HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-03 CC OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 89-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE
OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER AND DESCRIBING THE
DUTIES THEREOF AND DECLARING THE URGENCY
THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Office of City Manager Created.
A. The office of City Manager is hereby created and established.
B. The City Manager shall be the administrative head of the municipal government under
the direction and control of the City Council and shall exercise those general powers necessary
for the efficient administration of the city as well as those powers set forth in this Chapter.
C. The City Council and its members shall deal with the administration of the City only
through the City Manager. Except for purposes of inquiry, neither the City Council nor a
member of the City Council shall give orders to the subordinates of the City Manager.
Section 2. Appointment.
A. The City Manager shall be appointed by the City Council wholly on the basis of the
City Manager's executive and administrative qualifications and ability.
B. The residence of the City Manager shall be located so as to allow for the effective
and timely performance of the duties and responsibilities of the position.
C. No person elected or appointed as Council member of the City shall, subsequent to
such election of appointment, be eligible for appointment for City Manager until one year has
elapsed since such person has held the position of City Council member.
D. The City Manager may appoint a City officer or employee to serve as temporary City
Manager. If required, failing such an appointment, the City Council may designate a temporary
City Manager.
Section 3. Removal. The City Manager shall hold the office at the pleasure of the City
Council.
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Section 4. Full Time Position. The City Manager shall expend full time on the
performance of the duties enumerated herein and shall not take an additional employment without
the consent of the City Council.
Section 5. Compensation.
A. The City Manager shall receive such compensation and expense allowances as the
City Council shall, from time to time determine and fix by resolution.
B. The City Manager shall be reimbursed for all sums necessarily incurred or paid by
the City Manager in the performance of the City Manager's duties to include travel on City
business.
Section 6. Bond. The City Manager shall furnish a corporate surety bond in the amount
of $100,000 from a surety approved by the City Council for the faithful performance of the
duties imposed upon the City Manager. The premium for such bonds shall be proper charge
against the City.
Section 7. Duties, Responsibilities and Authority. The duties, responsibilities and
authority of the City Manager shall be, without limitation:
A. To enforce all laws and ordinances of the City;
B. To enforce all franchises, permits and privileges granted by the City;
C. To appoint, remove, promote and demote all department heads serving at the pleasure
of the City Manager;
D. To control, order and give directions to all department to heads;
E. To attend all meetings of the City Council, unless excused therefrom;
F. To attend commission meetings upon the City Manager's own volition or upon the
direction of the City Council and to provide necessary secretarial and technical staff to carry out
functions of City Commissions, boards and committees.
G. To recommend to the City Council the adoption of such measures and ordinances as
the City Manager deems necessary;
H. To keep the City Council fully advised at all times as to the financial conditions and
needs of the City and to furnish financial reports to the City Council;
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I. To control the purchase of all supplies for all departments or divisions of the City to
include submitting or recommending expenditures to the City Council;
J. To prepare and submit a proposed annual budget and a proposed salary plan to the
City Council each year;
K. To investigate into the affairs of the City and any department or division thereof, and
into the proper performance of any contract or other obligation pertaining to the City;
L. To investigate all complaints in relation to matters concerning the administration of
the City to include services maintained by public utilities in the City;
M. To supervise the use of all public buildings, public parks, and all other public
property which are under the control and jurisdiction of the City and to perform such other
duties and exercise such other powers and authority as may be delegated to the City Manager
from time to time by action of the City Council.
Section 8. The City of Temecula has, on this date, become incorporated and there are
no local laws or ordinances to guide the operation of the City in its task of protecting the public
peace, health and safety of its citizens. Therefore, the City Council finds and determines that
the adoption of this Ordinance as an urgency ordinance is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after its adoption. The City
Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause it to be posted in the three
designated posting places.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of December, 1989.
Ronald J. Parks, Mayor
ATTEST:
F. D. Aleshire, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, F. D. Aleshire, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, HEREBY DO CERTIFY that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 89-03 was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Temecula on the 1st day of December, 1989, by the following roll call vote.
AYES: 5
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Birdsall, Lindemans, Moore,
Mufioz, Parks
NOES: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
F. D. Aleshire, City Clerk
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