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HomeMy WebLinkAbout735 Commissioners27 ORDINANCE NO. 735 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING-TITLE 1, CHAPTER 7, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN BY THE ADOPTION OF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTFON 1-707 TO SET FORTH AND ESTABLISH A COMMISSIONER FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CITY DEPARTMENTS: POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC WORKS AND ANY OTHERS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CITY COUNCIL; ESTABLISHING DUTIES; ESTABLISHING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF EACH COMMISSIONER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 50-701, Idaho Code, states that the legislative authority of each City in the State of Idaho shall be vested in a council and that such council shall have such powers and duties as are now or may hereafter be provided under general laws of the State of Idaho. WHEREAS, Section 1-701, ofthe Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, states that the members of the City Council, the legislative and policy making branch of the government of the City of Meridian, shall attend all meetings of the Council, unless lawfully excused, and perform all duties by the nature of their office they should reasonably perform, such as passing of ordinances, resolutions, and overseeing of improvements and work done for the City. WHEREAS, Section 50-708, Idaho Code, states that the City Council shall examine the accounts and doings of all officers or other persons having the care, management or disposition of moneys, property nor business of the City, and Sections 50-1002, 50-1003, 50-1005 and 50-1006, Idaho Code state that the City Council shall budget, appropriate, assess and expend the revenue and funds of the City. WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best interest of the City to amend Title 1, Chapter 7, of the Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, by amending that Title and Chapter, to add a new Section thereto to set forth and establish a City Councilman as the Commissioner of each of the Departments of the City, those being the Police, Fire, Parks and Recreation, Public Works Departments, and any other future Departments created by the City. Each assigned Commissioner have the duties and obligations as set forth in SECTION 1 below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO: MERIDIAN ORDINANCE 1-707 PAGE 1 2~ SECTION 1: That Title 1, Chapter 7, CITY COUNCIL, is hereby amended to add and enact Section 1-707, which shall read as follows: 1-707: ASSIGNMENT OF DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CITY DEPARTMENTS: POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION PUBLIC WORKS, AND OTHER FUTURE DEPARTMENTS; DUTIES; AND TERM. A. The President of the City Council shall nominate and the City Council shall confirm, by majority vote with the President of the City Council abstaining from voting, a City Councilman to be assigned as the Commissioner of each of the following City Departments, to wit: Police, Fire, Parks and Recreation, Public Works Departments, and such other City Departments created by the City Council in the future; the City Councilman nominated to be assigned a Commissioner of a City Department shall have the right to vote to approve or reject his nomination, unless the President of the City Council nominates himself to be the Commissioner of the Department, in which case the Council President shall still have no vote, as above stated; if the Councilman nominated to be assigned as Commissioner of a Department is rejected by the vote, the Council President shall assign another Councilman to be that Department's COMMISSIONER; if the City Council, other than the President of the City Council, approves and confirms the nominated City Councilman be that Department's Commissioner he shall serve and perform as that Department's Commissioner for the term set forth below. B. It shall be the duty of each Department's Commissioner to act as a liaison officer between the City Council and that Department, to communicate the desires and interests of the City Council to that Department, and vice versa, from the Department to the Council, all as they shall deem to be in the best interests of the Department and the City of Meridian. It shall also be the duty of each Commissioner a) to sign purchase orders, b) to assist his Department to process and develop a budget for the ensuing fiscal year, c) to audit on a monthly basis, as best he can, the status of the current budget of his Department, d) to approve budgetary transfers within his Departments budget which are not in excess of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00), e) to bring to the Council for approval by majority vote all budgetary transfers within his Department's budget in excess of MERIDIAN ORDINANCE 1-707 PAGE 2 29 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) and all budgetary transfers which are proposed to be made to another Department, f) direct his Department's short and long term budget planning activities, g) to be able to assist in answering the inquiries of the Mayor and other Councilmen and the general public regarding that Department, and h) to perform such other duties for, and on behalf of, the Department as the Department head and the Commissioner shall deem to be authorized, appropriate, an within the power and authority of the City Council. The Department Commissioner shall evaluate the Department Head's performances on and annual basis for the purpose of determining the Department Head's salary level for the next year's budget. C. Each City Councilman assigned and confirmed to act, and be, the Commissioner for each Department shall act as such for a term lasting until the commencement of the fiscal year following his initial selection and election; the existing Commissioner shall serve as a Commissioner until a new Commissioner is selected and elected or the existing Commissioner is selected and elected again. The City Council President shall, on or before the second City Council meeting after the commencement of the fiscal year assign a new Councilman to act as the Commissioner for each Department or renew the term of the existing Commissioner for the Department fro which he as serving during the prior fiscal year. The procedure for selection and election of a Commissioner for each selection and election of a Commissioner for each department shall be as set forth in A. above, whether or not a Commissioner is nominated to serve or the prior Commissioner is nominated to serve again. SECTION 2: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefore, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. PASSED AND APPROVED this 10th day of July, 1996 MERIDIAN ORDINANCE 1-707 PAGE 3 3~ CITY OF MERIDIAN ATTEST: WILLIAM G. BERG, JR., CITY LE ERT D. CORRIE -MAYOR ,. "s g]~L :' ~~ `~ ,~~~'',,' -"VIVA ~ ' ~~.````. ~~~~~N~ur~ ~i~~~~''~~ ORDINANCE NO. 735 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 7, OF THE REVISED AND COMPLIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN BY THE ADOPTION OF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION 1-707 TO SET FORTH AND ESTABLISH A COMMISSIONER FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CITY DEPARTMENTS: POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC WORKS AND ANY OTHERS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CITY COUNCIL; ESTABLISHING DUTIES; ESTABLISHING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF EACH COMMISSIONER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 50-701, Idaho Code, states that the legislative authority of each City in the State of Idaho shall be vested in a council and that such council shall have such powers and duties as are now or may hereafter be provided under the general laws of the State of Idaho. WHEREAS, Section 1-701, of the Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, states that the members of the City Council, the legislative and policy making branch of the government of the City of Meridian, shall attend all meetings of the Council, unless lawfully excused, and perform all duties by the nature of their office they should reasonably perform, such as passing of ordinances, resolutions, and overseeing of improvements and work done for the City. WHEREAS, Section 50-708, Idaho Code, states that the City Council shall examine the accounts and doings of all officers or other persons having the care, management or disposition of moneys, property or business of the City, and Sections 50-1002, 50-1003, 50-1005 and 50-1006, Idaho Code, state that the City Council shall budget, appropriate, assess and expend the revenue and funds of the City. MERIDIAN ORDINANCE 1-707 Page - 1 WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best interest of the City to amend Title 1, Chapter 7, of the Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, by amending that Title and Chapter, to add a new Section thereto to set forth and establish a City Councilman as the Commissioner of each of the Departments of the City, those being the Police, Fire, Parks and Recreation, Public Works Departments, and any other future Departments created by the City. Each assigned Commissioner have the duties and obligations as set forth in SECTION 1 below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO: SECTION 1: That Title 1, Chapter 7, CITY COUNCIL, is hereby amended to add and enact Section 1-707, which shall read as follows: 1-707: ASSIGNMENT OF DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CITY DEPARTMENTS: POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC WORKS, AND OTHER FUTURE DEPARTMENTS; DUTIES; AND TERM. A. The President of the City Council shall nominate and the City Council shall confirm, by majority vote with the President of the City Council abstaining from voting, a City Councilman to be assigned as the Commissioner of each of the following City Departments, to wit: Police, Fire, Parks and Recreation, Public Works Departments, and such other City Departments created by the City Council in the future; the City Councilman nominated to be assigned the Commissioner of a City Department shall have MERIDIAN ORDINANCE 1-707 Page - 2 the right to vote to approve or reject his nomination, unless the President of the City Council nominates himself to be the Commissioner of the Department, in which case the Council President shall still have no vote, as above stated; if the Councilman nominated to be assigned as Commissioner of a Department is rejected by the vote, the Council President shall assign another Councilman to be that Department's COMMISSIONER; if the City Council, other than the President of the City Council, approves and confirms the nominated City Councilman be that Department's Commissioner he shall serve and perform as that Department's Commissioner for the term set forth below. B. It shall be the duty of each Department's Commissioner to act as a liaison officer between the City Council and that Department, to communicate the desires and interests of the City Council to that Department, and, vice versus, from the Department to the Council, all as they shall deem to be in the best interests of the Department and the City of Meridian. It shall also be the duty of each Commissioner a) to sign purchase orders, b) to assist his Department to process and develop a budget for the ensuing fiscal year, c) to audit on a monthly basis, as best he can, the status of the current budget of his Department, d) to approve budgetary transfers within his Department's budget which are not in MERIDIAN ORDINANCE 1-707 Page - 3 excess of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00), e) to bring to the Council for approval by majority vote all budgetary transfers within his Department's budget in excess of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) and all budgetary transfers which are proposed to be made to another Department, f) direct his Department's short and long term budget planning activities, g) to be able to assist in answering the inquiries of the Mayor and other Councilmen and the general public regarding that Department, and h) to perform such other duties for, and on behalf of, the Department as the Department head and the Commissioner shall deem to be authorized, appropriate, and within the power and authority of the City Council. The Department Commissioner shall evaluate the Department head's performance on an annual basis for the purpose of determining the Department head's salary level for the next year's budget. C. Each City Councilman assigned and confirmed to act, and be, the Commissioner for each Department shall act as such for a term lasting until the commencement of the fiscal year following his initial selection and election; the existing Commissioner shall serve as Commissioner until a new Commissioner is selected and elected or the existing Commissioner is selected and elected again. The City Council President shall, on or before the second MERIDIAN ORDINANCE 1-707 Page - 4 City Coun—cil meeting after the comment;-ement of the fiscal year assign a new Councilman to act as the Commissioner for each Department or renew the term of the existing Commissioner for the Department for which he was serving during the prior fiscal year. The procedure for selection and election of a Commissioner for each Department shall be as set forth in A. above, whether or not a new Commissioner is nominated to serve or the prior Commissioner is nominated to serve again. SECTION 2: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. PASSED AND APPROVED this , 1996. �G day ofJ t�C CITY OF MERIDIAN RT D. CORRIE - MAYOR 'e5155555555ttrlrl�f�`' ATTEST: of SEAL W:rLi;IAM G. BERG, CITY CLERK �yy�. ���rrlfltt ti55t5555\ MERIDIAN ORDINANCE 1-707 Page - 5