[CC 1988 §21.200; Ord. No. 1564 §2, 12-18-2000]
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she be 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 for at least one (1) year next preceding
his/her election.
[CC 1988 §21.210]
The Mayor shall, at the first meeting of the Board of Aldermen
after each annual election, name the members of such standing committees
as he/she deems necessary, which shall consist of two (2) or more
members of the Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1988 §21.220]
The Mayor shall have the power to issue proclamations, call
regular and special meetings and regular and special elections in
such a manner as this Code or other ordinances or State law may provide.
The Mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws
and ordinances for the government of the City, and he/she shall cause
all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect
or violation of duty; and he/she is hereby authorized to call on every
male inhabitant of the City over eighteen (18) years of age and under
fifty (50) to aid in enforcing the laws.
[CC 1988 §21.240]
The Mayor shall have a seat in and preside over the Board of
Aldermen but shall not vote on any question, except in case of a tie,
nor shall he/she preside or vote in cases when he/she is an interested
party. He/she shall exercise a general supervision over all the officers
and affairs of the City and shall take care that this Code or other
ordinances of the City, and the State laws relating to such City,
are complied with.
[CC 1988 §21.250]
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 finances, the Police, health, security, ornament, comfort and general
prosperity of the City.
Every bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented
to the Mayor and by him/her approved shall become an ordinance, and
every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with the Mayor's objections
thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The Board of Aldermen shall cause
the objections of the Mayor to be entered at large upon the journal
and proceed at its convenience to consider the question pending, which
shall be in this form: "Shall the bill pass, the objections of the
Mayor thereto notwithstanding?" The vote on this question shall be
taken by "ayes" and "nays" and the names entered upon the journal,
and if two-thirds (2/3) of all the members-elect shall vote in the
affirmative, the City Clerk shall certify the fact on the roll, and
the bill thus certified shall be deposited with the proper officer
and shall become an ordinance in the same manner and with like effect
as if it had received the approval of the Mayor. The Mayor shall have
power to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen;
provided, that should he/she neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance
and return the same with his/her objections, in writing, at the next
regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the same shall become a
law without his/her signature.
[CC 1988 §21.270]
The Mayor shall receive such compensation for his/her services
as shall from time to time be enacted by the Board of Aldermen by
ordinance prior to election.
