The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
LEGAL ADVERTISING

tive code may provide, but not to direct the conudct of any work of the department. Administrative rules and regulations for a depart ment for which such a board is provided shall not be adopted and promulgated by the head of the de- partment until approved by the advisory board of the department. The members of each advisory board, except the board of educa- tion, shall be chosen by the man. ager on the basis of their interest and ability in the field of action of the department for which ap- pointed and with view of provid- ing diversity of interests and points of view in the membership. They shall be chosen without regard to their political or religious opinions or affiliations. The members of the board of education shall be chosen as hereinafter provided. The mem bers shall serve without compensa- tion and at the pleasure of the city manager, except as otherwise pro- vided herein. The head of the de- partment for which an advisory board is appointed shall be chair man of all meetings thereof. The mayor shall be member ex officio of each such advisory board, except the board of education.
 Sec. 54. Powers of Manager rela- tive to Departments. The city man. ager shall have power within the limits of appropriations, and sub ject to any general policies, plan of organization and procedure, or plan of compensation established by this charter or by the administrative code, to fix and determine the in- ternal organization of departments, the numbers and kinds of offices and positions, the rates of com- pensation and the methods of pro- cedure to be followed. He shall have power, subject to the provisions of this charter and the administrative code, to appoint and remove and to direct and control, all officers and employees, in the administra- tive service of the city. The city manager may authorize the head of a department to appoint and remove subordinates in such depart
 ment but the superintendent of schools shall exercise all powers enumerated in this section within and for the department of educa- tion independently of the city man. ager.
 Sec. 55. Administrative Regula- tions. The city manager may pre- scribe such general rules and regu- lationS for the conduct of the ad- ministrative departments, not in- consistent with this charter or the administrative code, as he may deem necessary or expedient. The head of each department may like wise prescribe such rules and regu- lations. with the approval of the advisory board of the department in any case where such a board has been constituted, as he may deem necessary or expedient for the proper conduct of the department and for making effective the pro- visions of law and of this charter and the administrative code, no inconsistent herewith or with tht general rules and regulations pre- scribed by the city manager.
 Sec. 56. Reports. The city man
 ager shall prepare and submit t the city council an annual repor of the finances and operations 0 the city and such other reports a the council may prescribe or as th, manager may desire. The head O each department shall make to thu city manager an annual report anc may, at any time, be required by the city manager to make any spe. cial report, concerning the work under his charge, with his observa- tions and recommendations thereon and pertinent statistics concerning the work of the department.
 Sec. 57. Public Records. All papers books and other records of any mat ter required by law or this charter or by the administrative code or any regulation of the city, to be kept and all records arising from the exercise of functions authorized or directed thereby, shall be deemed public records and shall be open to inspection by any elector or tax payer under such reasonable regu- lations as may be established here under. A certified copy of any pulp lie record shall be furnished by the custodian thereof to any person re- questing it, upon the payment of such a reasonable fee therefor as may be prescribed by law or the administrative code. Any public record, or copy duly certified by the custodian thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of its contents :n all actions at law or suits in equity or in other proceedings.
 See. 58. Department of Finance The head of the department of finance shall be the com missioner of finance, who shall be the chief financial officer of the city and the adviser of the city manager and the city council or financial matters, and who shall provide such other services through the department organization as the administrative code may pro- vide. He shall be trained execu- tive, experienced in large-scale financial operations. The depart ment shall include an advisory board of finance and the bureaus of accounts and control, budget ano treasury, assessment, tax collection contracts and supplies and per sonnel. The heads of said bureaus shall be the city comptroller, the city treasurer, the city assessor, the tax collector, the purchasing agent and the personnel director, respec- lively.
 Sec. 59. Department of Law. Int head of the department of law shal be the corporation counsel, who shal be an attorney at law, ad..litted tt practice in all courts of the state and who shall have practiced law in the state for at least ten years He shall be the legal advisor of, ano attorney and counsel for, the city government and all departments anc officers thereof, in matters relating to the city's interests or their off cial powers and duties, and shall pro- vide, through the department or ganization, all legal servic $ required and such other services as the ad- ministrative code may provide Nc