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(8) Perform such other duties as may be required by the council and consistent with state statute and this Code. SECTION 11. Orono City Code Title I, Chapter 2, Article III, Division 2, Section 2-101 is amended by adding the underlined language and deleting the stfikethfough language as follows: Sec. 2-101. General supervisory capacity. No member of the council shall in any manner interfere with or prevent the city administrator from exercising the administrator's own judgment in the administration of the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, no member of the council shall deal with or exercise control over the administration of the city; and no member shall give orders to any department head or employee of the city, either publicly or privately, except through a majority vote of the council. (1) If a councilmember receives information regarding a matter of concern related to the administration of the city, the councilmember shall forward the information to the administrator at the earliest possible time. The administrator shall then forward the information to the other councilmembers. (2) If an individual councilmember directly contacts a staff member for the purpose of obtaining information, the information shall be provided to all councilmembers and to the administrator, if the staff member contacted is other than the administrator. (3) If the response to a councilmember's inquiry will require significant time and effort, the staff person shall refer the councilmein ber to the administrator to determine whether the request can be accommodated within the current workload priorities. If the request conflicts with other workload priorities, the administrator may refer the request to the full council to determine whether the request should displace other council priorities. (4) Concerns raised by city employees regarding the administration of the city shall be addressed through the chain of command. The city's administrative policy shall set out the process to be used for addressing a concern through the chain of command. (5) Concerns raised by city employees regarding pay, benefits, and other employment -related matters shall be addressed through the grievance policy set out in the city's am inistrativ personnel policy.