[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Snow Hill 3-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-04.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Appointment of Town Manager — See Charter, § 72.
Personnel policies — See Ch. 27.
[1]
Editor's Note: The provisions of this ordinance were
originally adopted as Ch. 28, but were redesignated to fit the organizational
structure of the Code.
The Town Manager shall be chosen on the basis of his or her
executive ability and administrative qualifications with special reference
being made to his or her actual experience in, or knowledge of, accepted
practice in respect to the duties of the office, as hereinafter set
forth.
The Town Manager shall receive such compensation as the Mayor
and Council shall determine from time to time.
A.
The Town Manager shall be responsible to the Mayor and Council for
the proper administration of all affairs of the Town and, to that
end, subject to the personnel regulations duly adopted by the Town,
and subject to the provisions of the Snow Hill Charter, he or she
shall have power and shall be required to:
(1)
Appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, suspend
or remove all employees of the Town except as otherwise provided by
resolution or the Charter of Snow Hill and except as he or she may
authorize the head of a department or office to appoint, suspend or
remove subordinates in such department or office;
(2)
Attend all Council meetings and arrange for minutes of all Council
meetings to be recorded;
(3)
Supervise the financial administration of the Town government, the
preparation and administration of the budget, and the disbursement
of monies and control over expenditures, in conjunction with the Mayor
and the Treasurer;
(4)
Maintain a general accounting system for the Town in such form as
the Council may require, not contrary to state law;
(5)
Ascertain that all taxable property within the Town is assessed for
taxation;
(6)
Collect all taxes, special assessments, license fees, liens, and
all other revenues of the Town, and receive any funds receivable by
the Town;
(7)
Do such other things in relation to the fiscal or financial affairs
of the Town as the Mayor and Council may require or as may be required
elsewhere in the Code or the Charter; and
(8)
Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Charter or
required of him by the Mayor and Council, not inconsistent with the
Charter of Snow Hill, Maryland.
B.
All office, department, and agency heads shall serve under the supervision
of, and shall report to, the Town Manager. All subordinate officers
and employees of the offices, departments, and agencies of the Town
government may be appointed and removed by the Town Manager, after
consultation with the Mayor and the Council, in accordance with rules
and regulations in any merit system which may be adopted by the Council.
