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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor & City Council ,
FROM: Steve Fitigibbons, City Manager
DATE: February 20, 2009
RE: P. O. No: 5982; Council Meeting February 24, 2009
Attached is P. O. No. 5982 as it pertains to.designatirig Assistant City
Manager/Administration or Assistant City Manager/Operations as
Acting City Manager in my absence.
a ~. P. O. No'. 5982
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE. DESIGNATING THE ASSISTANT CITY
MANAGERS AS ACTING CITY MANAGER IN CASE OF THE
ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF THE CITY MANAGER;
OUTLINING THE' AUTHORITY OF THE .ACTING CITY
MANAGER; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND. PROVIDING-FOR AN EFFECTIVE .DATE
WHEREAS, under Article V, Section 1, of the City Charter, the t'
City Council is•required to designate some qualified person to
perform the duties of the office to be-known as the Acting City
Manager who shall serve in ,case of the absence or disability of the
City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas,
deems it both proper and, prudent to make such a designation in
order to preclude possible problems should the City Manager be
absent or become disabled in the future; and
WHEREAS, the City `Council has determined that the Assistant
City Manager/Administration and Assistant City Manager/Operations
are both qualified persons to perform the duties of the office to
be .known as the Acting City Manager.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PORT ARTHUR: ,
Section 1. That .the ;Assistant City Manager/Administration and
the Assistant City Manager/Operations shall be designated to
perform the duties of the office to be known as the Acting City
Manager under the terms and conditions as more fully hereinafter
set out. ~ ~ .. ...
Section 2. That the Acting City Managers shall have all the __~
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powers and duties of the City Manager except they may not remove a
City officer without the approval of, the City Council. ..___
Section 3. .That in case of the actual or anticipated absence
or disability ,of the City Manager, the City Manager may designate
at his sole option the Assistant City Manager/Administration or the
Assistant City Manager/Operations to hold the office of Acting City
Manager. during his, the City Manager's, actual absence or
disability.. This designation shall be made by filing the same in
writing with the City Secretary and to the extent practical and
feasible notifying the members of the~City Council.
Section 4. That if, for any reason, the City Manager is
unable to make such a designation, the Mayor, or in her absence or
incapacity, the.Mayor Pro Tem, shall designate the Assistant City
Manager/Administration or Assistant City Manager/Operations as
Acting City Manager in .accordance with the provisions hereof,
provided that, such designation bysthe Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem shall
be effective only until such time as the City. Council shall
designate the same or another person to the office of Acting City
Manager.
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Section 5. That all ordinances and/or resolutions or parts of
ordinances and/or resolutions in conflict herewith are repealed to
the extent, of such conflict only.
Section 6. 'That this. being an ordinance. not requiring
publication, it shall be in force and effective immediately upon
its passage by the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas.
Section 7. That,a copy of. the caption of this Ordinance be
spread upon the Minutes of the City Council.`
REAP, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of
A. D., 2009, at a Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port
Arthur, by the following vote: AYES:
Mayor '
Councilmembers - ' '
NOES:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
TERRI HANKS, ACTING CITY SECRETARY
APPR/O~VED~AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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