[CC 1990 §105.170; CC §21.200]
A.
The
Chief Executive Officer of the City shall be the Mayor, who shall
be elected by the qualified voters of the City, and shall hold his/her
office for two (2) years, and until his/her successor shall be elected
and qualified. 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 a least one (1) year
next preceding his/her election.
B.
In
case of tie when two (2) or more persons shall have an equal number
of votes for the office of Mayor and a higher number of votes than
any other candidate, the matter shall be determined by the special
elections.
[CC 1990 §105.180; CC §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 1990 §105.190; CC §21.220]
The Mayor shall have the power to issue proclamations, call
mass meetings and regular and special elections in such a manner as
this Code or other ordinances or State law may provide.
[CC 1990 §105.200; CC §21.240]
The Mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and
to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under this Code
or 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
the laws or ordinances of the City.
[CC 1990 §105.210; CC §21.250]
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen,
shall have the power to appoint all appointive officers of the City.
He/she shall have authority to give such orders to the Chief of Police,
Policemen and Fire Chief of the City as in his/her judgment the public
good may require, and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police,
Police Officers and Fire Chief to obey such orders.
[CC 1990 §105.220; CC §21.270]
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 1990 §105.230; CC 21.271]
The Mayor 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. 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 affix thereto
the Seal of the City, and to keep an accurate record thereof in a
book to be provided for that purpose.
[CC 1990 §105.240; CC §21.272]
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 1990 §105.250; CC §21.274; Ord. No. 2004.29 §1, 12-13-2004]
The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the majority of
the members of the Board of Aldermen, shall have power to appoint
a Treasurer, Attorney, Chief of Police, Assessor, Fire Chief, City
Collector, City Street, Water and Sewer Maintenance Man and Night
Watchman and such other officers as he/she may be authorized by ordinance
to appoint, and if deemed for the best interests of the City the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen may, by ordinance, employ special counsel to
represent the City either in case of a vacancy in the office of City
Attorney or to assist the City Attorney, and pay reasonable compensation
therefor.
[CC 1990 §105.260; CC §21.275]
Whenever any process or notice shall be served on the Mayor,
in any legal or other proceedings against the City, or in which the
City is a party, he/she shall immediately deliver the same or a sufficient
notice thereof to the City Attorney for proper and necessary attention.
[CC 1990 §105.270; CC §21.280]
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 1990 §105.290; CC §21.295]
The Mayor shall receive such compensation for his/her services
as shall from time to time be enacted by the Board of Aldermen, payable
out of the general revenue of the City in such manner as the Board
of Aldermen shall direct.
