The City Manager shall be the chief executive officer and head of the administrative branch of the City government. The City Manager shall be responsible to the Council for the proper administration of all affairs of the City. The City Manager shall be eligible to attend all meetings of the City Council, regular and executive. The City Manager shall be the chief purchasing agent, and shall have purchasing and contracting authority on individual purchases or contracts as provided by the City’s purchasing policy. The City Manager shall have all of the powers, and shall perform each and all of the duties specified by Chapter 35A.13 RCW, together with any other duties or authority which may be conferred upon such office by the City Council or by the laws of the state of Washington pertaining to city managers, or the ordinances or resolutions of the City, as they now exist or may hereafter be amended. [Ord. 662 § 1, 2017; Ord. 11 § 2, 1995.]