[R.O. 2013 §110.010; CC 1984 §2-66; Ord. No. 162 §2, 2-15-1937]
When two (2) or more persons shall have an equal number of votes
for the office of Mayor and a higher number of votes than any other
candidate, the matter shall be determined as provided for by State
Statute.
[R.O. 2013 §110.020]
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she be at least twenty-five
(25) years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of
the City at the time of and for at least one (1) year next preceding
his/her election.
[R.O. 2013 §110.030; CC 1984 §2-67; Ord. No. 162 §3, 2-15-1937]
The Mayor shall have a seat in and preside over the Board of
Aldermen, but shall not vote on any question except in case of a tie,
nor shall he/she preside or vote in cases when he/she is an interested
party. He/she shall exercise a general supervision over all the officers
and affairs of the City, and shall take care that the ordinances of
the City and the State laws relating to the City are complied with.
[R.O. 2013 §110.040; CC 1984 §2-68; Ord. No. 10 §1, 8-24-1917; Ord. No. 145 §1, 12-4-1936; Ord. No. 162 §4, 2-15-1937; Ord. No. 1697 §1, 2-22-2006; Ord. No. 2061, 8-17-2020]
The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the majority of
the members of the Board of Aldermen, shall have power to appoint
a City Administrator, Treasurer, City Attorney and Municipal Judge,
such officers to hold their office until their successors are appointed
and qualified; and if deemed for the best interests of the City, the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen may by ordinance employ special counsel
to represent the City, either in the case of a vacancy in the office
of the City Attorney or to assist the City Attorney, and pay reasonable
compensation therefor.
[R.O. 2013 §110.050; CC 1984 §2-69; Ord. No. 162 §7, 2-15-1937]
A.
The
Mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all City Officers
elected or appointed in the City and shall, with the Board of Aldermen,
approve all official bonds.
B.
He/she
shall sign and properly execute all deeds to purchasers of real estate
which the City may sell when properly authorized to do so by the Board
of Aldermen, and cause the City Clerk to attest the same and affix
thereto the City Seal and keep a true and accurate record thereof
in a book to be provided for that purpose.
[R.O. 2013 §110.060; CC 1984 §2-70; Ord. No. 162 §8, 2-15-1937]
The Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the Board
of Aldermen such measures as may, in his/her opinion, tend to the
improvement of the finances, police, health, security, ornament, comfort
and general prosperity of the City.
[R.O. 2013 §110.070; CC 1984 §2-71; Ord. No. 162 §9, 2-15-1937]
The Mayor or Board of Aldermen shall have power, as often as
he/she or the Board may deem it necessary, to require any officer
of the City to exhibit his/her accounts or other papers or records,
and to make report to the Board of Aldermen in writing, touching any
matter relating to his/her office.
[R.O. 2013 §110.080; CC 1984 §2-72; Ord. No. 162 §10, 2-15-1937]
The Mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws
and ordinances for the government of the City, and he/she shall cause
all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect
or violation of duty; and he/she is hereby authorized to call on every
male inhabitant of the City over eighteen (18) years of age and under
fifty (50) to aid in enforcing the laws.
[R.O. 2013 §110.090; CC 1984 §2-74; Ord. No. 162 §16, 2-15-1937]
A.
Every
bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented to the Mayor
and by him/her approved shall become an ordinance, and every bill
presented as aforesaid, but returned with the Mayor's objections thereto,
shall stand reconsidered. The Board of Aldermen shall cause the objections
of the Mayor to be entered at large upon the journal, and proceed
at its convenience to consider the question pending, which shall be
in this form: "Shall the bill pass, the objections of the Mayor thereto
notwithstanding?" The vote on this question shall be taken by "ayes"
and "nays" and the names entered upon the journal, and if two-thirds
(2/3) of all the members-elect shall vote in the affirmative, the
City Clerk shall certify the fact on the roll, and the bill thus certified
shall be deposited with the proper officer and shall become an ordinance
in the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the
approval of the Mayor.
B.
The
Mayor shall have power to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the
Board of Aldermen; provided that should he/she neglect or refuse to
sign any ordinance and return the same with his/her objections, in
writing, at the next regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the
same shall become a law without his/her signature.
