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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 21-06-03 of the City Manager City of Eugene, Oregon CITY MANAGER'S DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO CITY POLICE AUDITOR REGARDING AUDITOR'S STAFF The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds that: A. At an election on November 8, 2005, the electors of the City of Eugene approved an amendment to the Eugene Charter of 2002 that authorizes the City Council to hire, supervise and specify the salary of an independent police auditor. B. The Charter amendment provides an exception to sections 16 (2)(c) and (h) of the Charter, which grant the City Manager the power to appoint and remove all employees of the City and to organize the various City departments. The amendment to the Charter describes certain authority that the City Council may grant to the police auditor, but that authority does not include hiring, supervision or other employment-related decisions regarding the auditor's support staff. C. The nature of the police auditor's responsibilities requires that the auditor have the ability to function independently from other City staff. Under the Charter, however, the City Manager is responsible for personnel decisions for city employees, including the appointment, supervision and discharge of city employees. To balance the need for the auditor to carry out the operations of his/her office autonomously while recognizing the responsibilities of the City Manager for employment decisions, day-to-day supervision of staff in the auditor's office should be delegated to the auditor, and the auditor should have a significant role in the hiring, supervision, discipline and discharge of such staff. Now, therefore, based upon the above findings, the City Manager of the City of Eugene orders that: 1. Personnel matters related to the Police Auditor's staff shall be managed as follows: a. The City Manager has the ultimate authority to hire and fire City employees. The City Manager by this policy is delegating the authority to the Police Auditor to recommend to the City Manager or designee, personnel decisions related to the hiring, evaluation, discipline and discharge or transfer of staff in the Auditor's office. The Auditor will make recommendations consistent with the general policies and guidelines of the City. The City Manager will accept the Auditor's recommendation on these matters unless the recommendation violates federal, state or local law , is contrary to Administrative Order - 1 CMO Auditor Admin Order (CMO Auditor Admin Order (00140426-2).DOC)