City of Lexington, IL Article I Executive Department: Mayor [1]

[1] Editor's Note: For statutory provisions on the functions and duties of City Mayors, see 65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-5 through 5/3.1-35-35. For provisions on elected officers generally, see 65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-5 et seq.

§ A-1 Election and term of office.

The Mayor of the City of Lexington, Illinois, shall be elected to a term of four years as provided by statute.

§ A-2 Bond, oath and salary.

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.

§ A-3 Duties.

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.

§ A-4 Licenses.

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.

§ A-5 Designation of duties.

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.

§ A-6 Appointment of officers.

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.

§ A-7 Removal and restoration of officers.

Except where otherwise provided by statute, the Mayor may remove any officer appointed by him/her, under the Illinois Municipal Code,[1] 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.

[1] Editor's Note: See ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5.

§ A-8 Mayor Pro-Tem.

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.