§ 2.27. City Manager; appointment; qualifications; compensation; contract.

The Mayor and City Council shall appoint a City Manager and shall fix his or her compensation. The City Manager shall be appointed solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council. The City may enter into an employment contract with the City Manager for a term not to exceed four (4) years. No such contract shall be automatically renewable, but any such contract may be renewed by mutual agreement of the City Council and City Manager. Any such contract may provide for a severance payment of salary and benefits to the City Manager for a term to be agreed upon between the City and the City Manager at the time the contract is executed, not exceeding ninety (90) days, but any such severance payments shall only be payable in the event that the City Manager is removed by the City without cause.

( Res. No. 2013-25, § 1(Exh. A), 2-18-13; Ord. No. 2015-031, § 1, 11-22-15)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2015-031, § 1, adopted Nov. 22, 2015, changed the title of § 2.27 from "City Manager; appointment; qualifications; compensation" to read as set out herein.