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The qualifications of the city administrator shall be established by the city council. The specific duties, powers, and responsibilities of the city administrator, all subject to the direction, the supervision, and the authority of the mayor, shall be as follows:

A. To coordinate the activities and functions of the various city offices, departments, commissions, and boards in carrying out the required mandates of city ordinances and the policies of the mayor and the city council;

B. To administer and to supervise the carrying out of decisions, regulations, and policies of the various city departments, commissions, and boards; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to abridge or to limit the responsibilities or authority of a civil service commission relative to uniformed personnel;

C. To report regularly to the mayor and the city council concerning the status of all assignments, duties, projects, and functions of the various city offices, departments, commissions, and boards;

D. To serve as personnel officer for the city. The principal duty as personnel officer shall include, subject to the approval of the mayor, the hiring of and the discharge of all city employees except the following:

1. Those employees and officers required by state law or city ordinance to be appointed by the mayor or elected by the voters of the city; and

2. City personnel who might be subject to all applicable civil service laws, ordinances, or regulations;

E. To supervise all purchasing by the various city officers, departments, commissions, and boards, for the purpose of keeping the same within the limitation of the annual budget and any long-range planning projected for the city;

F. To assist the mayor and the city council generally in conducting all the city’s business, to perform such other duties, and to assume such other responsibilities as the mayor shall direct and as may be required by ordinances and resolutions passed by the city council or as shall be set forth from time to time in the job description on file in the office of the city clerk;

G. To maintain a current capital improvements program based on long-range plans and policies developed by the city;

H. To analyze all facets of proposed capital expenditures in order to facilitate the decisions of the mayor and the city council;

I. To assist each department in ascertaining whether or not all city departments are adequately and properly staffed and organized in order to carry out their functions;

J. To represent the city at meetings with other governmental units, agencies, commissions, and associations as directed by the mayor;

K. To be informed about and to remain cognizant of federal and state grant and loan opportunities that could be of pecuniary value to the city, and to alert the proper city officials to any opportunities for taking advantage of federal and state grants which could benefit the city;

L. To coordinate and work with all other municipal corporations;

M. To prepare and submit to the mayor the preliminary and annual budget and to administer the budget after its adoption;

N. To attend all regular and special council and committee meetings. (Ord. 998-07 § 2).