[Code 1975 §3.01(2); CC 1989 §2-86]
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she is at least twenty-five
(25) years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of
the City at the time of and at least one (1) year preceding his/her
election.
[Code 1975 §3.01(4)(b)(1) — (3); CC 1989 §2-87; Ord. No. 2242 §1, 8-10-1998]
A.
Supervision. The Mayor shall be the Chief Administrative
Officer of the City Government and shall exercise a general supervision
over all the officers and affairs of the City, require the faithful
performance of all duties by City Officers and employees, and enforce
the laws and ordinances of the City.
B.
Appointments And Removal. With approval of a majority of
the members elected to the Board of Aldermen, the Mayor shall appoint
and have the power to remove all appointed officers. He/she shall
appoint competent, qualified officers and employees, and shall have
the power to dismiss, suspend and discipline all employees. He/she
shall also have the power to authorize a department head or officer
responsible to him/her to appoint and remove subordinates serving
under the department head or officer.
C.
Reports To Board. The Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate
to the Board of Aldermen such measures as may, in his/her opinion,
tend to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security,
ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the City.
D.
Notices Of Absences. The Mayor shall inform the City Administrator
or his/her designee of his/her absence from the City, expected or
otherwise, as soon as possible upon learning of same. The Mayor shall
provide the City Administrator or his/her designee with an estimated
return date and such information as to how he/she may be contacted
as may be required for City business. For the purpose of this Section
the term "absence from the City" shall mean any occasion
when the Mayor is not physically present within two hundred fifty
(250) miles from the nearest City boundary for a period in excess
of twenty-four (24) hours.
[Code 1975 §3.01; CC 1989 §2-88]
A.
The
Mayor shall sign all proclamations. He/she shall execute, on behalf
of the City, all agreements, deeds and other instruments made in the
name of the City, when so authorized by ordinance or resolution.
B.
He/she
shall sign the commissions and appointments of all City Officers elected
or appointed in the City, and shall approve all official bonds, unless
otherwise prescribed by ordinance.
C.
He/she
shall sign all orders, drafts and warrants drawn on the City Treasury
for money, and cause the City Clerk to attest the same and to affix
thereto the Seal of City, and to keep an accurate record thereof in
a book to be provided for that purpose.
