Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-07-13
AN EXPLANATION OF THE
CITY MANAGER SYSTEM
I'D office at it's pleasure.


the duties Of the Manager as fol
lows:
%. TO see that the laws ant
ordinances Of the city are faithful
ly enforced and executed.
| (2). To attend all meetings o.
the council.
(3). To recommend to the coun
Gil such measures as he may deem
necessary or expedient for the GOOD
government and welfare of the city
or town.
a.. He shall have the general
supervision and direction of the ad-
ministration of the city govern
ment; he shall supervise and direct
the official conduct of all appointive
officers Of the city, except the clerk,
police judge or magistrate, solicitor,
corporation counsel, assessor, board
of review, and members of the lib
rary board. He shall supervise the
performance of all contracts for
work to be done for the city or town,
make all purchases of material and
supplies, and see that such material
and supplies are received, and are
of the quality and character called
for by the contract.
60. He shall have power to en-
ploy and discharge from time to
time as occasion requires, all en-
ployees of the city, and to fix the
compensation to be paid to such en-
ployees, except as otherwise provid-
led. He shall have power to dis
charge summarily and without
cause any officer, appointee, or en-
ployee that he has power to appoint
|or employ. He shall supervise and
manage all public improvement,
works, and undertakings of the city,
and shall have charge Of the con-
struction, Improvement, repair, and
maintenance of streets, sidewalks,
alleys, lanes, squares, bridges, via
ducts, aqueducts, public highways,
sewers, drains, bitches, culverts,
streams, water courses and public
buildings. He shall manage, super
wise and control market houses, Gre
matories, sewage disposal plants
and farms, and shall enforce all OBJ
legations of privately owned or OPP
Grated public utilities enforcible by
the city. He shall have charge of
the making and preservation of all
surveys, maps, plans, drawings,
specifications and estimates for pub
lie works or public improvements;
the cleaning, sprinkling, and light
ing of streets, alleys and public
places; the collection and disposal Of
waste, and the preservation of tools
and appliances belonging to the
city. He shall manage all municipal
water plants, lighting, heating, or
power plants, and transportation
enterprises. He shall manage, SUI
pervise and control the use, con-
struction, improvement, repair and
maintenance of all recreational IA
cilities of the city, including parks,
play grounds, public gymnasiums,
and public health houses.
co. He may, without notice, and
summarily, cause the affairs of any
department or the conduct Of any
officer under his supervision, or of
any employee, to be investigated,
and he, or any person appointed by
him to examine or investigate the
affairs of any department., or the
conduct of any officer or employe,
shall have power to compel the at
tendance Of witnesses, the produc-
ton of books and papers, and other
evidence. and to punish for con-
tempt any person who shall fail to
attend and testify as witness when
duly summoned, or who shall fail to
produce any books, papers or other
evidence under his control when re-
quired to do so.
60. He shall take active control
of the police, fire and engineering
departments of the city or town,
and employ such assistants and en-
ployees therein as to him shall be
deemed advisable.
(S). He shall, in his discretion,
issue licenses, authorized by law,
and may revoke the same at pleas
ure. All licenses issued shall be
signed by the manager and clerk,
and duly entered in a book kept for
that purpose.
(9. He shall keep the council
fully advised of the financial and
other conditions of the city or town,
and Of it's future needs.
(1O). He shall have power to ap-
point or employ persons to fill all
places for which no other mode of
appointment is provided, and shall