Yes, and there’s also exceptions for dismissal of corporate officers, of which there’s a few at each local government. I was reminded that the Community Charter requires a 2/3 majority vote of council to dismiss, for instance, the City Clerk, who is a corporate officer.

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This one is tough. 🖖

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Because things get complicated at the top of the org chart, mayors and councils can exert soft power over the city manager, but technically that person has sole purview over employment and city councils *cannot* directly fire anyone (except for the city manager themselves).

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I know you know this, but many of your readers may not — in BC, we have a “one-employee model,” in which city councils have one employee, which is the city manager or CAO. All of the other staff at the city report to the city manager, and they are the senior decision-maker on hirings and firings.

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Amazing how powerful acting can be that millions of people's first inspirations about what it means to be an effective, humane and ethical leader came from a middle-aged British guy shouting on a fake ship in the middle of a soundstage. 86 years. May we all live and prosper for that long.

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