§ 1. Council to appoint City Manager.

Council shall by an affirmative vote of five (5) members appoint a City Manager, who shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council as an at-will employee. He shall be chosen by the Council solely upon the basis of his executive and administrative qualification, without regard to age, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex or place of birth, and need not, when appointed, be a resident of the City or State. No member of the Council shall, during the time for which he is elected, be chosen City Manager, nor for two years after he ceases to be a member. In case of absence or disability of the City Manager, the Council may designate some qualified person to perform the duties of the office during such absence or disability. The City Manager may be removed or suspended at any time, upon an affirmative vote of five (5) members of the Council. Should at least four (4) Councilmembers desire that a majority of Council discuss removal or suspension of the City Manager, then a notice of such a request shall be filed with the City Clerk, who shall then place an item for Executive Session for that purpose on the Agenda of the next regularly scheduled Council meeting or at a special meeting of the Council called for that purpose. In the event Council should desire to suspend or remove the City Manager following the Executive Session, an additional item shall be included on the same Agenda of the meeting in which the Executive Session is to be held to consider immediate suspension or removal of the City Manager. If the Council suspends or removes the City Manager from office, the Council may provide for the temporary performance of the City Manager's duties. 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 Council.

(Ord. No. 0-1516-25, § 10)