Defined executive powers of the City shall be vested in the Mayor.
The Mayor shall be elected at-large by the electors of the City to a four-year term. The term of office shall begin on the first Monday in January next following the election. If the first Monday is a legal holiday, the term of office shall begin the next day following the holiday.
The Mayor shall be an elector of the City, at least the age of 18 and shall have been a resident continuously in the City for at least three years immediately preceding his/her election and must maintain all qualifications through the duration of his/her term.
The Mayor shall be responsible for the supervision of the City Administrator and shall have powers and duties, including but not limited to the following:
A. 
The duty to enforce the Charter and ordinances of the municipality and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of America.
B. 
The duty to make and submit a monthly report to City Council and the public for the regularly scheduled business meeting of City Council of the work being done and on the conditions and needs of the City.
C. 
The power to make recommendations for action by City Council as deemed in the best interest of the public.
D. 
Shall have a vote equal to a City Council member on all voting matters acted upon by City Council.
E. 
Shall be the Chairperson of City Council and preside at all meetings.
F. 
Shall be the direct supervisor of the City Administrator.
G. 
Shall have the authority and power to officiate weddings.
H. 
Shall set the agenda for the City Council meeting.
I. 
Shall have the sole discretion to appoint, remove, demote or terminate the Chief of Police.
J. 
The power to declare a state of emergency in the event of a natural disaster or force majeure. In order to enable the Mayor to effectually preserve the public peace within the City, all the powers which are devolved by the laws of this commonwealth upon sheriffs, to prevent and suppress mobs, riots, and unlawful and tumultuous assemblies, are hereby conferred upon the Mayor. When the Mayor considers that a state of emergency exists, the Mayor may issue such a proclamation, which shall be in writing and copies of which shall be made available to all news media, and to each member of City Council declaring a state of emergency for a period not to exceed five days, unless extended by action of City Council. In the case of a declaration of a state of emergency by the Mayor for either a citywide or site-specific emergency, City agencies may temporarily implement their emergency assignments without regard to procedures required by other laws pertaining to the incurring of obligations and the employment of temporary workers. In the proclamation the Mayor may prohibit, for all or any part of the City in which there is a clear and present danger to life or property through civil disorder:
(1) 
Any person being on the public streets, or in the public parks or at any other public place during the hours declared by the Mayor to be a period of curfew;
(2) 
The assembling or gathering of a group of people, in such numbers to be designated by the Mayor, upon the public streets, parks or other public places;
(3) 
The entry or departure of persons into or from any restricted area;
(4) 
The sale, purchase, or dispensing of any commodities or goods, as designated by the Mayor;
(5) 
The transportation, possession or use of gasoline, kerosene, or other combustible, flammable or explosive liquids or materials, except in connection with the normal operation of motor vehicles, normal home use, or legitimate commercial use;
(6) 
Any other such activities as the Mayor reasonably believes should be prohibited to help preserve life, health, property or the public peace.
The proclamation shall describe any restricted area with particularity and shall specify the hours during which such restrictions are to be in effect.
Any person violating such proclamation of emergency shall be guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $300 or to undergo imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.
City Council shall from time-to-time fix and determine the compensation of the Mayor, which during his/her current term of office shall neither be increased nor decreased. No change in the compensation of the Mayor shall be adopted by ordinance less than 12 months prior to the commencement of a new term of office of the Mayor. The Mayor shall receive no other City compensation, direct or indirect, and shall receive no pension or other form of fringe benefits.
The initial total compensation of the Mayor shall be $3,000 per annum. The salary of the Mayor shall not be less than $3,000 per annum.
The Mayor, during his/her term, shall not hold any other elected public office. The Mayor cannot be employed by the City whether paid or unpaid.
The office of Mayor shall become vacant through death, resignation or forfeiture. Forfeiture occurs when a Mayor lacks the qualifications of the offices as defined by the Charter or violates an express prohibition of the Charter.
A. 
In the event of a permanent vacancy, the City Council shall, by a majority vote of the total number of the City Council members which shall be three affirmative votes, fill a vacancy within the office of Mayor. Should the City Council fail to reach a majority vote or if City Council fails, for any reason whatsoever, to fill a vacancy within 45 days after the vacancy occurs, then the Court of Common Pleas shall fill the vacancy.
Any person filling the vacancy may be an elector that meets all of the Charter's qualifications for the office of the Mayor regardless of political affiliation.
The person appointed to fill a vacancy shall take office immediately upon appointment and shall fill the term only until the next municipal election at which time the unexpired term, if applicable, shall be filled by the electors of the City.
B. 
The City Council Vice-Chairperson shall provisionally fulfill the duties of the office of Mayor in the event of a temporary incapacitation of the Mayor.