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in pa:t: Section 615. ALLOTMENTS. For the purpose of exercising con- tinuous budgeting end for exercising budgetary control, the City Coun- cil shall establish, by ordinance, an allotment system which shall entail the designation of how much of the budget appropriations may be spent during fixed periods of tho year by the various offices, agencies, and departments of the City. ARTICLE VII OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Section 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, de- partments, and other agencies of the City as established by this Charter, for the creation of additional departments, divisions, offices, and agen- cies and for their alteration or abolition, for their assignment and re- assignment 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, departments, or other agencies established by this Charter, but shall not discontinue or assign to any other office, depart- ment, or other agency any function or duty assigned by this Charter to a particular office, department, or agency. No office provided in this Charter, to be filled by appointment by the City Manager, shall be com- bined with an office provided in this Charter to be filled by appointment 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 trsnsfer or consolidation, 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 transfer 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 Any such transfer or consolidation may be repealed by ordinance.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 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 serve st the pleasure of the City Manager. Section 701. OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. In addition to the City Manager, the City Council shall appoint the City Attorney who shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed by motion of the City Council adopted by at least four affirma- tive votes. Subject to the civil service provisions of this Charter, the City Council shall appoint the Clerk of the Council who shall serve at its pleasure. --21 --