§ 31-4-210 — City manager - qualifications - removal

The city council shall
appoint a city manager who shall be the chief administrative officer of the city. The
city manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his executive and administrative
qualifications and need not, when appointed, be a resident of the city or of the
state. No member of the city council shall be chosen as city manager during his
term of office. The city manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term, but he
may be removed at the pleasure of the city council for cause. Before the city
manager may be removed, he shall be given, if he so demands, a written statement
of the reasons alleged for his removal and he has the right to be heard thereon at a
public meeting of the council prior to the final vote on the question of his removal.
Pending and during such hearing, the city council may suspend him from office. The
action of the city council in suspending or removing the city manager shall be final.
It is the intent of this part 2 to vest all authority and to fix all responsibility for such
suspension or removal in the city council. In case of the absence or disability of the
city manager, the city council may designate some qualified person to perform the
duties of the office during such absence or disability.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1030, � 1, effective July 1.