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Home My WebLink About1952-01-25 Creating the Office of City Manager I , Aiv ORDINANCE CREATING, THE OFFICE OF • CITY 4A iACER, TO PROVIDE FOR TRE P OINTk,'NT OF SUCH CITY 1AI'AGER AND TO PRESC RI OL ," DESIGNATE AND REGULATE HI DUTIES., AUTHORITY •AND. 1 ,SP0NSI- BILITILS, TO PROVIDE . r OR HIS TERM OF OF'FTCi ADD FOR HIS COMPENSATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATEbF THIS ORDIi�AirCE ' AND .TO PROVIDE TIM' TERM THAT THE SAID OFFICE SHALL CONS TII'WE ,Ii v EFFECT: WliEftiAS, Section 1.01 of Title 2 of Chapter 1 'of the Char ter of - the City of .Zephyrhills provides among other things, that "the City Counci1. shall have the power to create such other of- fices as they .may deem necessary, and to provide for the filling of the same by appointment or election, and to abolish at any tim any office so created by them" , and ' WHERLAS, it: appears 'to the City Council of the City pf Zephyrhills that the care . and supervision -of the streets, the V sanitary departments the water department, and the other activi- ties of said City require an' ddministrative' head who can better coordinate' the various activities of the .City, 'so that the same may be more efficiently operated,. and and 1Z EAS, the members of the City Council arc unable to • ' devote enough time to the detail work or supervision that the same would require,. by reason of the rapid and extended growth of the City of Zephyrhills ' and that said duties should nutYjbe performed by the members of the Council, and that it appears to them advisable to create' and establish the office of City Manager under the provisions of the Section of the Charter above referred' to.. Be It Enacted and 'Ordained' by the 'CityCouncil of the City of Zephyrhills: Section 1.' That there is hereby. now established anc created the off ice- of City Manager of the.. City of Zephyrhills. Section 2. That the. 'said City Manager shall have the power and authority as follows: . . . (a) That the City Manager shall be responsible' to the City Council for the proper administration of all affairs of the jity. • (b) To see that all laws and ordinances are enforced.. J , (c) That he shall have the sole right of hiring and firing all employees of the City, other than the City Clerk, members of the police force, • embers of the fire department, and 'building, electrical and plzmbing inspectors. (c1) That he shall have the right to designate and specify the compens�ttion which all such employees shall receive, except that 3n the event that he shall hire an employee at a salary, wage, or compensation' greater than has theretofore been paid for such services rendered by such employee, that he shall report the same to the Council at the next succeeding regular meeting for its approval or disapproval, and that if the Council shall fail to approve the same, he shall notify such employee 'of such fact, and that only such compensation shall be paid such employee as shall be approved by the City Council. (e) That he shall excercise control and• supervision of departments and divisions of the municipal government. (f) That he shall keep the City Council fully advised of the general condition and needs of the City and shall prepare and sub- rit to 'the City Council for its consideration its annual budget freed time to time. (g) That 'he shall perfoi all other duties as may be prEscri ed by this Ordinance and that he may be required to do by 'any Ordin n e, Resolution or motion of the City Council. (h) That he shall be the purchasing agent for the City, by whom all purchases of supplies shall be made, and he shall approve all vouchers for the payment of the same; that in his capacity as purchasing agent he shall also conduct all sales of real and persor•- al property which the Council may authorize to be sold or which r�a3 become unnecessary or unfit for the City's use. All purchases; and sales shall conform to such regulations as the City Council may from time to time prescribe, but in no case shall he hake any pur- chase in an amount in excess of $1OO.Ot) without previous authority .2. being had and- obtained, except in case of extreme emergency, he raay make a purchase -ire a4a a~u ount of not to exceed 4,3CO. CC. ection I. What the compensation of the City flanager shall be the sum of 25O. OU per r-iorith, payable in regalas monthly in- 's t allLaent s, ectior fir. What the said City i.'annger shall be appointed by the City Council upon the ►. i jorityjvote of the City Council, and when once having been. appointed, the said City' anaL:er shall remain in office until the City Council may' at any meeting by a majority vote, vote to rem;:)ve the said City ;axe gtir or to appoint another City liana ;er in his stead, and tit upon such appointment or designating, of a -successor to such Cityi'ianager, taut the right of the talon serving City .Vianager shall cease and terminate as of the end of the month in which such action was taken. section 5. That this Ordinance shall become effective and go intn operation on February 1, 1952, and that the first City Manager appointed under this Ordinance shall take office as of the date. Section 6. The City 11anager shall not be charged with the responsibility for the funds of said City, nor shall he handle th same in any wanner„ whatsoever, but all funds belonging to the City which might incidentally come into his ends shall immediate y and promptly be paid over by him to the City Clerk of the City of Zephyrhills or to the City Tax Collector. Section ). That the City Manager shall be required to atten all meetings of the City Council, unless excused therefrom and to report upon the general affairs of the City at each Council meeting and from time to time to make recot�mendations as to him shall be deemed advisable for the carrying on and conducting the affairs of the City. The foreing 0rdinance was read and passed on its first 3. 4f - reading by. the City Cot; .ci1 of Zepriyr�i .1ls .i.'?or:�.da, ou this ;the 25th day of .January, • 132.,. y�� . res id Y ?f,Cry it-yr P ounct i1 j rye foregoin Ordinance, as read, and , passed on its ' ,sc.conc reading by t}-Ie ' Citt Council 01 1ephyrhi11s, Floridas on this lthe 25th day of 3anu:pry, 1952. I �I ce reside . of city .CoILVIVI l i . City G' r ' The roregoin , Ordinance ,was read and.,passed on its third road liig fir tie r;3ty Cnunc.i1 of ,e hyrhills' 1Lorid , t:ni , 'it he 25th day; of January," 19 2.Citt� res de Uf pity '®uricil .. y k .pt Icwed: ay or