[CC 1989 §2-32; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she be at least thirty (30) years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the City at the time of and for at least two (2) years next preceding his/her election.
The Mayor shall be President of the Council and shall preside over same, but shall not vote except in case of a tie in said council, when he/she shall cast the deciding vote; but provided, however, that he/she shall have no such power to vote in cases when he/she is an interested party. He/she shall have the superintending control of all the officers and affairs of the City, and shall take care that the ordinances of the City and the State laws relating to such City are complied with.
[CC 1989 §2-34; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures and to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under this Code and other ordinances of the City; but this Section shall not be so construed as to authorize the Mayor to remit any costs which may have accrued to any officer of the City by reason of any prosecution under State law, this Code or other ordinance of the City. Whenever the Mayor shall conclude to remit any fine or commute any sentence of imprisonment or labor for imprisonment, he/she shall execute and deliver to the Municipal Judge an order for such remittal or communication, which order shall contain the title of the cause, a brief recital of the judgment of the Municipal Judge, and shall state explicitly in what manner such judgment is charged.
[CC 1989 §2-36; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Mayor shall have power to require, as often as he/she may deem it necessary, any officer of the City to exhibit his/her accounts or other papers or records and to make a report to the City Council in writing touching any subject or matter pertaining to his/her office.
[CC 1989 §2-38; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Mayor shall have superintending control over the Chief of Police and Police force and shall also have power, in cases of emergency or upon occasions of any public assemblage within the City, to appoint one (1) or more extra Policemen to act during the continuance of such emergency or of such assemblage, if in his/her judgment the safety of the citizens and the peace and good order of the City require it.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor, by death, resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to qualify or otherwise, nominations of a successor may be made by any member of the Council and selected with the consent of a majority of the members of the Council. The Council may adopt procedures to fill any such vacancy consistent with this section. In the case of a temporary absence of the mayor or disability to perform the duties of his/her office, the President Pro Tem of the Council shall perform the duties of Mayor until the Mayor shall return or such disability be removed; and during the time the President Pro Tem of the Council shall act as Mayor, the President Pro Tem shall receive the same compensation that the Mayor would be entitled to.
The City Council or any member thereof may at any time prefer charges against the Mayor for any of the causes set out in this Chapter, and the Council shall at once proceed to investigate and decide the charges in the same manner as in Article III of this Chapter provided in cases of suspended officers. During such investigation it shall be unlawful for the Mayor to preside at the meetings of the City Council, and should he/she be found guilty of any or all the charges preferred against him, the Council shall, by resolution affirmatively adopted by two-thirds (2/3) of all elected members to the Council, remove him/her from office and declare his/her office vacant; and the President Pro Tem shall immediately take the necessary steps to fill such vacancy.