§ 2-234. Discharge.

All employees shall be discharged by the city administrator, after consultation with the applicable department head, when in the judgment of said city administrator, the efficient conduct of municipal affairs so demands, except that the director of public works, economic development director, director of the convention and visitors bureau, chief of the city fire department, chief of the city police department, city clerk, city treasurer, accounting administrator, emergency management coordinator, city engineer, city building official, city plumbing inspector, public works operation manager, communication manager, city attorney, and special attorney(s) shall be discharged by the city administrator, with the advice and consent of the mayor and city council; provided, however, that the city administrator may not discharge those city officers who are by applicable law required to be discharged by the mayor and/or city council or those employees who are by applicable law required to be appointed by the city board of fire and police commission.

(Code 1951, § 19-4; Ord. No. 31-2010, Art. IV, § VIII, 4-29-2010; Ord. No. 71-2010, § II, 10-19-2010; Ord. No. 33-2013, § VII, 8-20-2013)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 24, §§ 4-5-6, 4-5-9.