07-A City Manager Employment Agreement

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II. Employment 2.1. Chief Executive Officer. The Manager is the chief executive officer of the City and shall faithfully perform the duties of the City Manager as prescribed in the job description, as set forth in the City Charter, City ordinances, this Agreement, and as may be lawfully assigned by the Council (collectively the "City Manager's Duties"). Further, the Manager shall comply with all state and federal law, the City's Charter, all City policies, rules, regulations and ordinances as they exist or may hereinafter be amended; and, all lawful Council directives (collectively "applicable laws and authorities"). All duties assigned to the Manger by the Council shall be appropriate to and consistent with the professional role and responsibility of the City Manager position. 2.2 Duties. The Council does hereby employ Manager as City Manager to perform the City Manager's Duties in accordance with ~nd pursuant to all Applicable Laws and Authorities and each of the following duties to the full extent not prohibited by or in material conflict with any existing provisions of the City's Charter or Applicable Laws and Authorities: a. Employ, on behalf of the City, all other employees of the City. b. Direct, assign, reassign and evaluate all of the employees of the City. c. Organize, reorganize and arrange the staff of the City. d. Develop and establish internal regulations, rules, and procedures which the Manager deems necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the City. e. Accept all resignations of employees of the City, except the Manager's resignation which must be accepted by the Council. The Manager shall perform the City Manager's Duties with reasonable care, diligence, skill and expertise. 2.3 Reassignment. The Manager cannot be reassigned from the position of the City Manager to another position without the Manager's prior express written consent. 2.4 Council Meetings. Except to the extent prohibited by or in material conflict with Applicable Laws and Authorities, the Manager, or the Manager's designee shall attend, and shall be permitted to attend, all meetings of the Council, both public and closed, with the exception of those closed meetings devoted to the consideration of any action or lack of action on this Agreement, or any amendment thereto, the Manager's evaluation, or for purposes of resolving conflicts between individual Council members. 2.5 Criticisms, Complaints, and Suggestions. The Council, individually and collectively, shall refer in a timely manner all substantive criticisms, complaints, and suggestions called to the Council's attention to the Manager for study and/or appropriate action, and the Manager shall refer the matter(s) to the appropriate City employee or shall investigate such matter(s) and inform the Council of the results of such efforts. Page 2 of 8