Redondo Beach Municipal Code § 12.4 Assistant City Manager

There is hereby created the office of City Manager of the City of Redondo Beach.

The City Manager shall be chosen on the basis of the City Manager's executive and administrative qualifications and experience in the field of city management. The City Manager shall be paid a salary commensurate with the City Manager's responsibilities as the chief administrative officer of the City. The first City Council elected after the effective date of this Charter shall, within ninety (90) days after taking office, appoint a City Manager. Any City Manager appointed shall be employed by contract for a period of not less than one (1) year and not more than three (3) years, provided that such contract may be renewed from time to time for similar periods.

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12.1—as amended by election 3-7-23.

No elected official of the City of Redondo Beach at the time this Charter goes into effect shall be eligible for the position of City Manager nor shall any official elected at the first election held under the provisions of this Charter be eligible for the position of City Manager within two (2) years from and after the effective date of this Charter.

The City Manager shall be the chief administrative officer and the head of the administrative branch of the City government. The City Manager shall be responsible directly to the City Council for the proper administration of all affairs of the City, and the City Manager shall have power and be required to:

(a) Appoint, remove and assign, and supervise and direct the activities of all non-elected department heads and employees of the City, subject to the provisions of this Charter and the ordinances, Civil Service Rules and Regulations of the City and directives of the City Council; provided, however, that the City Manager shall not have any such or other authority over the City Attorney, City Treasurer or City Clerk, or over their Assistants and Deputies appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Charter and provided, further, that the City Attorney, City Treasurer and City Clerk shall supervise and direct the day-to-day work assignments of the employees assigned to their respective departments.

(b) Prepare the budget annually and submit it to the City Council and be responsible for its administration after the adoption of the budget.

(c) Prepare and submit to the City Council at the end of each fiscal year a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the City for the preceding year, including all activities as City Manager.

(d) Keep the City Council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the City and make such recommendations as may seem desirable and in the best interests of said City.

(e) Appoint and remove, subject to the provisions of this Charter and the Civil Service ordinances, rules and regulations of the City of Redondo Beach, all department heads of the City except as herein otherwise provided, and pass upon and approve all proposed appointments and removals of subordinate employees by department heads.

(f) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this Charter or required of the City Manager by the City Council not inconsistent with this Charter.

(g) Attend all of the meetings of the City Council and have the right to participate in the deliberations of the City Council, but shall not have a vote at such meetings.

(h) The City Manager shall appoint, subject to the approval of the City Council, one of the other city officers as Manager pro tempore during any temporary absence or disability of the City Manager.

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12.3—as amended by elections 3-4-97, 3-7-23 and 3-4-25.

In the event the City Council provides for the appointment of an Assistant City Manager such Assistant City Manager shall be appointed by and be under the supervision and direction of the City Manager and may be removed at any time by the City Manager. In the event an Assistant City Manager is appointed, the provisions of Subdivision (h) of Section 12.3 shall be inoperative.

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12.4—as amended by election 3-7-23.

Neither the City Manager nor any Assistant City Manager shall be placed under the civil service system of said City.