(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 63.)
The Mayor of said city shall be Chief Executive Magistrate thereof,
and it shall be his duty to be vigilant in the execution and enforcement
of its laws and ordinances. He shall preside at all meetings of the
Council and shall be notified of the time and place of holding of
meetings of all Committees thereof and may attend said meetings, but
shall have no vote therein. He shall, in behalf of said city, execute
contracts and other papers. He shall have the power to administer
oaths and to take acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments.
He shall have the same power to issue warrants for the collection
of taxes, special benefits, and all other sums due said city, as is
now provided by law for the issuing of tax warrants by Justices of
the Peace. He shall be ex officio Superintendent of the Police Forces
maintained under this charter. He shall be the conservator of the
peace of the city, and shall have authority with force and strong
hand when necessary to suppress all tumults, riots, and unlawful assemblages,
and to arrest without warrant and order to be held in the city prison
for a period not exceeding 24 hours, upon information, any person
who may be detected in revelling, quarreling, brawling, or otherwise
behaving to the disturbance of the public peace of said city. He shall
have the power to enter any house, building, place, or enclosure wherein
he may have reasonable cause to suspect dissolute or disorderly persons
to be assembled, or which he may suspect to be occupied by any assemblages
for an unlawful purpose or occupied or used for the purpose of lewdness,
prostitution, or gambling; to command all such persons found therein
to disperse immediately and to commit to the city prison any person
neglecting or refusing to obey such command. He is authorized to exercise
within the limits of said city all powers given to Sheriffs by the
general statutes for the preservation of the peace, and may at all
times demand the aid of any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Constable, watchman,
or policeman, with such other aid as may be necessary, and whenever
he shall have reason to believe that great opposition will be made
to the execution of his authority, he shall have power when authorized
so to do by the Governor, to call out the military force of the state,
to enable him to enforce the laws within the limits of said city.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to recommend the adoption of such
measures connected with the peace, security, health, cleanliness,
and general well-being of said city, and the improvement of its government
and finances as he shall deem expedient, and to communicate to the
Council at the end of each fiscal year a statement of the condition
of the city in relation to its government, expenditures, finances,
and improvements, which statement shall be entered upon the records
of said city within five days after its reception, and published in
such manner as said Council shall order.[1]
(Sp. Laws 1947, No. 206; Charter Amendment 11-7-1972; Charter Amendment 8-29-1978.[1])
The Mayor of the City of Norwalk to be elected at the city election
to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1979,
and each Mayor elected biennially thereafter, shall make all appointments
to city offices as provided by this Charter on the day of his taking
office as Mayor. The officers so appointed shall serve for the term
prescribed in said Charter for their respective offices and until
their successors are appointed and have qualified. The Mayor shall
fill any vacancy occurring in any of the offices for the unexpired
portion of the term. No appointments or reappointments shall be made
by any Mayor or Common Council and no vacancies shall be filled by
any Mayor or Common Council after the seventh day prior to a municipal
election and before the day of their taking office following the election
in any municipal election year. Nothing in this section shall deprive
the Council of the power of confirming any appointments for offices
when such confirmation shall be required by the Charter.
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Editor's Note: Approved by the electorate at the general
election held 11-7-1978.
(Sp. Laws 1933, No. 255.)
The Mayor of the City of Norwalk may, with the approval of any
appointive or elective officer of said city, appoint a person to perform
all the duties and exercise all the powers of such office during such
time as such officer shall be incapacitated by illness or absence
from said city. Such appointee shall furnish an adequate bond for
the performance of such duties. The Mayor shall notify such appointee
of his release from such appointment upon notice from such officer
of his ability to resume his duties.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 64.)
All duties required by law of Selectmen of towns, except such
as are imposed upon them by the constitution of the state, shall be
performed by the Mayor except as otherwise herein provided.[1]
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 65.)
The Mayor of said city, when in his opinion it is necessary,
may, with the consent of the Council, employ attorneys, other than
the Corporation Counsel, in matters affecting the interest of said
city, and all services rendered to said city by such attorneys shall
be paid for in the same manner as other claims against said city.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 66.)
Any person who shall willfully hinder, resist, or abuse the
Mayor in the execution of his office, or who, when commanded to assist
therein, being of sufficient age and ability, shall refuse or unreasonably
neglect so to do, shall be fined not more than $100, or imprisoned
not more than six months, or both.
(Sp. Laws 1945, No. 269.)
The Mayor of the City of Norwalk shall have power, when in his
judgment the needs of the city service require, to assign members
of the clerical staff of any department, except that of the Board
of Education, to work temporarily in any other department under the
direction of the head thereof.
