(a) The form of municipal government provided by this Charter shall be either the “Mayor-Council” or the “Council-Manager” form of government as the Council, by non-emergency ordinance, may provide. Unless the Council provides otherwise by non-emergency ordinance, the form of government of the City shall be the Mayor-Council form.

(b) When the City is operating under the Mayor-Council form of government, the term “City Administrator,” wherever used in this Charter, shall mean the Mayor, and the Mayor shall have the powers, duties, and functions of the City Administrator; provided that, when the City is operating under the Mayor-Council form of government, the City Clerk shall have such powers, duties, and functions of the City Administrator as the Council by ordinance may vest in the position. When the City is operating under the Council-Manager form of government, the term “City Administrator,” wherever used in this Charter, shall mean the City Manager, and the City Manager shall have the powers, duties, and functions of the City Administrator.