40:82-4. Duties of municipal manager
The municipal manager shall:
a. Be the chief executive and administrative official of the municipality;
b. Compile and submit to the municipal council the tentative annual budget;
c. Execute all laws and ordinances of the municipality;
d. Appoint and remove all department heads and all other officers, subordinates, and assistants for whose selection or removal no other method is provided in this subtitle, supervise and control his appointees, and report all appointments or removals at the next meeting thereafter of the municipal council;
e. Negotiate contracts for the municipality subject to the approval of the municipal council, make recommendations concerning the nature and location of municipal improvements, and execute municipal improvements as determined by the municipal council;
f. See that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the municipality or its inhabitants in any statute, public utility franchise or other contract are faithfully kept and performed, and upon knowledge of any violation call the same to the attention of the municipal council;
g. Attend all meetings of the municipal council with the right to take part in the discussions, but without the right to vote;
h. Recommend to the municipal council for adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient, and make reports to the council as requested by it, and at least once a year make an annual report of his work for the benefit of the council and the public;
i. Investigate at any time the affairs of any officer or department of the municipality;
j. Perform such other duties as may be required of the municipal manager by ordinance or resolution of the municipal council.
The municipal manager shall in all matters act under the direction and supervision and subject to the approval of the municipal council.
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