11-suspension and removal of the City Manager

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Sec. 22. Appointment and removal of city manager. The council shall appoint an officer of the city who shall have the title of city manager and who shall have the powers and perform the duties in this Charter provided. No councilman shall receive such appointment during the term for which he shall have been elected, nor within one year after the expiration of his term. The salary of the city manager shall be fixed by the city council, and he shall hold office at its will. The city council may suspend the city manager if the manager declines to resign at the request of the council, that request being expressed in a resolution approved by a majority vote of the total membership of the council. Such resolution shall set forth the reasons for suspension and proposed removal. A copy of such resolution shall be served immediately upon the city manager, who shall have 15 days in which to reply thereto in writing, and upon request, shall be afforded a public hearing, which shall occur not earlier than 10 days nor later than 15 days after such hearing is requested. At such public hearing, if one is requested, the city manager will be allowed up to 30 minutes to respond to his proposed termination. Members of the public will be allowed to speak in support of or in opposition to termination, and may address any aspect of the city manager's performance. After the conclusion of the public hearing, if one is requested, or after 15 days if the manager has not responded to the request to resign, and after full consideration, the city council, by a majority vote of its total membership, shall adopt a final resolution of removal or reinstatement. The city manager shall continue to receive full salary until the effective date of a final resolution of removal. The action of the council in suspending or removing the city manager shall be final, it being the intention of this Charter to vest all authority and fix all responsibility for such suspension or removal in the city council. During an absence or disability of the city manager, except as provided in section 41, the council may designate a properly qualified person to perform the duties of office. (Res. of 5-21-07)