O-012-14 Amending Chapter 2.16 of the Municipal Code regarding the appointment, removal, and qualifications of the City Manager

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "2.16.030 Eligibility. A. Residence in the City shall not be required as a condition of the appointment. B. Within three months following the date of hire, the City Manager shall reside within a geodesic distance of fifty (50) miles from City Hall. Following the three-month period, the failure of the City Manager to reside within this distance shall entitle the City Council to declare the office of City Manager vacant by reason of resignation. The City Council may, at its discretion, contract around this requirement when hiring or renewing the contract of the City Manager. C. No Person elected as a Councilman of the City shall, subsequent to such election, be eligible for appointment as City Manager until one year has elapsed after such Councilmember ceases to be a member of the City Council. D. The City Manager shall be a citizen of the United States, not less than thirty Years of age, and shall be a Person of demonstrated administrative ability with experience in responsible executive positions, and he or she shall be chosen by the City Council solely upon the basis of her or his executive and administrative qualifications as determined by the City Council." SECTION 3: Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council of the City of Colton hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrases be declared unconstitutional. -3-