The Mayor of the City of Lexington, Illinois,
shall be elected to a term of four years as provided by statute.
Before entering upon the duties of his/her office,
the Mayor shall give a bond in the amount as determined by the City
Council, with sureties to be approved by the City Council conditioned
upon the faithful performance of his/her duties. He/She shall take
the oath of office as prescribed by statute, and shall receive such
compensation as may be set from time to time by the Council.
The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer
of the City, preside as the Mayor of the City Council meetings as
hereinafter provided, and shall perform all such duties as may be
required of him/her by statute or ordinance. He/She shall have supervisory
authority over all appointed officers and employees of the City. He/She
shall sign all contracts entered into by said City, all commissions,
licenses, permits, and all other acts and deeds as statute or ordinance
may require.
The Mayor shall receive applications for, determine qualifications of, and grant licenses to those required by ordinance to hold the same; and shall renew, amend, suspend, or revoke such licenses as provided in Chapter
95, Licenses and Permits, of the Code of the City of Lexington.
The Mayor shall determine all questions pertaining
to the duties of any appointed officer of said City, and shall delegate
to any such officers such duties as he/she deems necessary where not
otherwise provided for in this Code.
The Mayor shall appoint, by and with the advice
and consent of the City Council, all officers whose appointment is
not by the laws of this state or this chapter otherwise provided for,
or which are not elected by the people; and wherever a vacancy shall
occur in any office, which by law he/she is empowered to fill, he/she
shall, within 30 days thereafter, submit the name of his/her appointee
to said City Council and, pending its concurrence in such appointment,
the Mayor may designate some officer of said City to discharge the
duties of such office.
Except where otherwise provided by statute,
the Mayor may remove any officer appointed by him/her, under the Illinois
Municipal Code, on any formal charge, whenever he/she is of the opinion
that the interests of the City demand removal, but he/she shall report
the reasons for the removal to the Council at a meeting to be held
not less than five days nor more than 10 days after the removal. If
the Mayor fails or refuses to report to the Council the reasons for
the removal, or if the Council by a two-thirds vote of all its members
authorized by law to be elected disapproves of the removal, the officer
thereupon shall be restored to the office from which he/she was removed.
The vote shall be by yeas and nays which shall be entered upon the
Council's journal. Upon restoration, the officer shall give a new
bond and take a new oath of office. No officer shall be removed a
second time for the same offense.
Should the City Mayor for any reason be temporarily
absent from the City or be otherwise disabled for such a period that
he/she cannot fully perform the duties of his/her office, the City
Council shall elect one of its number to serve as Mayor Pro-Tem, who,
during the absence or disability of the Mayor, shall perform the duties
pertaining to said office.