[Ord. No. 437 §1N, 4-10-1991]
On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April
of 1989, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City
of Velda City shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor, who
shall hold his/her office for a term of four (4) years, and until
his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[Ord. No. 437 §1B, 4-10-1991]
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.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or from any other cause whatever, the Acting President of
the Board of Aldermen shall, for the time being, perform the duties
of Mayor, with all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction
of the Mayor, until such vacancy be filled or such disability be removed;
or, in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor's return.
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 such City, are complied with.
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 (⅔) 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. 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.
The Mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all
City Officers elected or appointed in the City, and shall approve
all official bonds unless otherwise prescribed by ordinance.
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.
The Mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and
to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under the 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 said City by reason of any prosecution under the laws or ordinances
of such City.
The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the majority of
the members of the Board of Aldermen, shall have power to appoint
a Treasurer, City Attorney, Prosecuting Attorney, City Assessor, Chief
of Police, Municipal Judge, Street Commissioner and Night Watchman,
and such other officers as he/she may be authorized by ordinance to
appoint, 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 a case of a vacancy in the office of
City Attorney or to assist the City Attorney, and pay reasonable compensation
therefor, and the person elected Marshal may be appointed to and hold
the office of Street Commissioner.
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members
elected to the Board of Aldermen, remove from office, for cause shown,
any elective officer of the City, such officer being first given opportunity,
together with his/her witnesses, to be heard before the Board of Aldermen
sitting as a Board of Impeachment. Any elective officer, including
the Mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown, be removed from office
by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members elected to the Board
of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected
to the Board of Aldermen, remove from office any appointive officer
of the City at will, and any such appointive officer may be so removed
by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all the members elected to the
Board of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
The Board of Aldermen may pass ordinances regulating the manner of
impeachments and removals.
[Ord. No. 437 §1L, 4-10-1991]
No person shall be elected to the office of Mayor who shall
at the time be in arrears for unpaid City taxes, or forfeiture or
defalcation in office.
