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AN ORDINANCE
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, THE
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<br />COMMON COUNCIL CONCURRING, That Chapter 12, sections 129 to 132 inclusive of the
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<br />City Code be amended and reenacted to read as follows;
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<br />CHAPTER 12. CITY MANAGER AND ENGINEER.
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<br />Sec. 129: Election, Term, Salary, Duties, etc.
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<br />The Board of Alderman and the Commun Council, in joint session, on the night
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<br />of organization or as soon thereafter as practicable, shall elect a "City Manager and
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<br />Engineer" who shall continue in office until September 1st in each year or until
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<br />his successor is elected and qualifies, unless sooner removed from office by the said
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<br />Board of Aldermen and Common Council, as hereinafter prescribed. He shall
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<br />receive such salary during his term of office as may have been determined upon by
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<br />the Board of Aldermen and Commun Council prior to his election.
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<br />He may be removed from office at any joint meeting of the Board of Aldermen and
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<br />Common Council by a vote of two *thirds of those elected to the said Board of
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<br />Aldermen and Common Council, provided he be given written notice ten days beforehand
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<br />of the intention of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council to vote upon his removal
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<br />from said off ice. He shall be required to give bond with a proved corporate surety
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<br />in the penalty of $10,000. , the premium on which is to be paid by the City.
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<br />Sec. 130. The Board of Aldermen and Common Council shall furnish him a proper office
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<br />with all necessary furniture, equipments, supplies, etc., provided, however, that all
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<br />furniture, equipment, etc. , and the results of all his labors in this behalf, such
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<br />as maps, plans, estimates, papers, correspondence, etc., as well as everything
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<br />pertaining to his office, shall be turned over by him to his successor who shall hold
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<br />the same in like manner as the property of the City unless the office is vacant,
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<br />or has been abolished, in which case all such property, etc., before mentioned, shall
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<br />be turned over to the Mayor and Finance Committee for and in behalf of the City.
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<br />Sec. 131. Powers, Duties and Liabilities.
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<br />For the purpose of prescribing tie power, duties and liabilities of the City
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<br />Manager and Engineer, the business of the City shall be divided into the following
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<br />departments, which are deemed to be and are hereby made co-ordinate to the divisions
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<br />of the City's affairs for the purpose of Committees, to -wit: (1). Financial Department
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<br />(2). Street and Sanitation Department, (3). Water and Sewer Department (4). Gas and
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<br />Light Department, (5). Grounds and Buildings Department (6). Cemetery Department
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<br />(7). Ordinance Departments (6). Public Safety Department.
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<br />The power, Duties and Liabilities of the City Manager and Engineer in the various
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<br />departments hereinbefore mentiondd shall be as follows;
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<br />he shall perform all the duties of an executive or administrative charactar
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<br />heretofore performed by any of the several committes of the Council of said City, under
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<br />any ordinance, the respective comma tees to act in an advisory capacity. , he shall
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<br />have the power of removal of the superintendents of the said departments, subject to
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<br />approval of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council, and the power of appointment and
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<br />removal of all. assistants and employees, but the number of assistants and employees
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<br />in the said departments and the salary or wage to be paid shall be subject to the
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<br />control of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council. ue shall be responsible for
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<br />all work done in the said departments, and shall report directly to the Board of
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<br />Aldermen and Common Council. He shall make all necessary puchases for the said
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<br />departments. He shall look after the physical condition of the city, prepare plane,
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<br />estimates and specifications for the opening of streets, and all :public works of
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<br />whatsoever character, make such surveys as shall be required for the p rope r prepara-
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<br />tion of said plans, estimates and specifications, and supervise all work in the said
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<br />departments. we shall have general and professional supervision over all work to be
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<br />done for yr by the City, as the same may be orderedby the Council. He shall authorize,
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<br />make and supe rintend all improvements, additions, repairs, etc. , in the said depart-
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<br />ments, requiring immitiate attention, pruvided, however, that an amount exceeding
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<br />$50. shall not be oxpended on any one piece of work without the approval of one member
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<br />of the appropriate commuttee, nor an amount in excess of $100. without the consent of.
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<br />a majority of such committe or the approval of the Board of Aldermen and the Common
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<br />Council, and where the amount to be spent is in excess of $200. consent of the Board
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<br />of Aldermen and Common Council must first be obtained.
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<br />All contracts, except for labor and necessary supplies and all transactions involving
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<br />continuing obligations, must be approved by affimative action of the Board of Aldermen
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<br />and Common Council. He shall have in charge, and be the custodian, of all real and
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<br />personal property of the said departments and shall report the amount and condition
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<br />of the same to the Counci, or appropriate committee thereof, at least once a year.
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<br />He shall see that hte City Auditor keeps an accurare set of books, showing the receipts
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<br />by appropriation or otherwise, and the expenditure on said departments. He shall also
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<br />make up prior to the beginning of each fiscal year an annual budget seeing forth the
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<br />anticipated expenditures on the various departments over which he has supervision
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<br />and control, as hereinafter provided, and presnet the same to the Board of Aldermen
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<br />and the Common Council for their approval or rejection.
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<br />The City Manager and Engineer shall, at the end of each quarter, make a written
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<br />report to the Council of all transactions and operations during the said quarter, includ-
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<br />ing statement showing how and where the various sums were expanded during said quarter;
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<br />and shall prepare and submit to the Council quarterly and tentative budget for the next
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<br />quarter.
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<br />The City Manager and Engineer shall report to the Council from time to time upon
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<br />the affairs if the City; kepp the Council fully advised of the City's financial
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<br />condition and its future financial needs.
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<br />Sec. 132 (The provisions of this section having been embodied in the foregoing sections
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<br />is hereby repealed) All ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.)
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<br />Adopted by Board of Aldermen Oct. 24, 1916.
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<br />Ayes, 4 : Bolling, Harris, Timberlake and Walker.
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<br />Concurred in by Common Council Oct. 27, 1916.
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<br />Ayes. 6; Forrest, Graves, Long, Souder, Twyman and
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<br />Wingfield. Noes, none.
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<br />Mayor Signature.
<br />City Clerk Signature.
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