Sec. 3-100. - Executive and administrative officers, departments, boards, commissions and agencies designated.

The executive and administrative work of the city shall be performed by:

(a)

The following elected or appointed officers:

Mayor;

Administrative assistant to the mayor;

City auditor;

City treasurer;

(b)

The administrative board.

(c)

Other heads of departments as hereinafter in this chapter specified or subsequently provided by ordinance.

(d)

The following departments which are hereby created:

Law department;

Department of commerce;

Department of human resources;

Department of planning and development;

Department of finance;

Police department;

Fire department;

Department of public works;

Department of parks and recreation;

Department of licenses and inspections;

Auditing department.

(e)

The following independent boards and commissions of the city heretofore or herein created are:

Board of pensions and retirement;

Wilmington Housing Authority;

Wilmington Parking Authority.

(f)

The following departmental boards and commissions, which are either created or placed, as the case may be, in the respective departments as are follows:

In the department of licenses and inspections:

Zoning board of adjustment;

Board of standards and appeals;

Board of license and inspection review.

In the department of parks and recreation:

Wilmington Park Trust Fund Commission.

In the department of planning and development:

City planning commission.

In the department of finance:

Board of assessment;

Tax review board.

(g)

Such additional advisory boards as the mayor may appoint.

(H.B. No. 98, § 1, 6-11-09)

Editor's note—

Pursuant to Ord. No. 92-053, the planning department is now the office of planning.

Subsequently, Ord. No. 93-023 changed office of planning to the planning department.

Sec. 3-101. - Department heads.

Each department shall have as its head an officer who, either personally or by deputy or by a duly authorized agent or employee of the department, and subject at all times to the provisions of this Charter, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties vested in and imposed upon the department.

The following officers shall be the heads of the departments following their respective titles:

City solicitor, of the law department;

Director of commerce, of the department of commerce;

Chief of police, of the police department;

Chief of fire, of the fire department;

Public works commissioner, of the department of public works;

Director of parks and recreation, of the department of parks and recreation;

Commissioner of licenses and inspections, of the department of licenses and inspections;

City auditor, of the auditing department;

Director of planning and development, of the department of planning and development;

Director of finance, of the department of finance;

Director of human resources, of the department of human resources.

(H.B. No. 98, § 1, 6-11-09)

Sec. 3-102. - Administrative board.

The administrative board shall consist of the mayor, who shall be the chairman thereof, the administrative assistant to the mayor, the director of finance, the city solicitor, the president of the council, the chairman of the finance committee of the council and the director of human resources, who shall be the secretary thereof.

(H.B. No. 98, § 1, 6-11-09)

Sec. 3-103. - Officers of boards and commissions.

Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Charter, each board and commission shall have a chairman and may have a vice-chairman. It shall also have a secretary and may have a treasurer who need not be members and may be the same person.