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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Order 56-85-01 CJIX flLE ~10. 56 -'b~-D \ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER of the CIn MANAGER City of Eugene, Oregon The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds that: . A. Unde r Sect ion 16 of the Eugene Charter of '1976, the C1ty Manager has the responsibility and authority to appoint and remove all employees (except as limited by Charter); organize, disband, and reorganize city departments; and assign duties to administrative employees. B. No limitations on these powers are imposed in the Charter with respect to the Police Department or its employees. C. Pur suant to that au thor i ty, the Chief of the Police Department has heretofore been designated by the City Manager as the person with authority and responsibility for the day-to-day management, direction and control of the operations and adminis- tration of the Police Department and its employees, subject only to the City Manager's ultimate authority imposed by the Charter. D. The City's Police Department is presently involved in the self-assessment phase of the law enforcement accreditation process of the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies. This Administrative Order is issued in order to provide documentat ion, if such be needed, of the police Department's compliance with Standard 12.1.1 of that Commission. Now, therefore, based upon the above findings, the City Manager of the City of Eugene hereby orders that: 1. James L. Packard, Chief of the City of Eugene's Police Department, as the chief executive officer of that department, is designated as the person charged with the responsiblity and authority to manage, direct, and control the operations and administration of the department and all personnel thereof. 2. The delegation of authority provided for herein is limited only to the extent that under Section 16 of the Eugene Charter of 1976 the City Manager remains vested with the ultimate authority and responsibility for the department and its employees. ~~ O&ARTM~tI:Fs:::~nd dated this :~ _ 7 DATE RECEn....- FOR FlUNG Mie e 1 D eason I~ ~ City Manager lilf\R 5 1985 FILE NOli 9H REF.