Title
Amending Section 2.02 of the Administrative Code to clarify the role of the Mayor in assessment program procedures. (To be withdrawn.)
Body
SECTION 1
WHEREAS, under City Charter § 3.01 “[t]he executive power shall be vested in the mayor. Subject to the provisions of this Charter and the ordinances, the mayor shall control and direct the administration of the city's affairs”; and
WHEREAS, under City Charter § 3.01.4 “[t]he mayor shall direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices and agencies of the city, except as otherwise expressly provided herein”; and
WHEREAS, under City Charter§ 6.01 “[a]ll acts of the council shall be by ordinance or resolution as defined in this Chapter; and
WHERAS, under City Charter § 6.03.2 “[e]very act of the council which establishes, alters, or abolishes any department, office or agency or the procedure for the performance of any administrative act or which promulgates any rule or regulation for the conduct of the city government or which this Charter requires to be done by ordinance other than a legislative ordinance shall be by administrative ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Administrative Code must follow the Charter; and
WHEREAS, administration of the assessment program relative to the assessment of benefits in connection with the construction of local improvements is an administrative function of the Mayor; and
WHEREAS, currently, Saint Paul Legislative Code provides that the Council has the power to develop the policy that applies to the assessment program in violation of the Charter; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby ordain:
SECTION 2
Chapter 2.02 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2.02. - Administration.
(A) Functions: To provide for the maximum efficiency of operation, the office of the mayor shall be responsible for the coordination of the administrative heads of each ...
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