Section 8Sec./Art. 8

Other powers and duties of the General Manager.

(a) To direct and manage the System in accordance with and to carry out the policies of the Board;

(b) To control, direct and supervise all the officers and employees under him;

(c) To remove, suspend or otherwise discipline for cause, or terminate by reason of incapacity the term of office of, Department Heads, Division and Section Chiefs, and other officers of equivalent rank, subject to the approval of the Board. The decision of the Board may be appealed within thirty days from receipt thereof to the proper Court of First Instance, but shall be immediately enforceable notwithstanding said appeal;

(d) To remove, suspend or otherwise discipline for cause, or terminate by reason of incapacity the term of office of, all other personnel, without prejudice to an appeal within thirty days from receipt of the decision to the Board, the decision of which Board shall be immediately final and enforceable;

(e) To detail any officer or employee when required by the exigencies of the service, for a period not exceeding six months, without reduction in salary, and his decision shall be final;

(f) To submit to the Board an annual budget and plantilla of personnel not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of a fiscal year, and thereafter such supplemental budgets as may be necessary;

(g) To submit to the Board, not later than the twentieth of every month, a financial and an operational report for the month preceding, and not later than ninety days after the close of each fiscal year an annual report, and from time to time such partial reports as he may see fit to render or as may be required by the Board; and

(h) To perform such other powers and duties as may be assigned by the Board or prescribed either by law or by the By-Laws of the System.