CHAPTER V: POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS

SECTION 25 MAYOR

The mayor shall appoint:

(1) Members of committees established by council rules, and

(2) Other persons required by the council to be so appointed.

SECTION 26 MUNICIPAL JUDGE

(1) If the council creates the office of municipal judge, the appointee shall hold, within the city at a place and times that the council specifies, a court known as the Municipal Court for the City of Junction City, Lane County, Oregon.

(2) Except as this charter or city ordinance prescribes to the contrary, proceedings of the court shall conform to general laws of this state governing justices of the peace and justice courts.

(3) All area within the city and, to the extent provided by state law, area outside the city is within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.

(4) The municipal court has original jurisdiction over every offense that an ordinance of the city makes punishable. The court may enforce forfeitures and other penalties that such ordinances prescribe.

(5) The municipal judge may:

(a) Render judgments and, for enforcing them, impose sanctions on persons and property within the court’s territorial jurisdiction;

(b) Order the arrest of anyone accused of an offense against the city;

(c) Commit to jail or admit to bail anyone accused of such an offense;

(d) Issue and compel obedience to subpoenas;

(e) Compel witnesses to appear and testify and jurors to serve in the trial of matters before the court;

(f) Penalize contempt of court;

(g) Issue process necessary to effectuate judgments and orders of the court;

(h) Issue search warrants;

(i) Perform other judicial and quasi-judicial functions prescribed by ordinance; and

(j) The mayor may appoint municipal judges pro tem for terms of office set by the judge and approved by the Mayor.

(6) Notwithstanding this section, the council may transfer some or all of the functions of the municipal court to an appropriate state court.

SECTION 27 CITY ADMINISTRATOR

(1) The city administrator is the administrative head of the city government.

(2) A majority of the council shall appoint and may remove the administrator. Should the council’s vote result in a tie, the mayor shall cast the deciding vote. The appointment shall be without regard to political considerations and solely on the basis of administrative qualifications.

(3) Upon accepting the appointment, the administrator shall furnish the city a bond in an amount and with a surety approved by the council. The city shall pay the bond premium.

(4) The administrator shall be appointed for a definite or an indefinite term and all personnel policies established by the council shall apply to the administrator unless specifically excluded in the policy.

(5) The administrator shall:

(a) Attend all council meetings unless excused by the council or mayor;

(b) Keep the council advised of the affairs and needs of the city;

(c) See that the provisions of all ordinances are administered to the satisfaction of the council;

(d) See that all terms of franchises, leases, contracts, permits, and privileges granted by the city are fulfilled;

(e) Appoint, discipline and remove appointive personnel, except appointees of the mayor or council;

(f) Supervise and control the administrator’s appointees in their service to the city;

(g) Organize and reorganize the departmental structure of city government, as directed by the council;

(h) Prepare and transmit to the council an annual city budget;

(i) Supervise city contracts;

(j) Supervise operation of all city-owned public utilities and property; and

(k) Perform other duties as the council prescribes consistent with this charter.

(6) The administrator shall not control:

(a) The council;

(b) The municipal judge in the judge’s judicial functions; or,

(c) Except as the council authorizes, appointive personnel of the city whom the administrator does not appoint.

(7) The administrator and other personnel whom the council designates may sit with the council but may not vote on questions before it. The administrator may take part in all council discussions.

(8) When the administrator is unable to perform the duties as administrator, or when the office of administrator becomes vacant, the council shall appoint an administrator pro tem, who has the powers and duties of administrator, except that the administrator pro tem may appoint or remove personnel only with approval of the council. No person may be administrator pro tem more than six consecutive months.

SECTION 28 RECORDER

The recorder shall serve ex officio as clerk of the council, attend all its meetings unless excused therefrom by the city administrator or council, keep an accurate record of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose, and may sign on orders of the treasurer. In the recorder’s absence from a council meeting the council shall appoint a clerk of the council pro tem, who while acting in that capacity, shall have all the authority and duties of the recorder.