Section 600. Administrative Organization Authorized. The Council shall by ordinance provide the form of organization through which the functions of the City under the jurisdiction of the City Administrator are to be administered. Any combination of authorized duties, powers and functions which in the judgment of the Council will provide the most efficient and economical service possible, consistent with the public interest and in keeping with accepted principles of municipal administration, may be authorized by such ordinance. All departments or other administrative agencies so created shall be administered by the City Administrator or by a department head or other officer appointed by and responsible to him/her.
(Amended by: Stats. November 1988 and March 2004.)
Section 601. Boards and Commissions. The Council may create by ordinance such operational, advisory, appellate or rule-making boards and commissions as may be required for the proper operation of any function or agency of the City and prescribe their function, duties, powers, jurisdiction and the number of board and commission members, their terms, compensation and reimbursement for expenses, if any, subject to the provisions of this Article. Members of boards and commissions shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the affirmative vote of five members of the Council and may be removed for cause, after hearing, by the affirmative vote of at least six members of the Council. Vacancies shall be filled for any unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments were made; provided, however, that if the Mayor does not submit for confirmation a candidate to fill the vacancy within 90 days of the date the vacancy first occurred, the Council may fill the vacancy. If the Mayor does submit for confirmation a candidate to fill a vacancy within the 90-day time frame and the Council does not confirm the candidate, the 90-day period shall commence anew. For purposes of this Section, a seat filled by a holdover appointment will be considered vacant as of the expiration of the holdover's prior term of office.
(Amended by: Stats. November 1988 and March 2004.)
Section 602. Continuation. The departments, agencies, boards and commissions heretofore created by prior Charter, ordinance or administrative order, other than those provided for in Articles IV, V, VII, and IX of this Charter, may be modified or discontinued by ordinance adopted pursuant to this Article and are hereby continued until so modified or discontinued.
(Amended by: Stats. November 1988.)