Pasadena Municipal Code Art. VI The City Manager

There shall be a City Manager who shall be the chief administrative officer and head of the administrative branch of city government.

The City Manager shall be selected on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications, and shall be appointed at a regular meeting of the City Council upon the affirmative vote of not less than five members thereof. Neither the Mayor nor any other member of the City Council shall receive such an appointment during the term for which he or she has been elected nor within two years after the expiration of his or her term.

(Sec. 602 amended by vote of the people 11-3-1998: Sec. 602 amended by vote of the people 3-9-1993: Sec. 602 amended by Stats November, 1986.)

The affirmative vote of not less than five members of the City Council shall be required to remove the City Manager from office. The City Manager may resign by giving the City Council at least thirty days' written notice of his or her intention to resign, stating the reasons therefor.

(Sec. 603 amended by vote of the people 11-3-98: Sec. 603 amended by vote of the people 3-9-1993: Sec. 603 amended by Stats November, 1986.)

The administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties provided in this Section, in addition to others specified in this Charter, hereby are delegated to and vested in the City Manager. He or she shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty:

(A) To supervise, coordinate and administer the various functions of the City;

(B) To see that the provisions of this Charter and all laws and ordinances of the City are enforced;

(C) To appoint, promote, discipline and terminate the employment of all officers and employees of the City in accordance with the personnel system created pursuant to this Charter except those officers appointed by the City Council, which officers shall have the power to appoint their respective staffs;

(D) To exercise supervision and control over all departments, divisions, and offices of the City except the City Attorney, City Prosecutor, and City Clerk, and their respective staffs;

(E) Except when his or her removal is under discussion, to attend all meetings of the City Council, but he or she shall have no power to vote as a member thereof;

(F) To recommend to the City Council for adoption such measures and ordinances as he or she shall deem necessary or expedient;

(G) To see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the City or its inhabitants in any contract or in any franchise are faithfully kept and performed, and upon knowledge of any violation thereof to call the same to the attention of the City Attorney, whose duty it shall be to take such steps as are necessary to protect and enforce such terms and conditions;

(H) To prepare and submit to the City Council the annual budget;

(I) To keep the City Council at all times fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the City; and

(J) It shall be competent for the City Council to instruct the City Manager in all matters of policy, and any action, determination or omission of the City Manager shall be subject to review by the City Council, but no such action, determination or omission shall be overruled or modified by a vote of less than five members thereof, nor shall any otherwise valid contract previously made by the City Manager be subject to review.

(Sec. 604 amended by vote of the people 11-3-1998; Sec. 604 amended by vote of the people 3-9-1993: Sec. 604 amended by Stats November, 1986; Sec. 604 amended by vote of the people 6-8-1976, effective August 1, 1976.)

The City Council shall provide, by ordinance, for the designation and powers and duties of an acting City Manager who shall act as City Manager when the City Manager is absent or disabled.

(Sec. 605 amended by vote of the people 3-9-1993: Sec. 605 amended by vote of the people 6-3-1980.)

(Repealed by vote of the people 6-3-1980.)