An ordinance establishing the office of Village Manager;
providing for the appointment, compensation and discharge of
such official; specifying the branches of the Village
Government and activities under the management and control
and defining and limiting the rights, powers, and liabilities
of the Village Manager.
THE VILLAGE OF LAKEVIEW ORDAINS:
Sec 1. Establishment of Office. In accordance with the
authority for the appointment of such village officers and
the council shall deem necessary for the execution of the
powers granted to the village contained in Section 2 of
Chapter 11 and Section 8 of Chapter V of Act No. 3, P.A.
of 1895, as amended, which is the charter of the Village,
there is hereby established the office of Village Manager.
Sec. 2. Appointment of Village Manager. The President
shall, with the concurrence of four or more Trustees, appoint
a Village Manager for an indefinite term and the Council may,
be contract, enter into such other terms and conditions as
the Manager and Council deem appropriate. The Manager shall
serve at the pleasure of the Council and may be removed by
the affirmative vote of four or more Trustees, but only after
a hearing before the Council. The President may, for cause,
suspend the Manager with full pay, until the hearing. The
action of the Council in removing the Manager shall be final.
The Manager shall be selected solely on the basis of
administrative and executive abilities with special reference
to training and experience.
The Manager need not be a resident of the Village at the
time of appointment but shall become a resident within 180
days from the date of the appointment with extensions
permitted upon approval of the Council. The Manager shall
reside in the Village thereafter during the term of office.
Sec. 3 Acting Village Manager. The President, with the
concurrence of four or more Trustees, shall appoint of
designate an acting Manager during a vacancy in the office of
village Manager and shall make a permanent appointment within
180 days from the effective date of the vacancy. A Village
Manager, appointed in accordance with Section 2 of this
ordinance, shall be deemed to be the acting Manager from the
date of the appointment until the appointee becomes a
resident, if residency is deemed to be a qualification for
the appointment.
Sec 4. Compensation. The Village Manager shall receive
such compensation as the Council shall determine annually by
resolution or contract.
Sec 5. Duties. The Village Manager shall be Chief
Administrative Officer of the Village and shall be
responsible to the Village Council for the efficient
administration of all affairs of the Village and shall
exercise management supervision over all departments and over
all public property belonging to the Village.
The Manager shall have the following functions and
duties:
A. Attend all meetings of the Village Council and
committees thereof and take part therein but without a
vote.
B. Be responsible for personnel management and shall issue
subject to council approval, personnel rules applicable
to all Village employees. The Manager shall have the
following responsibilities:
To appoint, suspend or remove all appointed
administrative officers and department heads,
subject to Council approval. The Manager shall
recommend to the Council the salary or wages to be
paid each such official.
To appoint, suspend or remove all other employees
of the Village. All such actions shall be based on
merit and taken pursuant to personnel rules
approved by the Council. The Manager shall fix the
salaries or wages of all such employees.
C. Exercise supervisory control over all departments
including the police department, the department of
public works, and the fire department; and the chief of
police, street commissioner and chief of the fire
department shall be subject to the direction of the
manager.
D. Exercise supervisory responsibility over the accounting,
budgeting, personnel, purchasing and related management
functions of the Village Clerk and Village Treasurer.
E. Shall be authorized to attend all meeting of Village
boards and commissions including the Village planning
commission with the right to take part therein but
without a vote.
F. Prepare and administer the budget as provided for in the
Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act, Act No. 2 P.A. of
1968, as amended.
G. Be the purchasing agent of the Village.
H. Prepare and maintain an administrative code defining the
duties and functions of the several officers and
departments of the Village, subject to approval by the
Council.
I. Investigate all complaints concerning the administration
of the Village, and shall have the authority at all
times to inspect the books, records and papers of any
agent, employee or officer of the Village.
J. Make recommendations to the Council for the adoption of
such measures as may be deemed necessary or expedient
for the improvement or betterment of the Village.
K. Perform other duties required from time to time by the
Village Council.
Sec 6. Purchasing Responsibilities. The Village
Manager shall act as purchasing agent for all Village offices
and departments. The Manager may delegate some or all of the
duties as purchasing agent to another officer or employee
provided that such delegation shall not relieve the Manager
of the responsibility for the proper conduct of those duties.
The Village Manager shall have the authority to purchase
any product or service the cost of which does not exceed
$2,500.00, provided that funds have been appropriated. The
cost of the product or service shall not exceed the
unencumbered balance of the appropriation for that account.
Except as herein after provided, the Village Manager shall
not purchase any product or service the cost of which exceeds
the above dollar amount without prior approval of the Village
Council. The Village Manager may promulgate rules governing
the purchase of products or services.
The Village Manager shall have the authority to purchase
any product or service regardless of its cost when such
purchase is necessitated by an emergency condition.
"Emergency condition" is defined to mean any event which
presents and imminent threat to the public health or safety
or any event which would result in the disruption of a
Village service which is essential to the public health or
safety.
Sec 7. Dealing with Employees. Neither the Council nor
the Village President shall attempt to influence the
employment of any person by the Village Manager or in any
interfere in the management of departments under the
jurisdiction of the Manager. Except for the purpose of
inquiry the President and Council and its member shall deal
with departments under the jurisdiction of the Village
Manager through the Manager.
Sec. 8. Severability. If any portion of this ordinance
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
shall be found to be invalid by a court, such invalidity
shall not affect the remaining portions or application,
provided that such remaining portions or applications are not
determined by said Court to be inoperable, and to this end,
this ordinance is declared to be severable.
Sec. 9. This ordinance shall become effective 45 days
after the date of adoption. If a petition, signed by not
less than 10 percent of the registered electors of the
Village, is filed with the Village Clerk within the 45-day
period, this ordinance shall not become effective until after
the ordinance is approved at an election held on the question
as provided by law.
Ordinance offered: Ed Jonaitis
Supported by: Kim Griffith
Ayes: Griffith, Bowser, Smith, Delamater, Jonaitis
Nays: Ruth Rose/Schottle
Ordinance adopted on: 10-24-88
Effective date: 11-08-88
