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1982-027ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OF THE CITY OF DENTON INTO ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, CREATING DEPARTMENTS AND DIRECTORS THEREOF, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby amended so as to hereafter read as follows CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE I CITY BOUNDARY BOOK AND SEAL ARTICLE II ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION ARTICLE I GENERAL Section 2-1 CITY BOUNDARY BOOK The City Secretary, or such officer as the City Manager may direct, shall maintain a well-bound book which shall b~ entitled "offIcial corporate limits of the C~ty of Denton, Texas" It shall be the duty of the City Secretary, or of such officer as the City Manager may direct, to enter in the book a correct description of the boundaries of the C~ty of Denton, together with all annexation ordinances and other ordinances pertaining to the offlclal boundarles of the City of Denton An official map of the City of Denton shall also be kept with such book showing the boundaries of the C~ty of Denton, such officer shall indicate upon the map the number of any ordinance changing the boundaries of the C~ty of Denton The book and map shall be the offlclal record of the boundaries of the City of Denton Section 2-2 CITY SEAL The seal of the Clty of Denton shall be a star of f~ve points within two concentric c~rcles, w~th the words, "C~ty of Denton, Denton, Texas", engraved between the two concentric circles Section 2-3 /2-15 RESERVED ARTICLE II ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION Section 2-16 GENERAL GOVERNMENT The Office of the City Manager created by Article V of the Charter of the C~ty of Denton, Texas for administrative and budget purposes shall be designated as General Government The C~ty Manager shall select and appoint such Assistant City Managers, Asslstants, Administrative Assistants and employees as may be provided from t~me to time in the budget of the C~ty The City Manager may assign the City Secretary and other employees of the City to General Government and the Assistant C~ty Managers and such other employees of the City assigned to General Government shall perform such duties and functions as may be assigned from t~me to t~me by the City Manager, the Charter, ordinances of the C~ty, or as required by State Law Section 2-17 ADMINISTRATIVE DFPARTMENTS (a) The following administrative offices of the City are hereby created and shall be d~v~ded ~nto the following departments and heads thereof DEPARTMENTS HEAD OF DEPARTMENT Data Processing D~rector of Data Processing F~nance and Taxation Director of F~nance and Taxation Fire Fire Chief Library D~rector of Library Parks & Recreation Director of Parks & Recreation Personnel/Employee Relations D~rector of Personnel/Employee Relations Planning & Community Development D~rector of Planning & Community Development Police Police Chief Public Works Director of Public Works Ut~l~ties D~rector of Utilities (b) The head of each department shal~ perform all duties required of such off~ce by State Law, the Charter, ordinances of the C~ty, or the City Manager The head of each department shall be appointed and removed from office by the C~ty Manager In case of a vacancy in the off~ce of a d~rector of a department, the C~ty Manager may, from t~me to t~me, assign the supervision and control of such department to another employee of the City selected and appointed by the City Manager Each department shall be composed of the d~rector, assistants, and such employees as may be authorized from time to t~me by the budget of the C~ty (c) The head of each department shall (1) Be immedIately responsible to the C~ty Manager or his designee for the effective adminis- tration of their respective departments and all activities assigned thereto (2) Keep informed as to the latest practices in their particular f~eld and shall inaugurate, with the approval of the City Manager, such new practices as appear to be of benefit to the service and to the public (3) Be responsible for the proper maintenance and safe keeping of all city property and equip- ment used in h~s or her department (d) No employee of the City shall take an active public part in any political campaign, except as may be permItted by the Laws of the State of Texas Section 2-18 to 2-30 RESERVED SECTION II All provisions of any ordinance of the City of Denton or provisions of the Code of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed SECTION III This ordinance shall become effective from and after its date of passage, and it ~s so ordained PASSED AND APPROVED this the~dayqf March, 1982 . ' /~I~'A~D--O-~ STEW)~RT, M~Yfh~/ -citY OF D NTON, TEXAS ATTEST CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS