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33 <br /> <br />the issue you have raised. <br /> <br />Although it is up to the City Manager you have selected to deal with personnel and <br />administration issues on a day-to-day basis, you have a role to play too. There may be <br />times when you have reason to believe that Council policies are not being properly <br />administered, and in such cases, it is your responsibility to find out if your suspicions are <br />valid. But do your checking through the normal chain of command. Sometimes, it <br />might seem easier to check things out informally by contacting individual employees <br />of the government whom you know socially. But that can undermine the authority you <br />have delegated to the City Manager. Present the complaint to the City Manager and <br />ask for a report. Then, if the situation is not remedied, the City Manager will have to <br />answer to the Council for it. <br /> <br />Internal management involves actions the City Manager takes to put the resources of <br />the organization to effectively use in getting things done. On a day-to-day basis, this is <br />the Manager’s job. In Council-Manager communities, the Council also should regularly <br />evaluate the performance of the City Manager as part of its assessment of internal <br />management. (Chapter 1, Book 1, ICMA Elected Officials Handbook, Book) <br /> <br />APPOINTMENT OF CITY MANAGER <br /> The Council shall appoint a City Manager, who: <br /> <br />(a) Shall serve at the pleasure of the Council; <br />(b) Shall be the chief administrative officer of the City; <br />(c) Shall be chosen on the basis of administrative qualifications; <br />(d) Shall be paid at a salary fixed by the Council commensurate with the <br />responsibilities of the position; <br />(e) Shall not have served on the Council within one year immediately preceding <br />the date of appointment. <br /> <br />During a period of ninety days immediately following the date of installation of any <br />person newly elected to the Council at a regular or special municipal election or of <br />any person newly appointed to the Council, the Council shall take no action, whether <br />immediate or prospective, to remove, suspend, request the resignation of, or reduce <br />the salary of, the City Manager. (Section 400, City Charter) <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER CONDUCT AT MEETINGS <br /> The City Manager shall: <br /> <br />(a) Be accorded a seat at the Council table at all meetings of boards and <br />commissions; <br />(b) Be entitled to participate in the deliberations of the Council, boards and <br />commissions, but shall not have a vote; <br />(c) Receive notices of all special meetings of the Council, boards and commissions; <br />(Section 410, City Charter)