The Mayor shall appoint the Managing Director, the Director of Finance and the City Representative. The Director of Finance shall be appointed from among three persons whose names are submitted to the Mayor by the Finance Panel.

ANNOTATION

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Purposes: Consistent with the theory of the strong-mayor form of government, the Mayor is given the power to appoint his principal assistants without the advice and consent of the Council. The Finance Director is to be appointed by the Mayor from persons recommended by a Finance Panel because the major powers and duties vested in the Director of Finance and the extreme importance of his office requires that the office be filled by a person of marked competence and experience. The Finance Panel device is intended to help assure especially qualified appointments to this office.