§ 2.04.010. Office established—Appointment—Removal procedure.

The office of city manager is established. The city manager shall be appointed by the city council solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications, and shall hold office during the pleasure of the city council. No person elected to membership on the city council shall, subsequent to such election, be eligible for appointment as city manager until one year has elapsed following the expiration of the last term for which he was elected.

In case of his intended removal by the council, the manager shall be furnished with a written notice stating the council's intention to remove him and the reasons therefore at least thirty days before the effective date of his removal. Within seven days after the delivery to him of such notice, the manager may by written notification to the city clerk, request a public hearing before the council. Thereafter the council shall fix a time for the public hearing, which shall be held at its usual place of meeting before the expiration of the thirty-day period, and at which the city manager shall appear and be heard. After furnishing the city manager with written notice of intention to remove, the council may suspend him from duty but his salary shall continue until his removal by resolution of the council passed subsequent to the public hearing. The council in removing the manager shall use its uncontrolled discretion and its action shall be final, and shall not depend upon any particular showing or degree of proof at the hearing, the purpose of which is to allow the manager publicly to present to the council his grounds of opposition to removal prior to its action.

(Ord. 177 § 1, 1943)