§ 2-16. Departments of the city.

(a)

[City departments.] The departments of the city are as follows:

(1)

Human resources;

(2)

Financial services;

(3)

Health;

(4)

Parks and leisure services;

(5)

Community development;

(6)

Engineering;

(7)

Public works;

(8)

Utilities;

(9)

Fire;

(10)

Planning and zoning;

(11)

Building development services;

(12)

Information services and telecommunications;

(13)

Tax;

(14)

Library;

(15)

Police;

(16)

City attorney;

(17)

Environmental services;

(18)

Municipal court;

(19)

City secretary;

(20)

City manager;

(21)

Convention and visitor's bureau;

(22)

Airport;

(23)

Bridge;

(24)

Solid waste;

(25)

Budget;

(26)

Fleet management;

(27)

Traffic;

(28)

Animal care services.

(29)

Economic development.

* Transit (contracted services)

(b)

City manager's authority subject to division 5 of this article.

(1)

Pursuant to authority granted by the City Charter, sections 3.05 and 4.01, the city manager has exclusive authority to appoint, suspend or remove all city department directors, except as otherwise provided by law, the City Charter or policy adopted in accordance with the Charter. The city manager also has direction and approval authority over department directors' supervision and control of their departments, except as to the department directors' authority to appoint, suspend or remove their respective departments' employees.

(2)

Pursuant to City Charter section 3.04, the city manager may designate and delegate, subject to the approval of the city council, a qualified administrative officer to exercise the powers and perform the duties of his office during his or her temporary absence or disability. City council, however, may revoke such designation at any time and appoint another officer of the city to serve as city manager until the city manager returns or the disability of the city manager ceases. The authority delegated to the acting city manager as it regards department directors, however, shall be limited to suspending directors, and shall not include the authority to appoint or remove any department director.

(c)

Department directors' authority subject to division 5 of this article.

(1)

Department directors, pursuant to City Charter sections 3.05(1) and 4.01(B) have exclusive power to appoint, remove or suspend all employees in their respective departments and may not delegate this authority to anyone, except in the event that the department director is physically or mentally incapacitated and under a physician's care and such physician determines that the individual cannot continue in his position for a certain period of time.

(2)

In such event, the city manager shall appoint an "acting department director" for such time as the department director is able to resume the duties and responsibilities of his position. The appointment of an "acting department director" by the city manager shall be in writing and shall state that the named individual assumes all duties and responsibilities for management of the department, including but not limited to the appointment, removal or suspension of all employees in the department.

(3)

The department director for the department of the city manager's office, shall be the deputy city manager, who shall be responsible for the overall management of that department including appointing, removing and suspending all employees of the department.

(Ord. No. 89-101, § 1, 6-5-89; Ord. No. 94-202, § 1, 10-17-94; Ord. No. 97-001, § 1, 1-6-97; Ord. No. 97-183, § 1, 8-18-97; Ord. No. 99-276, § 1, 9-27-99; Ord. No. 2000-O-046, § 1, 2-28-00; Ord. No. 2001-O-068, § 1, 4-16-01; Ord. No. 2002-O-322, § 1, 12-16-02; Ord. No. 2005-O-287, 11-25-05; Ord. No. 2006-O-104, § 1, 5-15-06; Ord. No. 2007-1, § 1, 12-3-07; Ord. No. 2008-O-224, § 1, 11-17-08; Ord. No. 2011-O-173, § 1, 12-5-11; Ord. No. 2012-O-073, § 1, 5-21-12; Ord. No. 2016-O-136 , § 1, 9-12-16; Ord. No. 2018-O-039 , § 1, 2-20-18)

Editor's note

In accordance with directions from the city, the introductory language ("Subject to the provisions of division 5 of this article") in subsections (b) and (c) of section 2-16 (as amended Ord. Nos. 89-101, 94-202, 97-001, 97-183, 99-276, 2000-O-046, 2001-O-068, 2002-O-322, 2005-O-287, 2006-O-104, 2007-1, and 2008-O-224) has been added to reconcile subsections (b) and (c) with division 5 of this article, which division was added by Ord. No. 2010-O-17.