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Section 15. Council - Immunity. No member of the councilor the mayor may be held liable, or questioned in any other place, for words uttered in debate in the council. Section 16. City Manager. (1) (a) The city council shall appoint a city manager and fix his or her compensation and conditions of employment. (b) If the office of manager becomes vacant, the mayor shall appoint a manager pro tem. The manager pro tem shall have all functions of the manager, but may appoint or dismiss a department head only with the approval of the council. The term of office of a manager pro tem ends when a city manager takes office. (c) The manager shall be the administrative head of the city and be chosen [~ithotrt politiGal cOll5ideration and] solely on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications. (d) The manager and such other appointed officers as the council designates may sit with the council but have no vote therein. The manager may take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the council. ( e) No councilor nor the mayor may in any manner, directly or indirectly, by suggestion or otherwise, attempt to influence the manager in the making of any appointment or any removal of city personnel or in the purchase of supplies, nor may any councilor or the mayor exact any promise relative to any appointment by a city manager or discuss, directly or indirectly, with the manager or any candidate for the office of manager any appointment by the manager. Violation of this section forfeits the office of the violating elected officer, who may be removed by the councilor any court of competent jurisdiction. The mayor and council may, however, in open council session, discuss with or suggest to the manager anything pertaining to city affairs and in executive session discuss matters pertaining to collective bargaining. (2) The city manager shall: (a) [prGpMe] propose the [anntlal] budget; Section 17. Judges. Powers. Procedures. (1) The city council may appoint one or more municipal judges, for terms and at salaries it specifies. A municipal judge shall hold court in the city at such a place as the council directs. The court shall be known as the Municipal Court. (2) The court may impose sanctions on any person who violates a city ordinance within the court's jurisdiction, issue process for the arrest of any person accused of any such violation, commit such a person to imprisonment or admit the person to bail pending trial, issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to appear and testify on the trial of any cause before the court, enforce obedience to the subpoenas, and issue process necessary to carry into effect the judgment of the court. (3) All proceedings in the municipal court shall be governed by the general laws of the state governing justices of the peace and justice1s courts, except as city ordinance prescribes to the contrary. [A IntmicipaljudgG ha5 the jtlri5diGtion and autholity ofajusticG of the pGace in and fOl LanG County, in both civil and Grilninal nlattGI5, and ~hGn eXGlci5illg tl.lat jUlisdiGtion and atltl.lority i5 5ubjGGt to thG gGnGralla\l'v5 ofthG state pre5Gribing tl.le dtrtiG5 of aj tl5tiGe ofthG peace and the 11l0de of pc.rforming thGlll.] In civil and criminal matters, a municipal judge has the Exhibit A - 2