§ 7.2. - Departments.
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(a) The departments generally. The City Council must establish, organize, and otherwise provide for these departments: (1) a City Coordinator; (2) a City Clerk (section 4.2(e)); (3) a City Assessor; (4) a City Finance Officer and budget office, including a director; (5) a City Attorney and legal department; (6) a civil rights department, including a director, and a civil rights commission (section 7.2(d)); (7) a department of community planning and economic development; (8) a fire department (section 7.4); (9) a health department, headed by a health commissioner; (10) a planning commission (section 7.2(e)); (11) a police department (section 7.3);
Funding. The City Council must fund a police force of at least 0.0017 employees per resident, and provide for those employees’ compensation, for which purpose it may tax the taxable property in the City up to 0.3 percent of its value annually. This tax is in addition to any other tax, and not subject to the maximum set under section 9.3(a)(4).
Police department. The Mayor has complete power over the establishment, maintenance, and command of the police department. The Mayor may make all rules and regulations and may promulgate and enforce general and special orders necessary to operating the police department. Except where the law vests an appointment in the department itself, the Mayor appoints and may discipline or discharge any employee in the department (subject to the Civil Service Commission’s rules, in the case of an employee in the classified service).