2006 Utah Code - 10-3-1226 — Manager -- Powers and duties.

     10-3-1226.   Manager -- Powers and duties.
     The manager shall have the power, and it shall be his duty to:
     (1) faithfully execute and enforce all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, and see that all franchises, leases, permits, contracts, licenses, and privileges granted by the municipality are observed;
     (2) carry out the policies and programs established by the council;
     (3) organize and direct the management of the executive affairs of the municipality in a manner consistent with this act and with municipal ordinances;
     (4) appoint a budget officer for the purpose of complying with the requirements of the uniform municipal fiscal procedures act;
     (5) appoint, with the advice and consent of the council, a qualified person to each of the offices in cities of recorder, treasurer, engineer, and attorney, and, in towns, town treasurer and clerk; create any other offices as may be deemed necessary for the good government of the municipality; and regulate and prescribe the powers and duties of all other officers of the municipality, except as provided by law or by ordinance;
     (6) examine and inspect the books, records, and official papers of any office, department, agency, board, or commission of the municipality, and make investigations and require reports from personnel;
     (7) appoint, subject to the provisions of this act and of the municipal administrative code, and with the advice and consent of the council, suspend, and remove heads of municipal offices, departments, and agencies, and all appointive officers of boards and commissions;
     (8) establish standards, qualifications, criteria, and procedures to govern the appointments, by heads of offices, departments, and agencies, or by other authorized officers, of divisional officers, assistants, deputies, and employees within their respective organizational units, subject to any applicable provisions of the merit system and municipal administrative code;
     (9) submit to the council plans and programs relating to the development and needs of the municipality, and annual and special reports concerning the financial, administrative, and operational activities of municipal offices, departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, together with his evaluation and recommendations relating to them;
     (10) attend all meetings of the council and take part in its discussions and deliberations, but without the right to vote;
     (11) appoint, with approval by majority vote of the full membership of the council, an acting municipal manager to serve in his absence or temporary incapacity to perform the powers and duties provided for in this part; and
     (12) discharge any other duties specified by statute or imposed by the council.

Enacted by Chapter 48, 1977 General Session