The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city.
The mayor shall possess all the powers and duties set forth in the
charter and applicable state law.
[L.L. No. 3-2010, 7-6-2010, § 1]
(a) There shall be appointed by the Mayor, by certificate filed in the
office of the City Chamberlain, two city judges, the members and two
(2) alternates of the Planning Board, and the Zoning. Board of Appeals;
the members of the Recreation Commission, the housing authority and
the examining boards for whose appointment the Mayor is responsible
by law. Any officer appointed by the Mayor hereunder, except the city
judges, may be removed by the Mayor for cause, after he has had the
opportunity to be heard, by a certificate filed in the office of the
City Chamberlain, and the Mayor may appoint another in his place for
the remainder of the unexpired term.
(b) Members of examining boards for whose appointment the mayor is responsible
by law shall not be disqualified by reason of, or prohibited from
contracting with the city for the constructing of or maintenance of
any public works of the city nor from furnishing work or materials
to the city.
Whenever the mayor shall file a certificate appointing or removing
an officer, the chamberlain shall forthwith make and mail to or personally
serve upon such appointed or removed officer, a certified copy of
such certificate.
If any resolution presented to the mayor shall relate to separate
and distinct matters, or one or more items of appropriations for the
payment of money, the mayor may approve and sign it as to one or more
of said matters or items. The mayor shall annex to the resolution
a statement of the matter or items which he does not approve, and
as to such matters or items it shall not take effect unless reconsidered
and passed by the council.
The mayor shall present to the common council, simultaneously
with any proposed local law, ordinance or resolution or motion suggested
to the common council by the mayor, having a present or future fiscal
impact on the City of Poughkeepsie in excess of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000), a fiscal impact statement. The fiscal impact statement
shall be prepared in the manner set forth in § 2.10 of this
code and shall include the information set forth in that section.
If any person having been in office in said city shall not within
ten days after notification and request deliver to his successor in
office all property, papers and effects of every description in his
possession or under his control belonging to said city and which appertain
to the office so held, he shall forfeit and pay to the use of said
city one hundred dollars ($100.00), besides all damages caused by
his neglect or refusal so to deliver.
[Added by L.L. No. 3-2017, 6/19/2017]
The mayor shall be required to participate in education related
to his or her office. The mayor shall complete at least 8 hours of
education and training by June 30th annually. The training requirement
as set forth in Section 3.10 of the City Charter for the Mayor can
be satisfied by any training program presented by the New York Conference
of Mayors or, in the alternative, any program closely related to the
duties of the mayor. Such programs are to be preapproved by the Commissioner
of Finance. Should the mayor fail to complete the required education
and training, then the Commissioner of Finance shall reduce the mayor's
salary by 10%.