter submit to the Council an estimate of the funds which
in his opinion will be necessary for the ensuing quarter, for
which no appropriation has been made. The items of said estimate
shall be classified in accordance with the items in the Annual
Budget.
Sec. 54. City manager—custody of city property.
Except as otherwise provided he shall have charge of and be
custodian of all real and tangible personal property of the City.
He shall keep all City buildings insured for such amounts as
may be approved by the finance committee.
Sec. 55. City manager—maps of streets, water, sewer
and gas lines.
He shall cause to be kept on file as property of the City all
maps showing: (1) The location of all public streets and the
extent to which they have been paved, macadamized or graded,
and the grades of the same when established; (2) Location and
dimensions of all culverts and sewers, water and gas mains.
He shall cause to be prepared and kept on file maps and records
of such improvements as may be made in the future. He
shall cause to be made and kept a record of the location and dimension
of all sewers, water and gas mains not shown on the existing
maps and records as the same may be discovered.
All heads of departments, officers and employees are directed
to make such reports and furnish such information upon the affairs
of their departments or offices as may be required by the
City Manager.
Sec. 56. City manager—inspection of telephone, telegraph
and other poles.
He shall cause to be made such inspections as he may deem
necessary of all telegraph, telephone and other poles carrying
wire, erected within the corporate limits of the City and if any
pole be found to be defective or dangerous from any cause, he
shall notify the corporation, firm or individual owning such pole;
and it or they shall forthwith replace the same with a sound pole;
and if such owner or owners neglect or refuse to replace such
defective pole within twenty-four hours after receiving such notice,
the person or corporation so offending shall be fined $5.00
for each and every day during which said neglect or refusal shall
continue.
