Chapter 2.12
OFFICERS

2.12.000    Chapter Contents

Sections:

2.12.010    Designated.

2.12.020    Appointment--Removal.

2.12.030    Clerk-treasurer--Duties.

2.12.040    City attorney--Duties.

2.12.060    Director of public works--Powers and duties.

2.12.010 Designated

The officers of the city, besides the city manager, mayor and councilmembers, shall be as follows: a clerk-treasurer, a city attorney, a municipal judge, a chief of police, a chief of the fire department, and a director of public works. Additional offices and employment shall be created in the budgetary process as the council finds necessary or advisable, and the council shall determine the powers and duties of each office.

(Ord. 4526 §2, 1984; Ord. 4432 §3(part), 1983).

2.12.020 Appointment –Removal

Each officer shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the City Manager, except that the Municipal Court Judge shall be elected pursuant to RCW 3.50. Removal of officers by the City Manager is subject to the provisions of any applicable law, rule or regulation relating to civil service and public employment and the city’s personnel regulations. Removal of officers by the City Manager is subject to the provisions of any applicable law, rule or regulation relating to civil service and public employment and the city’s personnel regulations.

(Ord. 5719 §1, 1997; Ord. 4432 §3(part), 1983).

2.12.030 Clerk-treasurer –Duties

A.    It shall be the duty of the city clerk-treasurer to keep the corporate seal on all papers and documents belonging to the city; and to file same within his/her office under appropriate heads; to attend the meetings of the city council and to keep a record of its proceedings, resolutions and ordinances; to perform all clerical work of the department of finance and to perform all other duties required by law or by the ordinances of the city.

B.    It shall further be the duty of the city clerk-treasurer to receive and safely keep all moneys belonging to the city from whatever source derived; replace the same to the credit of the different funds to which they properly belong; to disburse the money by the direction of the city council and in accordance with the law; to make a report monthly to the city council of the condition of the treasury; and to perform all of the duties required of him/her by law.

(Ord. 4432 §3(part), 1983).

2.12.040 City attorney –Duties

The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of the city council and of all the other officers of the city in relation to matters pertaining to their respective offices. He shall represent the city in all litigation in all courts in which the city is a party or directly interested and shall prosecute all violations of the city ordinances, and shall act generally as the attorney for the city and the several departments of the city government and shall perform such other duties as the city council may direct. The city council may hire special counsel from time to time for any purpose deemed necessary.

(Ord. 4432 §3(part), 1983).

2.12.060 Director of public works –Powers and duties

The director of public works shall be responsible for and in charge of the department of public works. The director of public works shall have general responsibility for the departments of engineering, utilities, streets, equipment rental and inspection and maintenance.

(Ord. 4432 §3(part), 1983).