It is the purpose of this chapter to clarify and ambiguity in Charter Ordinance No. 28 concerning the city manager’s authority to enter into severance agreements with city employees. The Charter Ordinance authorizes the city manager to appoint, promote, transfer, assign and demote, discipline, layoff, suspend, discharge or remove all city employees. The Charter Ordinance also authorizes the City Council to pass all such contracts needful for the welfare of the city and the mayor to sign all such contracts. This chapter delegates to the city manger limited authority to enter into and sign severance agreements with city employees. (Ord. 91-58 § 1, 1991.)