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(1) Each officer and employee shall perform all duties required by state law, this Code, and City ordinances, and such other duties as may be required by the officer’s or employee’s department head or supervisor or the City Manager. This obligation to perform such other duties as assigned is supplemental to the list of duties specifically listed in this Title.

(2) The department heads shall:

a. Be immediately responsible to the City Manager for the effective administration of their respective departments and all activities assigned thereto.

b. Develop and maintain an up-to-date departmental policy and procedures manual containing policies, procedures, and instructions for carrying out departmental operations in conformity with law and other City policies and in the most efficient and effective manner possible.

c. Keep informed as to the latest practices in their particular fields and inaugurate, with the approval of the City Manager, such new practices as appear to be of benefit to the City and to the public.

d. Submit reports of the activities of the department to the City Manager, as directed by the City Manager.

e. Establish and maintain a system of filing and indexing records and reports in sufficient detail to furnish all information necessary for proper control of departmental activities and to form a basis for the periodic reports to the City Manager.

f. Exercise authority over all subordinates.

g. Be responsible for the proper maintenance of all City property and equipment used in the department.

(3) Each department shall cooperate with the other departments and, upon the direction of the City Manager, shall furnish to any other department such service, labor, and materials as may be needed by the department head and as its own facilities permit.

(4) All departments and units thereof shall:

a. Be open during regular business hours, as defined by the City Manager.

b. Make a daily deposit with the City Treasurer of any public monies.

c. Pay out monies belonging to the City only in the manner prescribed by law, ordinance, and City policy.

d. Deliver all records, documents, and property, of every description belonging to the City, to the successor in office.

(Ord. No. 99-42 Repealed & Replaced 07/02/1999)