ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 21 -03 -12 <br />of the <br />City Manager <br />City of Eugene, Oregon <br />RESCINDINGADMINISTRATIVE ORDERNO.58 -92 -21 AND <br />RE- DELEGATING DUTIES TO THE EXECUTIVE <br />DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. <br />The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds that: <br />A. Under the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 16 of the Eugene Charter of 1976, the <br />City Manager was designated as the administrative head of the City, was specifically authorized to <br />appoint and remove all employees (except as otherwise provided in the Charter), organize, disband, <br />or reorganize City departments, and to enforce all ordinances of the City. (The same authorizations <br />are contained in Chapter IV, Section 16 of the Eugene Charter of 2002, subject to the limitations <br />contained therein.) Pursuant to that authority, in 1992 the City Manager reorganized the Public <br />Works Department and Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department (PARCS), with many <br />of the functions, duties and responsibilities previously performed by the PARCS. Department <br />becoming the function, duty or responsibility of the Public Works Department. <br />B. At that time Sections 2.812 to 2.817 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC), authorized or <br />required specific duties or acts to be performed by the person designated by the City Manager as the <br />Executive Director ofthe Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department, and EC Section 4.330 <br />authorized the City Manager or designee to designate areas within City parks where dogs may be <br />allowed to run off leash. <br />C. OnNovember 30,1992 the CityManager issued Administrative OrderNo. 58 -92 -21 <br />designating the Executive Director of the Public Works Department as the person to cant' out the <br />duties and responsibilities referenced in finding B above, and rescinding any prior orders in conflict <br />therewith. <br />D. Although EC Sections 2.812 to 2.817 wererepealed by Ordinance No. 20015 on May <br />22, 1995, subsequent administrative orders of the City Manager have confirmed the continuing <br />authority delegated by Administrative Order No. 58- 92 -21. <br />E. Due to the passage of time and the limitations on access to EC Sections 2.812 to <br />2.817, the a>thority delegated in Administrative Order No. 58 -92 -21 should be reaffirmed and the <br />duties and responsibilities re- delegated as set forth herein, with that order rescinded as of the <br />effective date of this Administrative Order. <br />Now, therefore, based upon the above findings, which are hereby adopted, <br />The City Manager of the City of Eugene orders and directs that: <br />1. Administrative Order No. 58- 92 -21, is hereby rescinded, as of the effective date of <br />Us Administrative Order. <br />Subject to the authority and control ofthe City Manager and any limitations imposed <br />Administrative Order - 1 <br />CAWINDOWS\Temporuy Intemet Files \OUCA3MO3emopubwks2.wpd(OS /25/03) <br />