§ 7.1. The Administrative Officers.

(a)

The administrative officers of the city shall be the City Manager, Assessor, Chief of Police, Clerk, Finance Director, Fire Chief, the Treasurer, and the deputies of any of them.

(b)

The administrative service of the city may be divided into such departments as the Council shall provide by ordinance. Such ordinance shall be known and designated as the Administrative plan [sic] of the city. In such administrative plan the Council shall define the duties of officers and departments of the city government. In such administrative plan the Council may create additional administrative officers or departments, or combine any administrative offices and municipal departments, in any manner not inconsistent with law, and prescribe the duties thereof as it may deem necessary for the proper operation of the city government. No creation of any administrative office or department, or combination thereof one with another, shall abolish the office of City Manager nor diminish any of the duties or prerogatives of that office as set forth in this charter. Except as authorized by law the Council shall create no board for the purpose of exercising any administrative function of the city.

(c)

Pending the adoption of the administrative plan, or when conditions arise which are not covered by the plan the City Manager may, with the approval of the Council, establish temporary regulations for the conduct of the city's government, consistent with this charter.

State law reference

Mandatory that Charter provide for appointment of certain officers, MCL 117.3(a), MSA 5.2073(a).