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(c) attend all regular and special meetings of Council with the right to participate in discussions but not to vote;

(d) enforce within the City all laws, provisions of this Revised Charter and legislation of the City;

(e) prepare and submit budgets and capital programs to Council;

(f) keep Council fully advised as to the financial condition and future needs of the City;

(g) submit to Council and make available to the public complete records of the finances and administrative activities of the City;

(h) make such other reports as Council may require concerning the operations of City departments, divisions, offices, boards, commissions, bureaus, and agencies;

(i) provide staff support services for Council and the City's boards, commissions and committees;

(j) execute on behalf of the City all contracts, leases, deeds, easements, coneveyances and agreements; and

(k) perform such other powers, duties and functions as are conferred or required by this Revised Charter or by Council.

Article VI.

CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PERSONNEL SYSTEMS

6.01. CREATION AND ALTERATION.

(a) CREATION.

The City shall have a Department of Law, a Department of Finance and such other departments as Council may create.

(b) ALTERATION.

Except for the Department of Law and the Department of Finance, Council may abolish, combine, merge, change or alter any department of the City.

6.02. POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.

Departments shall have those powers, duties and functions as provided in this Revised Charter or by Council.

6.03. DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.

(a) DIRECTORS.

Departments shall be under the supervision of directors.

(b) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.

The Director of Law and the Director of Finance shall be appointed and removed by the City Manager, subject to the consent and approval of Council. The Director of Law and the Director of Finance shall serve at the pleasure of the City Manager and Council. All other directors shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall serve at the pleasure of the City Manager. With the consent of Council, the City Manager may serve as the director of one or more departments or may appoint one person as the director of two or more departments.

(c) QUALIFICATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS.

A director need not be an elector or resident of the City. A director shall not hold any other public office, except that the director may hold office in a political party or be a delegate to a political party convention; serve as a notary public; serve as a member or officer in the military reserve or national guard; serve in any office, position or capacity to further intergovernmental cooperation; and hold any office permitted by the laws of the State of Ohio, this Revised Charter, or by Council.

6.04. DIRECTOR OF LAW.