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 Modesto
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER
 Article IX. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

§ 900. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. GENERAL.  

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  • The officers of the City of Modesto shall consist of a Mayor, the Council, a City Manager, a City Attorney, a City Clerk, a City Auditor and such other or subordinate officers, assistants, deputies and employees as the Council may deem necessary to provide by ordinance or resolution.

    The City Attorney, the City Clerk and the City Auditor shall be appointed by and may be removed by the affirmative votes of four (4) members of the Council; provided, however, that neither the City Attorney, the City Clerk nor the City Auditor shall be removed from office during or within a period of ninety (90) days next succeeding the election of a member of the Council. The purpose of this provision is to allow any newly elected member of the Council to observe the actions and abilities of these officers in the performance of the powers and duties of the respective offices.

    The City Manager shall be appointed and removed as provided by Section 800 of this Charter. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all other officers and department heads of the City shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall serve at the pleasure of the City Manager.

    The City Auditor shall have such powers and be required to perform such duties, consistent with the provisions of this Charter, as may be required by the Council.

    The City Manager, the City Attorney, the City Clerk, and the City Auditor may be referred to collectively in this Charter as "Charter Officers."

(As amended November 4, 1980, and February 5, 2008)