At each regular election a Mayor shall be elected for a term of two years. The Mayor shall be a member of the City Council and shall preside at meetings of the City Council, represent the city in intergovernmental relationships, appoint with the advice and consent of the City Council the members of citizen advisory boards and commissions, and perform other duties specified by the City Council. The Mayor shall be recognized as head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purposes of military law but shall have no administrative duties.
A. 
In case the Mayor shall be unable to perform the duties of the office in consequence of sickness, absence from the city or other cause, the Deputy Mayor shall preside at meetings and be vested with the powers and duties of the Mayor until the Mayor shall resume office or until the vacancy is filled.
B. 
At the first meeting of the City Council each year, the Mayor shall appoint, with the approval of the City Council, a Council member to serve as Deputy Mayor.
[Amended 5-7-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 3-6-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023]
C. 
The Mayor shall recommend to the City Council and to the City Manager, from time to time, such measures as he/she may deem necessary or expedient for the City Council to adopt in order to expedite or carry into effect any order, resolution, ordinance or act which it shall have passed.
D. 
The Mayor shall nominate, with the approval of the City Council, in a nonpartisan manner, the Board of Assessment Review, Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Commission, Library Board, City Health Officer(s), Historical Preservation Commission and the Appointed City Judge.
[Amended 7-9-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; 6-22-1998 by L.L. No. 7-1998; 6-3-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013; 7-6-2015 by L.L. No. 3-2015]
E. 
The Mayor shall sign, when authorized by the City Council, all deeds to be executed as an act of the city, and shall sign appointments made to office by the City Council.
A. 
The Mayor shall have the power to hear and entertain any complaint against any of his/her appointees for misconduct or neglect of duty and to suspend such appointee until the next regular meeting of the City Council, when such complaint shall be investigated by it, and the appointee reinstated, removed or suspended for such additional time as it may deem just or proper.
B. 
The Mayor shall have the power within the city to administer oaths and take affidavits. Upon filing with the Clerk of Steuben County a certificate under the seal of the city, signed by the City Clerk, of his/her election and filing of oath, the Mayor may take proof and acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments.
C. 
The Mayor shall possess all the powers and authority conferred upon mayors of cities by any general statute of this state.