Ordinance No. 81-52 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.04.040 OF THE CITY OF TIGARD CODE,
RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
In order to remove possibly contradictory language in Section
2.04.040 (l) of the Tigard City Code relating to the duties of the
City Administrator, the Tigard City Council desires to place the
responsibility for appointment or removal of City Department Heads
from the hands of the City Administrator. The Council desires
that this power be exercised in consultation with, rather than
under the direct control of, the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Tigard ordains as follows:
Section 1. Section 2.04.040 of the Tigard City Code is amended
as follows (new material is underlined, deleted
material is bracketed) :
2.04.040 Duties. The city administrator shall:
(1 Exercise control and supervision of all
activities, departments and offices of city
government, except the office of municipal judge
and the office of city attorney, and shall interview,
select and recommend to the mayor and council all
applicants proposed for appointment to city offices,
and make recommendations to the mayor and council
concerning the replacement of any city appointive
officer, other than the mavor and councilmen[ ; ] , and
shall have authority to appoint to and remove from
established positions, subordinate employees of the
city, [including] provided, however, that department
heads[;] shall be appointed and removed after consul-
tation with the mayor and council;
(2) Be the chief budget and fiscal officer of
the city and shall perform the functions of budget
officer as prescribed by the Local Budget Law of
Oregon (Chapter 294 ORS) ;
(3) Supervise the administration, and be
responsible for the enforcement, of all laws and
ordinances in effect within the city; and shall
administer and enforce the policies, rules, procedures
and resolutions duly adopted by the mayor and council;
shall make such recommendations to the mayor and
council concerning the affairs of the city as the
administrator may deem desirable;
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(4) Be the chief purchasing and business agent
with respect to all departments of the city and,
within budgetary livults and purposes, have authority
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to make expenditures not to exceed one thousand
dollars in any one transaction without the approval
of the city council;
(5) Prepare and submit to the mayor and council
financial and activity reports with respect to each
of the city departments, not less than monthly, and
shall prepare and submit to the mayor and council such
other reports as may be required or desirable con-
cerning city affairs;
(6) Make available to the public usual and
customary information concerning the operations of
the city government;
(7) Perform such other and further duties as
from time to time may be directed to be performed by
resolution or motion of the city council.
Section 2. Inasmuch as it is necessary for the peace, health and
safety of the people of the City of Tigard that the
foregoing amendment to the Tigard City Code become
effective immediately to clarify the relationship
between the City Administrator and the City Council,
an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this
Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage by
the Council, and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED: By- vote vote of the City Council this
day of June, 1981.
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Recorder - City of TAgard
APPROVED: THIS ,�y day of June, 1981.
Mayor - City of Tigard
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