[CC 1989 §2-32; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she be at least thirty (30)
years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
City at the time of and for at least two (2) years next preceding
his/her election.
The Mayor shall be President of the Council and shall preside
over same, but shall not vote except in case of a tie in said council,
when he/she shall cast the deciding vote; but provided, however, that
he/she shall have no such power to vote in cases when he/she is an
interested party. He/she shall have the superintending control of
all the officers and affairs of the City, and shall take care that
the ordinances of the City and the State laws relating to such City
are complied with.
[CC 1989 §2-34; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures and
to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under this Code
and other ordinances of the City; but this Section shall not be so
construed as to authorize the Mayor to remit any costs which may have
accrued to any officer of the City by reason of any prosecution under
State law, this Code or other ordinance of the City. Whenever the
Mayor shall conclude to remit any fine or commute any sentence of
imprisonment or labor for imprisonment, he/she shall execute and deliver
to the Municipal Judge an order for such remittal or communication,
which order shall contain the title of the cause, a brief recital
of the judgment of the Municipal Judge, and shall state explicitly
in what manner such judgment is charged.
The mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the council
such measures as may, in his/her opinion, tend to the improvement
of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort and
general prosperity of the City.
[CC 1989 §2-36; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Mayor shall have power to require, as often as he/she may
deem it necessary, any officer of the City to exhibit his/her accounts
or other papers or records and to make a report to the City Council
in writing touching any subject or matter pertaining to his/her office.
[CC 1989 §2-37; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Mayor shall, when properly authorized by the City Council,
sign, execute and deliver all deeds or conveyances for any real estate
which the City may sell to any purchaser thereof.
[CC 1989 §2-38; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Mayor shall have superintending control over the Chief of
Police and Police force and shall also have power, in cases of emergency
or upon occasions of any public assemblage within the City, to appoint
one (1) or more extra Policemen to act during the continuance of such
emergency or of such assemblage, if in his/her judgment the safety
of the citizens and the peace and good order of the City require it.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor, by death,
resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to
qualify or otherwise, nominations of a successor may be made by any
member of the Council and selected with the consent of a majority
of the members of the Council. The Council may adopt procedures to
fill any such vacancy consistent with this section. In the case of
a temporary absence of the mayor or disability to perform the duties
of his/her office, the President Pro Tem of the Council shall perform
the duties of Mayor until the Mayor shall return or such disability
be removed; and during the time the President Pro Tem of the Council
shall act as Mayor, the President Pro Tem shall receive the same compensation
that the Mayor would be entitled to.
The City Council or any member thereof may at any time prefer charges against the Mayor for any of the causes set out in this Chapter, and the Council shall at once proceed to investigate and decide the charges in the same manner as in Article III of this Chapter provided in cases of suspended officers. During such investigation it shall be unlawful for the Mayor to preside at the meetings of the City Council, and should he/she be found guilty of any or all the charges preferred against him, the Council shall, by resolution affirmatively adopted by two-thirds (2/3) of all elected members to the Council, remove him/her from office and declare his/her office vacant; and the President Pro Tem shall immediately take the necessary steps to fill such vacancy.
