(a) 
Mayor, Qualifications - The chief executive officer of the city shall be a mayor, elected by and from the voters of the city at large. Any Everett voter domiciled in the city shall be eligible to hold the office of mayor.
(b) 
Term of Office - The term of office of the mayor shall be 4 years beginning on the first Monday in the January succeeding his election, except when said first Monday falls on a legal holiday, in which event on the following day, no later than eight o’clock in the evening, and until his successor has been qualified.
(c) 
Compensation - The city council shall, by ordinance, establish an annual salary for the mayor. No ordinance increasing the salary of the mayor shall be effective unless it shall have been adopted by a 2/3 vote of the full city council during the first 18 months of the term for which the city council is elected and unless it provides that the salary increase is to take effect upon the organization of the city government following the next municipal election. Subject to appropriation, the mayor shall be entitled to reimbursement of his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.
(d) 
Prohibitions - The mayor shall hold no other city office or city employment for which a salary or other emolument is payable from the city treasury. No former mayor shall hold any compensated appointed city office or city employment until 1 year following the date on which the former mayor’s city service has terminated. This provision shall not prevent a city officer or other city employee who has vacated a position in order to serve as mayor from returning to the same office or other position of city employment held at the time the position was vacated, if such position exists, but no such person shall be eligible for any other municipal position until at least 1 year after the termination of service as mayor. This prohibition shall not apply to persons covered under the leave of absence provisions of the civil service law.
(e) 
Felony Conviction – Any person who has been finally convicted of a state or federal felony shall not be eligible to petition for or serve in any elective or appointive office or position under the city. Any mayor who has been finally convicted of a state or federal felony shall be deemed to have vacated said office and shall be disqualified from serving in any other elective or appointive office or position under the city.
The executive powers of the city shall be vested solely in the mayor and may be exercised by the mayor either personally or through the several city agencies under the general supervision and control of the office of the mayor. The mayor shall cause the charter, the laws, the ordinances and other orders for the government of the city to be enforced, and shall cause a record of all official acts of the executive branch of the city government to be kept. The mayor shall exercise general supervision and direction over all city agencies, unless otherwise provided by law or by this charter. Each city agency shall furnish to the mayor, immediately upon request, any information, materials or otherwise as the mayor may request and as the needs of the office of mayor and the interest of the city may require. The mayor shall supervise, direct and be responsible for the efficient administration of all city activities and functions placed under the control of the mayor by law or by this charter. The mayor shall be responsible for the efficient and effective coordination of the activities of all agencies of the city and for this purpose shall have authority, consistent with law, to call together for consultation, conference and discussion at reasonable times all persons serving the city, whether elected directly by the voters, chosen by persons elected directly by the voters, or otherwise. The mayor shall be, by virtue of the office, a member of every appointed multiple member body of the city. The mayor shall have a right, as an ex officio member, to attend any meeting of any appointed multiple member body of the city, at any time, including executive sessions, to participate in the discussions, to make motions and to exercise every other right of a regular member of such body, but not including the right to vote.
The mayor shall appoint, subject to the confirmation of such appointments by the city council under section 2-10, all city officers and department heads and the members of multiple-member bodies for whom no other method of appointment or selection is provided by law or this charter, excepting only persons serving under the school committee, and persons serving under the city council. All appointments to multiple-member bodies shall be for terms established under section 5-1. Upon the expiration of the term of any member of a multiple member body, a successor shall be appointed in like manner. The mayor shall fill any vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term of any member of a multiple member body. All persons classified as department heads shall, subject to the consent of the mayor, appoint, promote and discipline all assistants, subordinates and other employees of the agency for which that person is responsible. All appointments and promotions made by the mayor shall be made on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination, past performance or by other evidence of competence and suitability. Each person appointed to fill an office or position shall be a person especially fitted by education, training and previous work experience to perform the duties of the office or position for which chosen.
Whenever a vacancy, either temporary or permanent, occurs in a city office and the needs of the city require that the vacancy be filled, the mayor may designate the head of another city agency or a city officer or city employee or some other person to perform the duties of the office on a temporary basis until the position can be filled as otherwise provided by law or by this charter. No city officer or city employee shall receive dual compensation for holding a temporary appointment. The mayor shall file a certificate in substantially the following form, with the city clerk, whenever a person is designated under this section: I designate (name of person) to perform the duties of the office of (designate office in which vacancy exists) on a temporary basis until the office can be filled by (here set out the regular procedure for filling the vacancy, or when the regular officer shall return). I certify that said person is qualified to perform the duties which will be required and that I make this designation solely in the interests of the city of Everett. (signed) Mayor Persons serving as temporary officers under this section shall have only those powers of the office essential to the performance of the duties of the office during the period of the temporary appointment. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no temporary appointment shall be for more than 90 days, but not more than two 30-day extensions of a temporary appointment may be made when a permanent vacancy exists in the office.
(a) 
Communications to the City Council - The mayor shall, from time to time, by written communications, recommend to the city council for its consideration such measures as, in the judgment of the mayor, the needs of the city require. The mayor shall, from time to time, by written communication, but no less than quarterly, keep the city council fully informed of the financial and administrative condition of the city and shall specifically indicate in such reports any financial or administrative issues facing the city.
(b) 
Special Meetings of the City Council - The mayor may at any time call a special meeting of the city council, for any purpose, by causing a notice of the meeting to be delivered in hand or to the place of business or residence of each member of the city council. This notice shall, except in an emergency of which the mayor shall be the sole judge, be delivered at least 48 weekday hours in advance of the time set and shall specify the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held. A copy of each such notice shall be posted in accordance with law.
Every order, ordinance or vote adopted or passed by the city council relative to the affairs of the city, except resolutions, the selection of city officers or employees by the city council and any matters relating to the internal affairs of the city council, shall be presented to the mayor for approval. If the mayor approves of the measure, the mayor shall sign it within 10 days; if the mayor disapproves of the measure, the mayor shall return the measure within 10 days, with the specific reason or reasons for such disapproval attached to it, in writing, to the city council. The city council shall enter the objections of the mayor on its records, and not sooner than 10 days, nor later than 30 days from the date of its return to the city council, shall again consider the same measure. If the city council, notwithstanding the disapproval by the mayor, shall again pass the order, ordinance or vote by a 2/3 vote of the full council, it shall then be deemed in force, notwithstanding the failure of the mayor to approve it. If the mayor has neither signed a measure nor returned it to the city council within 10 days following the date it was presented to the mayor, the measure shall be deemed approved and in force.
(a) 
Acting Mayor - Whenever, by reason of sickness, absence from the city or other cause, the mayor shall be unable to perform the duties of the office, the president of the city council shall be the acting mayor. Should the president of the city council be unable or unwilling to serve, the city council shall forthwith elect 1 of its members to serve as acting mayor.
(b) 
Powers of Acting Mayor - The acting mayor shall have only those powers of the mayor that are essential to the conduct of the business of the city in an orderly and efficient manner and on which action may not be delayed. The acting mayor shall have no authority to make any permanent appointment or removal of any individual from city service unless the disability or absence of the mayor shall extend beyond 60 days, nor shall an acting mayor approve or disapprove of any measure adopted by the city council unless the time within which the mayor must act would expire before the return of the mayor. During any period in which any member of the city council is serving as acting mayor, that councilor shall not vote as a member of the city council.
The mayor may authorize any subordinate officer or employee of the city to exercise any power or perform any function or any duty which is assigned by this charter, or otherwise, to the mayor, and the mayor may rescind or revoke any such authorizations previously made, but all acts performed under any such delegation of authority during a period of authorization shall be and remain the acts of the mayor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a mayor to delegate his power of appointment to any city office or employment or to sign or return measures approved by the city council.
(a) 
Special Election - If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs during the first 2 years of the term for which the mayor is elected, whether by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, incapacity, or otherwise, the city council shall immediately, in the manner provided in section 7-1, order a special election to be held within 90 days following the date the vacancy is created, to fill the vacancy for the balance of the then unexpired term. If a regular city election is to be held within 120 days following the date the vacancy is created a special election need not be held and the position shall be filled by vote at such regular election.
(b) 
President of City Council To Serve As Acting Mayor - If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs in the third or fourth year of the term for which the mayor is elected, whether by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, or otherwise, the president of the city council shall become the acting mayor. Upon the qualification of the president of the city council as the acting mayor, under this section, a vacancy shall exist in that seat on the city council which shall be filled in the manner provided in section 2-11. A president serving as acting mayor under this subsection, who subsequently stands for office as mayor shall not be entitled to have the words "candidate for re-election" printed against their name on the election ballot.
(c) 
Powers, Term of Office - The mayor elected under Section 3-9(a) or the acting mayor designated under Section 3-9(b) shall have all the powers of the mayor. A person elected under subsection (a), shall serve for the balance of the term unexpired at the time of election to the office. A person chosen under subsection (b), shall serve until the time of the next regular election at which time the person elected to fill the office for the ensuing term of office shall serve, in addition, for the balance of the then unexpired term.