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 Article IV. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
 Chapter 1. ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

  § 4-102. Organization.  

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  • The Executive Branch shall consist of the Office of Mayor, of which the Mayor shall be the head; the Administrative Office, of which the Chief Administrative Officer shall be the head; the department heads; the unattached boards in Article V of this Charter; and the following departments and boards; all of which are hereby created and established or continued and recognized:

    (1)

    Departments:

    Department of Law

    Department of Police

    Department of Fire

    Department of Safety and Permits

    Department of Sanitation

    Department of Public Works

    Department of Recreation

    Department of Human Services

    Department of Health

    Department of Finance

    Department of Property Management

    Department of City Civil Service

    Department of Utilities

    Department of Parks and Parkways

    (2)

    Boards and Commissions:

    (a)

    Departmental:

    In the Department of City Civil Service:

    Civil Service Commission

    (b)

    Attached to Departments or Commissions:

    To the Department of Safety and Permits:

    Board of Building Standards and Appeals

    To the City Planning Commission:

    Board of Zoning Adjustments

    To the Department of Property Management:

    Delgado Albania Plantation Commission

    To the Department of Finance:

    Board of Trustees of the Municipal Employees' Retirement System

    Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund

    Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund

    The foregoing boards shall be attached to but shall not be a part of the departments or commissions, as indicated; and the head of each department shall be an ex-officio member of the boards attached thereto to the extent permitted by law, and except as otherwise provided herein. The responsibilities of the departments with respect to such boards shall be limited to the general oversight of their operations for the purpose of providing information thereon to the Mayor, Chief Administrative Officer and the Council.

    (c)

    Other:

    Board of City Trusts

    Central Business District Historic District Landmarks Commission

    New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission

    Mosquito Control Board