Colorado § 31-4-210 - City manager - qualifications - removal.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-4-210 — City manager - qualifications - removal., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-4-210. City manager - qualifications - removal.
The city council shall appoint a city manager who shall be the chief administrative officer of the city. The city manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications and need not, when appointed, be a resident of the city or of the state. No member of the city council shall be chosen as city manager during his term of office. The city manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term, but he may be removed at the pleasure of the city council for cause. Before the city manager may be removed, he shall be given, if he so demands, a written statement of the reasons alleged for his removal and he has the right to be heard thereon at a public meeting of the council prior to the final vote on the question of his removal. Pending and during such hearing, the city council may suspend him from office. The action of the city council in suspending or removing the city manager shall be final. It is the intent of this part 2 to vest all authority and to fix all responsibility for such suspension or removal in the city council. In case of the absence or disability of the city manager, the city council may designate some qualified person to perform the duties of the office during such absence or disability.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1030, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-3-210 as it existed prior to 1975.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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