HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1978-05CITY OF MOAB, UTAH
Ordinance No. 5-78
An Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 6-77 and creating the office
of City Administrator/Recorder
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOAB, UTAH:
Section 1. OFFICE CREATED. The office of City Administra-
tor/Recorder is hereby created as provided in Section 10-3-924 et seq.,
Utah Code Annotated (1953).
Section 2. CONTROL. The powers, duties and functions of
that office to be administered and carried out by the'City Adminis
trator/Recorder shall be subject to the control of the Mayor and
City Council.
Section 3. GENERAL DUTIES. The Administrator/Recorder.
shall:
A. Have and exercise all powers and duties assigned to
him from time to time by the Mayor and City Council.
B. Be charged with the enforcement of all laws and
ordinances within the *municipality insofar as their enforcement
is within the powers of the city.
C. Attend all meetings of the City Council, and shall
keep the Council informed as to the affairs of the city, and shall
recommend to the Council such action as may be necessary or expedi-
ent for the welfare of the city.
D. Have and exercise general control and supervision over
all activities of the city including but not limited to construction,
maintenance, improvement, repair and replacement of all city
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properties, ditches, culverts, streams, and water courses; gutters and
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curbings, all
squares, and
public buildings, boulevards, parks, playgrounds,
other grounds belonging to or under the jurisdiction
of the city,cemeteries, golf courses, airport, ball parks, records
and supplies..
E. Perform the duties of Recorder as set forth by Utah
law and the Moab City Ordinance.
F. Perform such other duties as the Mayor and City Coun-
cil may from time to time prescribe.
Section 4. EMPLOYEES. The City Administrator/Recorder
shall have and exercise general supervision and control over all of
the employees of the city. The Administrator/Recorder shall have
and exercise all polders which are now or may hereafter be conferred
by law upon the city of Moab in respect to the employment and re-
moval of employees. The Administrator/Recorder shall hire and dis-
charge such employees in a manner set forth by the Personnel
Policies and Procedures manual.
Section 5. OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS.
A. The Administrator/Recorder shall have authority to
fill all appointed offices of the city and to remove persons
occupying said offices, except the following: Treasurer, Director
of Public Works, PoliceChief, City Attorney and Municipal .:ourt
employees, in the following manner.
B. The Administrator/Recorder shall report to the Mayor
his intent..to make, such appointments and removals'prior to taking
any action."'
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C. The Administrator/Recorder shall make recommendation
to the Mayor and City Council appointment or removal of Department
Heads prior to taking any action thereon at a regular or special
meeting of said council. If no express objection to the proposed
appointments or removals are made at that time by a majority of
the council, the Administrator/Recorder shall act on his proposal
as presented to the council.
D. Every administrative department of the city shall be
under the supervision and control of the City Administrator/Recorder,
who shall have the power to appoiit or remove any officer in said
departments in accordance with the procedure set forth in the Personnel
Policies and Procedures manual.
Section 6. CONTRACTS. The City Administrator/Recorder
shall examine all proposed contracts to which the city may be a
party, and shall, as Recorder, with the Mayor, sign on behalf of
the city any contract authorized and approved by the City Council,
excepting where the City Council directs that some other officer
or officers shall do so. It shall be the duty of the City Adminis-
trator/Recorder to see to it that all terms of and contract to which
the city is a party are fully performed by all parties thereto.
Section 7. PURCHASES. The City Administrator/Recorder
shall be general purchasing agent of the city, and except where
specific provision to the contrary is made by law or by the council,
he shall make all purchases of supplies, materials, and equipment
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author}.zedrby the council, in the manner prescribed by and subject
to the limitations imposed by law and the City Council. No purchases
shall be made or obligations incurred excepting upon authorization
by the council, and no expense shall be incurred, for a purpose
requiring a prior appropriation unless the amount of such purchase
is covered by an unexpended appropriation for the purpose.
Section 8. BUDGET OFFICER. The City Administrator/ -
Recorder is hereby designated the budget officer for the city
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and shall perform or'cause to be performed all of the duties of
such office as set forth in the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures
Act together with such other duties as the council may from time to
time, by resolution, designate.
Section 9. ACCOUNTS. It shall be the duty of the City
Administrator/Recorder to keep current accounts showing at 1.1 times
the fiscal condition of the city, including the current and antici-
pated revenues of all municipal funds and accounts and he shall see
to the collection of all money due the municipality.
Section 10. INVENTORIES - PROPERTY. The City Administra-
tor/Recorder shall keep a current inventory showing all real and
personal property of the city and its location and shall be respon-
sible for the care,and custody o all such property including
equipment, buildings, parks and all other city property which is not
by law assigned to some other officer' or body for care and control.
Section 11. REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS. The City Adminis-
trator/Recorder shal], publish or cause to be published, all notices,
ordinances or otherrdocuments required by law to be published and
to prepare .o; cause to be prepared all reports which the city •or
any of,thb 'Officials thereof are required to prepare.
Section 12. ELECTIONS. The City Administrator/Recorder
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s h a l l c a u s e t o b e p r e p a r e d a l l n o t i c e s , b a l l o t s , a n d e l e c t i o n s u p -
p l i e s n e c e s s a r y i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h m u n i c i p a l e l e c t i o n s .
S e c t i o n 1 3 . C O L L E C T O R A N D C O M P T R O L L E R . T h e C i t y A d -
m i n i s t r a t o r s h a l l b e e x o f f i c i o c i t y c o l l e c t o r a n d c i t y c o m p t r o l l e r
u n l e s s s u c h o f f i c e s o r e i t h e r o f t h e m , a r e d u l y f i l l e d b y a p p o i n t -
m e n t ; a n d h e s h a l l p e r f o r m t h e d u t i e s o f e a c h s u c h o f f i c e i n t h e
a b s e n c e o f s u c h a p p o i n t m e n t t o e i t h e r o f t h e m .
S e c t i o n 1 4 . M A P S - P L A T S . U n l e s s o t h e r w i s e p r o v i d e d b y
o r d i n a n c e , t h e C i t y A d m i n i s t r a t o r / R e c o r d e r s h a l l c a u s e t o b e k e p t
a c o m p l e t e s e t o f m a p s a n d p l a t s s h o w i n g t h e l o c a t i o n s o f a l l c i t y
u t i l i t i e s , a n d o t h e r m u n i c i p a l p r o p e r t i e s , a l l s t r e e t s a n d o t h e r
p u b l i c p l a c e s a n d a l l l o t s o r p a r c e l s o f l a n d s u b d i v i d e d a c c o r d i n g
t o l a w .
S e c t i o n 1 5 . O F F I C E S . T h e C i t y A d m i n i s t r a t o r / R e c o r d e r
s h a l l m a i n t a i n a n o f f i c e . i n t h e C i t y H a l l a n d s h a l l s p e n d s u c h t i m e
i n t h e p e r f o r m a n c e o f h i s d u t i e s a s m a y b e r e q u i r e d f r o m t i m e t o
t i m e b y r e s o l u t i o n o f t h e c o u n c i l .
S e c t i o n 1 6 . A B S E N C E F R O M C I T Y ,
A . I n t h d e v e n t t h a t t h e C i t y A d m i n i s t r a t o r / R e c o r d e r
s h a l l b d a b s e n t f r o m t h e c i t y o r i n c a p a c i t a t e d f r o m p e r f o r m i n g
t h e d u t i e s o f h i s p o s i t i o n , a n o f f i c e r o r o t h e r p e r s o n d e s i g n a t e d
b y t h e m a y o r m a y b e a u t h o r i z e d t o a c t a s A d m i n i s t r a t o r / R e c o r d e r
d u r i n g s u c h a b s e n c e o r i n c a p a c i t y , p r o v i d e d h o w e v e r , t h a t i f s u c h
a b s e n c e o r i n c a p a c i t y s h a l l e x t e n d f o r a p e r i o d o f t e n o r m o r e
c o n s e c u t i v e d a y s , s u c h d e s i g n a t i o n s h a l l b e s u b j e c t t o t h e a p p r o v a l
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B. The powers, duties and functions of the office of
City Administrator/Recorder shall be carried out by the City Adminis-
trator/Recorder who shall be a qualified person, who need not be an
elector, appointed by the Mayor and the City Council at a salary to
be fixed by ordinance or resolution of the said council, and to serve
at the pleasure of the City Council, subject to removal by it at any
time without cause by a majority vote thereof. Before takihg office
the City Administrator/Recorder shall furnish a fidelity bond in an
amount to be determined by resolution of the City Council, condi-
tioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, with a corpor-
ation licensed to do business in the State of Utah as surety.
Such bond shall be filed after being approved by the City Council,
and the premium for such bond shall be paid by the City.
C. Additional personnel may from time to time be employed
within the office of City Administrator/Recorder by action of the
City Council.
Section 17. SALARY. The salary of the City Administrator/
Recorder shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Council.
Section 18. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance being
necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health and
safety of this city shall take effect immediately upon posting.
PASSED AND ORDERED POSTED this 1st day of August, 1978.
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arold Jac. Mayor
etzke, C-i'ty Recorder
Published in the Times -Independent on August 3, 1978.