(A) Responsibility for management of the city and direction of its work force is vested in the City Manager and his department heads. In order to fulfill this responsibility the rights of the city include, but are not limited to, the exclusive right to:

(1) Determine the mission of its constituent departments, commissions and boards;

(2) Set standards of services;

(3) Determine the procedures and standards of selection for employment and promotion;

(4) Direct its employees;

(5) Take disciplinary action;

(6) Relieve its employees from duty because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons;

(7) Maintain the efficiency of governmental operations;

(8) Determine the methods, means and personnel by which government operations are to be conducted, including the right to contract out for goods and services;

(9) Determine the content of job classifications;

(10) Take all necessary action to carry out its mission in emergencies; and

(11) Exercise complete control and discretion over its organization and the technology of performing its work.

(B) The city retains all rights, powers and privileges not expressly specified in division (A) above and not included in § 36.24.
(Ord. 867, passed 5-12-75)