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Town of Westfield, NJ
Union County
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New Laws (12) Index
(a) 
The executive power of the town shall be vested in the mayor except as may be expressly delegated by ordinance.
(b) 
The mayor shall enforce the charter and ordinances of the town and all general laws applicable thereto.
(c) 
The mayor shall preside over meetings of the council, participate and vote as a member of the council, and appoint committees of the council.
(d) 
Ordinances adopted by the council shall be submitted to the mayor, and he shall within ten days after receiving any ordinance either approve the ordinance by affixing his signature thereto or return it to the council by delivering it to the town clerk together with a statement setting forth his objections thereto or to any item or part thereof. No ordinance or any item or part thereof shall take effect without the mayor's approval unless the mayor fails to return an ordinance to the council within ten days after it has been presented to him, or unless council, upon consideration thereof, on or after the third day following its return by the mayor shall by a vote of a majority of the entire council resolve to override the mayor's veto.
(e) 
The mayor shall direct and supervise the town administrator and shall assume the duties of the administrator in his absence.
(f) 
The mayor shall annually report to the council and the public on the work of the previous year and on the condition and requirements of the town government, and shall, from time to time, make such recommendations for action by the council as he may deem necessary or advisable.
(g) 
The mayor shall, with the advice and consent of the council, make all appointments for which no other provision is made by this charter or by general law.
(h) 
The mayor shall, with approval of the council, designate at the organization meeting of the council, a member of the council and an alternate, also a member of the council, to act as mayor whenever the mayor shall be prevented by absence from the municipality, disability, or other cause from attending to the duties of his office. During such time the person so designated by the mayor shall possess all the rights, powers and duties of the mayor.