Section 32
SEC. 32. City departments.&mdashThere shall be the following city department over which the Mayor shall have direct supervision and control, any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding: 1.Department of Engineering and Public Works 2.Department of Health 3.Law Department 4.Department of Finance 5.Department of Assessment 6.Police Department 7.Fire Department 8.Department of Public Services Upon the recommendation of the Mayor, the City Council may, from time to time, by ordinance, assign additional functions or duties to, and make such readjustments in the duties of, the several departments and offices of the city as the public interest may require, and shall have the power to consolidate any department, division or office of the city with any other department, division or office, or delegate these powers to the Mayor by ordinance. Any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, two or more departments may be headed by the same individual.