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Employment Aqreement between City of Sunny Isles Beach and Christopher J. Russo Th!s agreement is made and entered into this L -f1- day of April, 2000, between the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida (herein after the "Ci~') and Christopher J. Russo (hereinafter the "Employee"), pursuant to the following terms and conditions ("Agreement"): A. Whereas, the City wishes to employ the services of Christopher J. Russo as the City Manager of the City of Sunny Isles Beach; and B. Whereas, Employee wishes to accept employment as City Manager of said City under terms and conditions, set forth herein. Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein the City and Employee agree to the following: SECTION 1. DUTIES A. The City agrees to employ Christopher J. Russo as the City Manager of the City of Sunny Isles Beach to perform the duties and exercise powers as prescribed by the City Charter, and to perform such other legally permissible and proper duties and functions as assigned by the City Commission from time to time. B. The City Manager shall perform the duties of City Manager of the City in accordance with the terms, conditions and provisions contained in this Agreement and the Charter in a professional and respectable fashion and with full decorum required of City Managers generally and as required by the standards and Code of Ethics of the International City/County Management Association. City Manager recognizes that the position of City Manager is not and cannot be an hourly-type employment and agrees to devote that amount of time and energy, which is reasonable necessary for the City Manager to fully perform the duties required under this Agreement. Thus, the City Manager shall work as required in order to carry out his responsibilities. SECTION 2. TERM OF AGREEMENT A. The term of this agreement shall commence on August 23, 2000, subject to paragraph sixteen (16) herein below, and shall continue until terminated, in accordance with Article 3.1 of the Charter of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, by the City Commission or the City Manager. The City Manager shall serve at the pleasure of the City Commission. B. Nothing in this agreement shall prevent, limit or otherwise interfere with the right of the City Commission to terminate the services of Employee at any time, subject only to the provisions set forth in SECTION 11 of this Agreement. C. Nothing in this agreement shall prevent, limit or otherwise interfere with the right of the Employee to resign at any time from the position of City Manager, subject only to the provisions set forth in SECTION 11 of this Agreement. D. Employee agrees to remain in the exclusive employ and neither to accept other employment nor to become employed by any other employer. The term "employed" shall not be construed to include occasional teaching, writing or military reserve 04/06/00 C: W indows/Personal/CJR/Sunny Agreement.Doc LMD:ch 4/6/00 --11:55 AM Cjr 04/06/00