C-19 - Cities and Towns Act

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113. The director general is the chief officer of the municipality.
The director general has authority over all the other officers and employees of the municipality, except the chief auditor, who reports directly to the council. With respect to an officer or employee whose duties are prescribed by law, the authority of the director general is exercised only within the framework of his duties as the administrator of human, material and financial resources of the municipality and may in no case hinder the carrying out of duties that are prescribed by law.
The director general may suspend an officer or employee from his duties. He shall immediately make a report of the suspension to the council. The council shall decide the case of the suspended officer or employee, after inquiry.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 109; 1968, c. 55, s. 5; 1983, c. 57, s. 50; 2001, c. 25, s. 27.
113. The director general is the chief officer of the municipality.
The director general has authority over all the other officers and employees of the municipality. With respect to an officer or employee whose duties are prescribed by law, the authority of the director general is exercised only within the framework of his duties as the administrator of human, material and financial resources of the municipality and may in no case hinder the carrying out of duties that are prescribed by law.
The director general may suspend an officer or employee from his duties. He shall immediately make a report of the suspension to the council. The council shall decide the case of the suspended officer or employee, after inquiry.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 109; 1968, c. 55, s. 5; 1983, c. 57, s. 50.
113. The duties and powers of the manager shall be the following:
(1)  To take cognizance of the correspondence and communications sent to the municipality and see that they be promptly dealt with by its officers or employees;
(2)  To examine and sign, if they are correct, the weekly or monthly pay sheets, and report thereon, respectively, to the committees in charge of the various departments and to the council;
(3)  To examine the accounts payment whereof is claimed from the municipality and, if they are correct, initial them after they have been verified by the treasurer, and report them to the council for payment;
(4)  To prepare, with the chief officers or employees of the departments, for each monthly meeting of the council, a complete report of the work done during the previous month, with the suggestions he may deem useful to suggest for the work to be done in the ensuing month;
(5)  To examine the orders or requisitions for the purchase of supplies, certify them if they are correct and in accordance with the decisions or orders of the council, and report thereon to the council and to the committee having control thereof;
(6)  To prepare, with the chief officers or employees of the departments, the annual estimates, and report thereon to the council and to each of the committees;
(7)  To prepare, with the chief officer or employee of each department or the officer or employee in charge of any service in the administration, the plans and specifications for the work to be given by contract, submit them to the council for approval, draw up the notices calling for tenders and have them published by the clerk;
(8)  To open, in the presence of the members of the council, in meeting assembled, the tenders received for work to be done by contract, and recommend which of the tenders he thinks should be accepted by the council;
(9)  To study the drafts of by-laws, including loan by-laws, and communicate to the council his views and suggestions on the provisions such draft by-laws are intended to enact;
(10)  To advise the council on the steps to be taken to carry out the by-laws and enforce their observance;
(11)  To see that the monies voted by the council are used for the purposes for which they were voted;
(12)  To investigate the complaints and claims made against the municipality and report his opinion thereon to the council as well as to the committee charged with their examination;
(13)  To study the needs and everything that might be of interest to the municipality; to suggest whatever steps it may be expedient to take for an efficacious and economical administration and to promote the progress of the municipality and the welfare of the citizens;
(14)  To call a special meeting of a committee whenever he thinks it necessary, after consulting the chairman;
(15)  To attend the sittings of the council and of the committees and, with the permission of the chairman, give his opinion and make the observations and suggestions he may deem expedient on the subjects under discussion, but without the right to vote.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 109; 1968, c. 55, s. 5.