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j LAW OFFICES OF f - BEST, BEST & KRIEGEk MEMORANDUM June 7, 1993 TO: MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER FROM: CITY ATTORNEY RE: CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS The City Council recently directed us to prepare appropriate legislation that would make it clear that department heads in the City of Colton are to be employed by and serve at the pleasure of the City. Under the Colton Municipal Code as presently drafted, responsibility for employment of department heads rests exclusively with the City Manager. We have drafted for your review the attached amendment to the Colton Municipal Code that limits the granting of authority to the City Manager regarding employment of 'department heads. The new language underscores the role of the City Council as the final ratifying body for department head employment decisions made by the City Manager. The amendment also codifies the formal duty of the City Manager to confer with the City Council regarding the performance and employment of department _heads including possible termination, and to hear and consider any concerns that might be expressed by the City Council in carrying out his duty in this regard. In the course of our preparation of the ordinance revision, we discovered that the current ordinance establishing the duties and responsibilities of the City Manager, was adopted by a vote of the people of the City of Colton in 1956. Because that is the case, any changes to this ordinance must be similarly adopted. Therefore if the City Council wishes JH8169925