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fr-U ORDINANCE NO. 782
AN ORDINAN('E ESTABLISHING
THE OFFICE OF CITY MANA-
GER OF THE CITY OF NATION-
AL CITY, AND DEFINING THE
POKERS AND DUTIES OF TIIE
CITY MANAGER.
The City Council of •the City of
National City California, DOES Olt-
DAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) The office of City
&Tanager for the City of National
City is hereby established. The City
Mfanager shall be appointed by the
City Council solely on the basis of
executive and administrative quali-
fications. and shall hold office (luring
the pleasure of the City Council. No
person elected to membership on the
City Council shall, subsequent to such
election, be eligible for appointment
as City Manager until one year has
elapsed following the expiration of the
last term for which he was elected.
(b) During the absence or disabil-
ity of the City Manager the Council
may designs tea some properly qualified
person to perform the duties of the
office of City Manager.
sEcr1ON 2. The City 'tanager
shall he the administrative head of
the City Government under the di-
rection and control of the ('ouncil.
except as otherwise provided hy Or-
dinance. The City Manager .shall be
responsible to the City Council for
the efficient administration of all
the affairs of the City which are
under the City Manager's control. In
addition to the City Manager's gen-
eral powers as administrative head.
and not as a limitation thereon, it
:;hail he the duty and the City Man-
ager shall have power:
1. To see that all laws and ordi-
nances are duly enforced.
2. Tu employ, discipline or remove
all heads of departments and all sub-
ordinate officers and em PI ogees of
the City. to transfer employees from
one depart went to allot her; and to
,consolidate or combine offices, posi-
tions, departments, or units under
the City Manager's jurisdiction with
the approval of the City Council in
each instance. Nothing herein con-
tained shall apply, however, to the
City Clerk, City Attorney. or City.
Treasurer.
3. To exercise control over all de-
partments and divisions of the City -
Government and over :+11 appointive
officers and employees thereof sub-
ject to the approval of the City
Council, except as herein provided.
4. To attend all meetings of the
Council and it committees unless ex-
cused therefrom by Ole Council or the
committee and except when the re-
moval of the City Manager is under
consideration hy the Council.
3. To recommend to the Connell
for adoption such measures and or-
dinances as are deemed necessary or
expedient.
C,. To keep the City Council at all
tames advised as to the financial con-
ditions and needs of the City.
7. To prepare and submit to the
City Council the annual budget.
F. '1'o prepare and recommend to the
City Council a salary plan.
9. To purchase all supplies for all
of the departments or divisions there-
of, and no expenditure shall be sub-
mitted or recommended to the City
Council except upon report or ap-
proval of the City Manager.
10. 'ro make Investigations into the
affairs of the ('Icy or any department
or division thereof or any contract,
or the proper performance of any ob-
ligation running to the City.
11. To investigate all complaints in
relation to all matters concerning .the
administration of the government of
the City and in regard to the service
maintained by public utilities in the
City, and to see that all franchises,
Permits and privileges granted by the
City are faithfully observed.
12. To exercise general supervision
over all public buildings, public parks,
streets and other public property
which are under the control and juris-
diction of the City Council.
13. 'ro prepare and submit to the
City Council an organization chart
showing the organization plan for all
departments of the City government.
14. To issue on behalf of the Coun-
cil all licenses and permits not oth-
erwise provided for by ordinance.
15. To superintend the construction
of all public work within the City.
18. To develop and organize neces-
sary Public improvement projects and
assist the City Council and the vari-
ous departments in carrying the sante
through to successful conclusion.
1.7. 'I'o serve as public relations of-
ficer of the City government and to
follow through and endeavor to ad-
just all just complaints filed against
any employee, department, division.
or service thereof.
P4 To make and keep up to date,
an inventory of all properly. real and
personal, awned by the City.
I9. To receive and open all mail ad-
dressed to the City Council and give
immediate attention thereto to the
end that all administrative business
referred to In said communications
and not necessarily requiring Coun-
cilmardc action. rrnn• be disposed of
between Council meetings: providing
that all actions taken pursuant to
such communications shall be report-
ed to the City Council at Its next
meeting thermtiter. •
SILC'rfoN :3. Except for the purpose
of Inquiry. the City Council and its �`- `,t s:, e, �'''." -
members shall deal with the admin- • c;C'-,
istrative service solely through the '-1'> ''
City Manager. and neither the City
Council nor any member thereof shall
give orders to any of the subordinates
of the City Manager.
SECTION 4. The City Matnagcr shall
receive such salary as the City
Council shall from time to time de-
termine and fix hy resolution or mo-
tion.
sl:CTJoN 3. Jf any section, sub-
section. sea tern. clause ut• phrase
of this ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid. such decision or
decisions shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this or-
dinance. The City Council 1e0'0%3-
dccl:res thatitwould have Passed
this ordinance and each section. sub-
section, sentence. clause and ph rase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections. subsections.
sentences, clauses or phrases be de-
t lared invalid.
sli("rioN d. This Ordinance shall
take effect and be In force on the
thirty-first day from and after its
passage.
Si;CTION 7. The City Clerk is here-
by directed to publish this ordinance
once in the National City News. a
newspaper of weekly circulation,
printed and published in the City of
National City, California.
PA.SSI 1) AND _ DoI-rED by the
City Council of the City of National
city, California, this 16th clay of May.
11)30, by the following vote. to -wit:
AYES: Councfinen Carrigan, Clarke,
Curry. Hart, )Ia tt hews.
NAYS: Councilmen ICone.
.uici•;NT: None.
CLINTON D. MATTHEt S,
Mayor of the City of
National City. California.
ATTEST: Irene M. Alston
City Clerk.
I hereby approve the foregoing Or-
dinance this lath day of May. 1950
CLINTON D. MATTHI.1\vs,
Mayor of the City of
National City, California.
I hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a full and true copy of
Ordinance No. 7S2 of the Ordinances
of the City of National City, Califor-
nia. as aciup by the City Council
of said Cityl an i approved by
Mayor of sad C ty, orD-Ish.c. hit
of May. Itr ls,-...s".-!.
IRE.. ATSTON,
City Clerk of the City of
National City, California.
(SISAL)
News: It; 5-19: Jno. 2253.
AND I HERE13Y CERTIFY that
the same has been duly published ac-
cording to-ia\w.
City Clerk. City of
National City. California-