The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-23

vary according to the size of the city and
Ohio, city of 1900 inhabitants, pays
Its city manager a salary of S12,500 per
year.
make all appointments, except as 9TH
erwise provided in this charter. Elk
cept when the council is considering
his removal, he shall be entitled to be
present at all meetings of the coun-
Gil and of its committees and to take
part in their discussion.
Sec. SO. Annual Budget. The city
manager shall prepare and submit to
the council the annual budget after
receiving estimates made by the direc-
tors of the departments.
Administering Departments.
Sec. 81. Administrative Depart
ments Created. There shall be six
administrative departments as fol-
lows: Law, health, works and utilities,
safety and welfare, education (15)
and f1Iiance, the functions of which
shall be prescribed by the council ex-
) cept as herein N6lerwise provided.
The council shall fix all salaries,
which in the classified service shall
be uniform for each grade, as estab-
lished by the civil service commission,
and the council may, by a three
fourths vote of its entire membership
create new departments, combine or
abolish existing departments or estab-
lish temporary departments for spe,
cial work. (16).
Note Is. In places where the school
system works well under a separate or
ganization IL had better not be disturbed
and In such cases the department of ed
ucation will generally have to be omit
Note 16. The number Of departments
may be inegVased or diminished accord.
ing to the population or other local needs
Of given city. Where it is increased
It viii probably be desirable to divide
the department of safety and welfar'
into two departments. and in some cases
to divide the department of safety int
police and fire departments, respectively
The department of utilities may be sep
when "a such utilities are privately
owned, so that their administration II
chiefly regulative; and (2) in large cities
where the department of works and utili
ties would make too large a department
or where it seemed desirable to put al
the revenue producing industries in on
department. In reducing the number o
departments, those of law, health anC
finance might be cut out in the ordel
named, either combining them with re
naming departments Gas health will
welfare and safety or making them di
rectly subordinate to the city manager
The number of departments can b.
kept down in the larger cities and re
dueed in the smaller ones by % tn
creation of department bureaus and &
where so complex an organization as
bureau is not needed by having tn
proper official report directly to the cit,
manager instead of to a department
head.
The principle underlying the formatio,
of departments and bureaus should b.
twofold; Q) functional grouping and e.
tasks which demand the time and capac
ity Of the highest grade of administrative
heads. e., one first-class full-time MAJ
70 head each department.
Sec. SO. Duties of Directors of De
partments. At the head of each de
!, partment there shall be a director
= Zach director shall be chosen on tn
basis Of mis- general executive an
administrative experience and abilit
and of his education, training and eX
perience in the class of work whic
he is to administer. The director O
the department of law shall he
lawyer; of health, a sanitary en-
gineer or member of the medics
profession; of works, an engineer; {
education, teacher by profession; {
safety, and welfare, a man who hs
had administrative experience; and {
finance, a man who has had exper
ence IN banking, accounting or otht
financial matters; or in each case Il
man must have rendered active ser
ice in the same department in this
some other city.
Each director shall be appointe
by the city manager and may be r
moved by him at any time; but in ca
of such removal, if the director
demands, written charges must
preferred by the city MANAGER. Al
the director shall be given 2 nub
hearing before the order Of ran,ov
is made final. The charges ond :
directors reply thereto shah h FL