(1)
No department nor board shall be created except as provided in this Charter; but if
any constitutional or legislative office or board operating in or with respect to
any function of the City be abolished, the Council, in its discretion, shall have
the right by ordinance to establish a corresponding office or board, in such manner
as the Council may deem proper.
(2)
The names, functions, or assignment of functions of departments, officers, boards,
and commissions included in this Article may be amended, and such departments, officers,
boards, and commissions may be consolidated, subdivided, reorganized, or abolished
by amendment in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-201(2), except for the Mayor, the Administrative Office, and the Departments of Law,
Police, Fire, Finance, and City Civil Service, which shall be subject to amendment
only in accordance with Section 9-201(1).
