§ 4.05. Prohibitions.  


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  • Neither the council nor any of its members shall instruct or request the City Manager or any of the City Manager's subordinates to appoint to or remove from office or employment any person except with respect to those offices which are to be filled by appointment by the council under the provisions of this Charter. Except as provided for in Section 4.03 of this Charter, the City Council shall deal with the administrative and management functions of the city solely through the City Manager and other Council appointees, as appropriate, and shall not give directives to the City Manager's subordinates either publicly or privately.

(Ord. No. 646, § 1(Prop. 7), 3-1-2011; Ord. No. 889 , § 3(Prop. 5), 2-2-2016)

Editor's note

Amended by the voters at an election held on May 14, 2011. Amended further at an election held on May 7, 2016 .