§ 21.201. Declaration of policy.

The Council hereby finds and declares:

(a)

The agencies which comprise the executive branch should be included within a reasonable number of executive departments consistent with executive capacity to administer effectively at all levels of government. The number of agencies created to execute the functions of government should be held to a minimum consistent with the requirements placed upon the Consolidated Government.

(b)

Structural reorganization should be a continuing process through careful legislative and executive appraisal of the placement of proposed new programs and coordination of existing programs. The agencies in the executive branch or exercising administrative or executive functions should be integrated into the executive departments to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness. The creation of boards and commissions, with no direct control by the executive branch, should be done only when the subject matter of the agency should remain free of political influence or executive control for the public good.

(c)

The management and coordination of governmental services and property should be continually improved and overlapping activities eliminated. When an agency has performed the function for which it was created or when circumstances indicate that an agency is no longer needed, that agency should be abolished.

(d)

The Council has the legislative duty and responsibility to structure the executive branch in such a way that the Mayor can effectively and efficiently administer the Consolidated Government. However, the Mayor is most likely to have the information and experience necessary to determine the necessity for and probable form of a restructuring and the Council should authorize and empower the Mayor to make recommendations and propose changes in the executive branch. This part is designed to establish the procedures whereby the Mayor can present his recommendations and proposals for an orderly restructuring of the executive branch; provided, that the establishment of this part shall not be construed so as to preclude the Council from initiating a change in the structure of the executive branch.

(Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)