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Home My WebLink About~Master - Organization of City into Departments and Creating Office of City Manager .t Oi.NICIAL PUBLICAT'IO.`: 1i i r h 1 iron nor •,nduct an,I the man-t `t t - is ..dcP tment. t . 0I1D! 1 vCC No. 319. � 11 o z`- . deity spc stilly� An ordinance tc'atute to the r •iucd t hnr ov ire Council and ni'tYi r of the City GOe rnment into Det air ent di b' i :1 e -ram the will of the Council, r visions tnr tcatint the office of City 11 r r rat rt ca u'e �r fi. a b fit,' .o long ns the duties above .e r ger and (ltinui; the pov:cr> ana f e.:cr'ib u.�i raioct uut enrmeratecl a: ,o be wholly the duties then eo i 'v ana•' thou, h 'tile) - .Section 1 Tip t t ir:' Department divi:;i i ^r,,rm 1 b Yn Ci Y :y :of the Crt, On �-rra.;, shall be under t u -iTr err i have been hereto foie vested m one l } I �;• i otbc appoin trye officers there shall -�ancrcis on arid .�ontt„1 or. the 'Slayor nn 1 i no Ppoirtmcr.t O° any such appointive j - - City- Council of said city and shall b¢ est ak �! ' _ fished :r follows. -, in the oI pinion of the Council - M De?,u•tment of Ceneral Admini,trati_i II it irt.y 6e deemed necessary e appoint an - (b) Department of I,csislation., t fr.r one or more of the departments ur.?c his co tt;o1_ i 1 en Si. The City Man, er of Fwrince.r- 1 t (c) Department of Engineering. - in- h all receive an annual salary of $1200 00f Department of Finance and Accounting. '{ i m o the several fund, of the city as (d) - (e)_Department of Municipal Laic. follows.. Section 2. That the Department of Gen- v2400 from the Consolidated Budget Fund- hat Administration shall be that of tha- $1`00 from tl . 4,'ect .c D"j'artment F',nd.�' Mayor of the city, and embrace all the pow- Rrn) horn the Nt'ne De.t=utrnent Fund. ers and duties as provided by the laws of , ua i in monthly installments [ the State of Iowa. 7.e above n t.ne°l solary and amount, to ' f Section :3. That the Department-of Legis- lation .c c i wed to the fund may b increased Or i t shall be that of the City Council cf t the city, and embra-ce all the powers•and i riirr n hed by contract with the City Mans {- f .duties as imposed upon them by the iaws t -t,, the State of Iowa. ger and the City Council<hurr, an.e Section 4. That the Department of Finance I ins n cessity may determine. t ( 2 ct Section 10. That nothing in this a shall�, e land Accounting of the'city shall be that ct I take away.any of the legislative powers or the City Auditor and Clerk, who shall per supervisory duties of the Mayor and the City I. , form such duties as are prescribed by the, Ce;mcil of the City of Ames, Iowa. laws of the State of Iowa and the OrdinancesOf of the Citv of Ames, and in addition all Section 11 '111 Other ordinances or Pzit ce .mdnicina] utility,ac•counting such as Electric ordinances inconsistan with this ordinance;! t =light, Waterworks, Cemeteries and Hospital •ere hereby Pealed. - ,shall be the cirrty of his department. Section 12. Tln, ordinance brine deemed of i Section 5. That the Department of Munrci- immediate importance shill be of full pub- and effect on and after its passage and pub- t ai hzw shall be under the City Soiicitr -f ligation as required by law. - and he hall perform such duties as are pre- T. L. RICE, Mayo•- "cribe 1 b• the laws of the State of Ionva and a j the Ordinances of the city of Roes. A. B. liAXWEI,L, City Auditor and Cler k� Sect;oo 6. City 1tlana-er: Tbat the office,of fin (itv 1Vznaver of En,^.inccring is here_ - -- -- . ,by created by this ordinance as provided ir: Section f t-1a 2a -..i 4a, S S Code Of Iowa, the same to Ile filed hv i majority -vote of, the City Council at a regular meetrnl^' to ba 7 " P !� j held .Lune itf- 19"-0 folrowm the pas age Of � u ef� ��Li�.__��C..�C�L,_��i�.._ `1•- `� i ,this ordinance and its publication ation as provided by law, and at the fir t regular mectin of r the council in April cac t year thereafter, or :as moon as Practicable, and the appointee ion hold Office during the pleasure of that D body- Section 7. utr and Powers of the City i Manager: (a) Ile shall perform all the du ics n- t cumbent upon the Stre t COn mi sexier, su permtendent of Electric Light Plant, W'a i- �� /'_ _ works Plant, and City Engineer. 1 t tb. He shall supervise and <!ucct the O - ficial conduct of all appointive ottice:•s of his - idevartment. nn .�-,j '(c He shallsupervise the pertoimance of "V�"(�,` ��ILL all contract.; for wort: to be done for the v, make all purchases of material and upplis of his department and see that such Ol and supolies are received, and are of .tli^ quality and character called for by tnc _ 1 ontract. J/. -(d) He shall have the power to employ and h hargc Crum time to time occasion c- aemployees l m l eployees of his department partment and I f : zx the compensation to bra paid such call rec, c�cept is provided in Section 10 ) Hereof. I _ / j lei fie shall supervise and manz�e zll PubOf c improvement, wor ks and undertakings e t and ,uali have charge of the con-�� / etruction, improvement, repair and mainfe-') - - - ynces of streets, alleys, sided lks lanes,i - 'd;;cs, viaducts aqueducts pubic hi liways,t xe' di ains ditches. cul vert streams and s - Water courses, and of all public buirdm:rs l d (except Mbraryand Hospital ate un- der the control Of Boardsaptointe by the: • Mayor). -M He shall n ana e supeiv.sc and con _ troi market home crematories, ewagc des-! - - posal plants,ant cemeter i- and shall enforce all I obliarions of priy.rtely ov.ned or operated-j f_f public utilities, entorceabie by the city. '• / � �`. Gj /� (g) He shall have charge of the making sand preservation Of all survey mails, draw- •c c ` s ines, plans, specificaticrs and c timates for ;public works or Public i,_impio.emunts, the 'cleanih„ sprurl lin r and li^htrn of atre2t4 Valleys and public plrtec the Collection and disposal of w"n te, and the pr-e vation of tools and appliances ante- of the city. ' (h) He shall m ui ace and sul rvi e all m t- nicival water works plant;, cl trig le i C nlants, heatint or power plan manic tt iliv I F •nett cemeteries, f%arks, play lrublic rccicu tii,nnl f-.tcilitit s. sandu- form -8 •ch other and further duties a.• the City'. { _-uncil may confer or inipn e n;r,n tuu�. ill Fla _:ball rcctorurnen�l to ti: Cit.F Couu- - t. ,r - cr e icnt. 1 (ail I - al i w ra au -i.,•iu r nt nclr - I 'anon a tro,n th .c un" alai i, r in .t',e varin u: departmenk a.; in ;,erirrri- .,❑cc of their dubs unit the evi�(In t'cr; of the d;.p u'in (k) Ile ;hail i,e ac:ountab)'! t'. 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