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EXHIBIT F 669' Sec. 700. City administrative organization The city council may provide by ordinance not inconsistent with this charter, for the organization, conduct, and operation of the several offices, departments, and other agen- cies of the city as established by this charter, for the creation of additional departments, divisions, offices, and agencies and for their alteration or abolition, for their assignment and reassignment to departments, and for the number, titles, qualifications, powers, duties, and compensation of all officers and employees. The city council by ordinance may assign additional functions or duties to offices, de- partments, or other agencies established by this charter, but shall not discontinue or assign to any other office, department, or other agency any function or duty assigned by this charter to a particular office, depart- ment, or agency. No office provided in this charter, to be filled by appointment by the city manager, shall be combined with an office provided in this charter to be filled by ap- pointment by the city council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the city council may transfer or consolidate functions of the city government to or with appropriate functions of the state or county government and, in case of any such transfer or consoli- dation, the provisions of this charter providing for the functions of the city government so transferred or consolidated, shall be deemed suspended during the continuance of such trans- fer or consolidation, to the extent that such suspension is made necessary or convenient and is set forth in the ordinance establishing such transfer or consolidation. Any such transfer or consolidation may be repealed by ordinance. subject to the civil service provisions and section 501 of this charter, all officers and department heads of the city except the city attorney and the clerk of the council, shall be appointed by the city manager and shall thereafter serve at the pleasure of the city manager.