§ 2.04.100. Relationship between city council and city manager.

The members of the city council and the city manager shall observe scrupulously the relationship and the respective authorities and responsibilities of each as provided by the statutes, city ordinances, council rules or procedure and the ethics of good conduct. Generally speaking, the council shall act as a policy-making body only except as specifically provided otherwise by statute, and the city manager shall act as the administrative head of the city. The council shall delegate to the city manager all administrative duties not specifically required by statute to be performed by the council. No member of the city council shall interfere directly with the conduct of any municipal department except at the express direction of a majority (four) of the council. All instructions or direction to the city manager shall come from the council as a whole after approval of a majority (four) of the council. The city manager shall disregard any other instructions or directions and shall refer them to the council as a whole. Requests for routine information may be made to department heads by individual council members but all requests for lengthy or detailed reports shall be made only to the city manager. No instructions or directions shall be given by individual council members to department heads or to other city employees who shall refer such instructions immediately to the city manager, who, in turn, shall bring such improper actions to the attention of the entire council for such action as may be appropriate in each individual case.

(Ord. No. 47-858, § 17, 3-28-08)