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<br />PROPOSITION 19: <br /> <br />Section 22. Appointment and removal of city manager. <br /> <br />The council shall appoint an officer of the city who shall have the title of city <br />manager and, who shall have the powers and perform the duties in this Charter <br />provided. No councilman shall receive such appointment during the term for which he <br />shall have been elected, nor within one year after the expiration of his term. <br /> <br />The salary of the eity manager shall be fixed by the city council and he shall hold <br />office at its will, but if remo'"/ed at any time after six months from his <br />appointment, he may demand written charges and a public hearing thereon <br />before the city council prior to the date on which his final removal shall take <br />effect, but during such hearing the council may suspend him from office. <br /> <br />The salarv of the city mana~er shall be fixed by the city council and he shall hold <br />office at its will. The city council may suspend the city mana!!er if the mana~er <br />declines to resi!!n at the request of the council. that request bein!! expressed in a <br />resolution approved bv a majority vote of the total membership of the council. <br />Such resolution shall set forth the reasons for suspension and proposed removal. <br />A cony of such resolution shall be served immediately upon the city mana~er. <br />who shall have 15 days in which to. reply thereto in writin~. and upon request. <br />shall be afforded a public hearin~. which shall occur not earlier than 10 days nor <br />later than 15 days after such hearin!! is reQuested. At such public hearin!!. if one <br />is reQuested. the city mana!!er will be allowed un to 30 minutes to respond to his <br />proposed termination. Members of the public will be allowed to speak in support <br />of or in opposition to termination. and may address anv aspect of the city <br />mana~er's performance. After the. conclusion of the public hearin~. if one is <br />requested. or after 15 days if the mana~er has not resnonded to the reQuest to <br />resi~n. and after full consideration. the city council by a majority vote of its total <br />membership shall adopt a final resolution of removal or reinstatement. The city <br />mana~er shall continue to receive full salary until the effective date of a final <br />resolution of removal. <br /> <br />The action of the council in suspending or removing the city manager shall be final, it <br />being the intention of this Charter to vest all authority and fix all responsibility for <br />such suspension or removal in the city council. <br /> <br />10 <br />