(a)
Mayor, qualifications. The Chief Executive Officer of the City shall
be a Mayor, elected by and from the voters of the City at large. Any
voter shall be eligible to hold the office of Mayor. The Mayor shall
devote full time to the office and shall not hold any other elective
public office, nor shall the Mayor be actively engaged in any other
business, occupation or profession during the period of service as
Mayor.
(b)
Term of office. The term of office of the Mayor shall be four years
beginning on the first business day of January following the City
Election at which the Mayor was chosen and until a successor is qualified.
(c)
Compensation. The Mayor shall receive a minimum annual salary of
$70,000.
(d)
Further compensation. The City Council shall, by ordinance, establish
an annual salary for the Mayor, which shall become effective immediately.
(a)
The executive powers of the City shall be vested solely in the Mayor,
and may be exercised by the Mayor either personally or through the
several City agencies under the general supervision and control of
the office of the Mayor. The Mayor shall cause the Charter, the laws,
the ordinances and other orders for the government of the City to
be enforced, and shall cause a record of all official acts of the
executive branch of the City to be kept.
(b)
The Mayor shall exercise a general supervision and direction over
all City agencies, unless otherwise provided by general law, by the
Charter or by ordinance. Each City agency shall furnish to the Mayor,
forthwith upon request, any information, materials or otherwise as
the Mayor may request and as the needs of the office and the interest
of the City may require.
(c)
The Mayor shall be the chief procurement officer for the City responsible
for buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring all
supplies and all services for all departments and all activities of
the City and including all functions that pertain to the obtaining
of a supply or a service, including description of requirements, selection
and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of all contracts
and all phases of contract administration. The Mayor may delegate
all or any portion of such powers and duties to a subordinate officer,
but no such delegation shall in any way absolve the Mayor from the
ultimate responsibility for all procurement activities.
(d)
The Mayor shall supervise, direct and be responsible for the efficient
administration of all City activities and functions placed under the
control of the Mayor by general law, by this Charter, by ordinance
or otherwise. The Mayor shall be responsible for the efficient and
effective coordination of the activities of all agencies of the City
of Greenfield and for this purpose shall have the authority to call
together for consultation, conference and discussion at all reasonable
times all persons serving the City, whether elected directly by the
voters, chosen by persons elected directly by the voters, or otherwise.
(e)
The Mayor shall hold no other City office or City employment for
which a salary or other emolument is payable from the City treasury.
No former Mayor shall hold any compensated appointed City office or
City employment until one year following the date on which such former
Mayor's City service has terminated. This provision shall not
prevent a City officer or other City employee who has taken a leave
of absence in order to serve as Mayor from returning to the same office
or other position of City employment held at the time such leave of
absence commenced; provided, however, no such person shall be eligible
for any other municipal position until at least one year following
the termination of service as Mayor.
(f)
The Mayor shall be, by virtue of office, a member of every multiple-member
body of the City. The Mayor shall have a right, as such ex officio
member, to attend any meeting of any multiple-member body of the City,
at any time, including, so called, executive sessions, to participate
in the discussions, to make motions and to exercise every other right
of a regular member of such body, but not including the right to vote.
(a)
The Mayor shall appoint, subject to the review of such appointments by the City Council as provided in Section 2-10, all City officers, department heads and the members of multiple-member bodies for whom no other method of appointment or selection is provided by the Charter, excepting only persons serving under the School Committee, and persons serving under the City Council. Except as may otherwise be required by the Civil Service Law, and in this Charter, appointments made by the Mayor shall be for indefinite terms. All persons categorized as department heads shall, subject to the consent of the Mayor, appoint all assistants, subordinates and other employees of the agency for which such person is responsible.
(b)
All appointments and promotions made by the Mayor shall be made on
the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination, past performance,
or by other evidence of competence and suitability. Each person appointed
to fill an office or position shall be a person especially fitted
by education, training and previous work experience to perform the
duties of the office or position for which chosen.
(d)
The Mayor shall appoint five members of the Board of Trustees for
Soldiers' Memorials, subject to confirmation by the City Council,
consistent with Section 105 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
(a)
City officers and department heads. The Mayor may, in writing, remove
or suspend any City officer, or the head of any City department appointed
by the Mayor, by filing a written statement, with the City Clerk,
setting forth in precise detail the specific reasons for such removal
or suspension. A copy of the written statement shall be delivered
in hand, or mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the last
known address of the said City officer, or head of a department. The
said City officer, or head of a department, may make a written reply
by filing such a reply statement, with the City Clerk, within 10 days
following the date the statement of the Mayor has been filed; but,
such reply shall have no effect upon the removal or suspension unless
the Mayor shall so determine. The decision of the Mayor in suspending
or removing a City officer or a department head shall be final, it
being the intention of this provision to vest all authority and to
fix all responsibility for such suspension or removal solely in the
Mayor. The removal shall take effect on the 30th day following the
date of filing by the Mayor of the notice of removal in the office
of the City Clerk.
(b)
Other City employees. Unless some other procedure is specified in
a collective bargaining agreement or by the provisions of the Civil
Service Law, a department head may suspend or remove any assistant,
subordinate or other employee of the agency for which such person
is responsible in accordance with the procedures established for suspension
and removal in the Personnel Ordinance. The decision of the department
head to suspend or remove any assistant, subordinate or other employee
shall be subject to review by the Mayor. A person for whom a department
head has determined a suspension or removal is appropriate may seek
review of such determination by the Mayor by filing a petition for
review, in the office of the Mayor, in writing, within 10 days following
receipt of notice of such determination. The review by the Mayor shall
follow the procedures established for suspension and removal in the
Personnel Ordinance. The decision of the Mayor shall be final, it
being the intention of this provision to vest all authority and to
fix all responsibility for such suspension or removal solely in the
Mayor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to be a bar to any
other review as may be provided by general law.
Whenever a vacancy, either temporary or permanent, occurs in
a City office and the needs of the City require that such office be
filled, the Mayor may designate the head of another City agency or
a City officer or City employee, or some other person to perform the
duties of the office on a temporary basis until such time as the position
can be filled as otherwise provided by law, by the Charter or by ordinance.
The Mayor shall file a certificate in substantially the following
form, with the City Clerk, whenever a person is designated under this
section:
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"I designate (name of person) to perform the duties of the office
of (designate office in which vacancy exists) on a temporary basis
until the office can be filled by (here set out the regular procedure
for filling the vacancy, or when the regular officer shall return).
I certify that said person is qualified to perform the duties which
will be required and that I make this designation solely in the interests
of the City of Greenfield."
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(signed) Mayor
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Persons serving as temporary officers under the authority of
this section shall have only those powers of the office as may be
necessary to the conduct of the business of the City in an orderly
and efficient manner and which may not be delayed. No acting City
officer shall have authority to make any permanent appointment or
removal from City service. No temporary appointment shall be for more
than 30 days and not more than two renewals of a temporary appointment
may be made when a permanent vacancy exists in the office.
(a)
Communications to the City Council. Within 10 weeks following the
start of each fiscal year the Mayor shall submit to the City Council,
and make available for public distribution, a complete report on the
financial and administrative activities of the City for the preceding
fiscal year. The Mayor shall, from time to time throughout the year,
by written communications, recommend to the City Council for its consideration
such measures as, in the judgment of the Mayor, the needs of the City
require. The Mayor shall, from time to time throughout the year, but
at least quarterly, by written communications, keep the City Council
fully informed of the financial and administrative condition of the
City and shall specifically indicate in any such reports any fiscal,
financial or administrative problems of the City.
(b)
Special meetings of the City Council. The Mayor may at any time call
a special meeting of the City Council, for any purpose, by causing
a notice of such meeting to be delivered in hand or to the place of
business or residence of each member of the City Council. Such notice
shall, except in an emergency of which the Mayor shall be the sole
judge, be delivered at least 48 weekday hours in advance of the time
set and shall specify the purpose or purposes for which the meeting
is to be held. A copy of each such notice shall, forthwith, be posted
on the City Bulletin Board.
Every order, ordinance, resolution or vote adopted or passed
by the City Council relative to the affairs of the City, except memorial
resolutions, the selection of City officers by the City Council and
any matters relating to the internal affairs of the City Council,
shall be presented to the Mayor for approval. If the Mayor approves
of the measure the Mayor shall sign it; if the Mayor disapproves of
the measure, the Mayor shall return the measure, with the specific
reason or reasons for such disapproval attached thereto, in writing,
to the City Council. The City Council shall enter the objections of
the Mayor on its records, and not sooner than 10 days, nor after 30
days from the date of its return to the City Council, shall again
consider the same measure. If the City Council, notwithstanding such
disapproval by the Mayor, shall again pass the order, ordinance, resolution
or vote by a two-thirds vote of the full Council, it shall then be
deemed in force, notwithstanding the failure of the Mayor to approve
the same. If the Mayor has neither signed a measure nor returned it
to the City Council within 10 days following the date it was presented
to the Mayor, the measure shall be deemed approved and in force.
(a)
Acting Mayor. The Mayor shall, by a letter filed with the City Council
and a copy filed with the City Clerk, designate a qualified City officer
or City employee to exercise the powers and perform the duties of
the office during the temporary absence of the Mayor for periods of
less than 10 business days and to serve only when the needs of the
City require and only to the extent necessary under the then circumstances.
Whenever, by reason of sickness, absence from the City or other
cause, the Mayor shall be unable to perform the duties of the office
for a period of 10 successive business days, or more, the President
of the City Council shall be the Acting Mayor. In the event of the
absence or disability of the President of the City Council, the Vice
President of the City Council shall serve as Acting Mayor.
(b)
Powers of Acting Mayor. The Acting Mayor shall have only those powers
of the Mayor as may be necessary to the conduct of the business of
the City in an orderly and efficient manner and which may not be delayed.
The Acting Mayor shall have no authority to make any permanent appointment
or removal from City service unless the disability of the Mayor shall
extend beyond 60 days nor shall an Acting Mayor approve or disapprove
of any measure adopted by the City Council unless the time within
which the Mayor must act would expire before the return of the Mayor.
During any period in which any member of the City Council is serving
as Acting Mayor, such Councilor shall not vote as a member of the
City Council.
(a)
Special election. If a vacancy in the office of Mayor occurs in the
first 39 months of the term for which the Mayor is elected, whether
by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, or otherwise,
the City Council shall forthwith order a special election, to be held
within 90 days following the date the vacancy is created, to fill
such vacancy for the balance of the then unexpired term.
(b)
Council election. If a vacancy in the office of Mayor occurs in the last nine months of the term for which the Mayor is elected, whether by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, or otherwise, the president of the City Council shall become the Mayor. Upon the qualification of the President of the City Council as the Mayor, under this section, a vacancy shall exist on the City Council, which shall be filled in the manner provided in Section 2-11.
(c)
Powers, term of office. The Mayor elected under Section 3-9(a) or (b) shall have all the powers of the Mayor. A person elected pursuant to Subsection (a), above, shall serve for the balance of the term unexpired at the time of election to the office. A person chosen pursuant to Subsection (b), above, shall serve until the next regular election at which time the person then elected shall serve as Mayor.
