(a) The mayor shall have all the power, authority and duties assigned by state law, the Code of Ordinances, other ordinances or resolutions of the city, or other actions of the city council, except those duties exclusively assigned to other members of the executive branch or to the judicial branch of the city by the Code of Ordinances, other ordinances or resolutions of the city or other actions of the city council.
(b) The mayor shall have all the power and authority to act as presiding officer at all meetings of the city council.
(c) The mayor shall have the power, authority and duty to submit to the city administrator items for placement on the city council agenda.
(d) The mayor shall review and approve the city council agenda prior to posting of the city council agenda by the city secretary.
(e) The mayor shall ensure each alderman has a fair and equal opportunity to be heard, at each city council meeting they attend, on any topic which appears on an agenda for that meeting.
(f) The mayor shall ensure the deliberations of the aldermen are on topic and within the scope of the agenda item.
(g) The mayor shall ensure each municipal officer has a fair and equal opportunity to be heard, at each city council meeting they attend, on any topic which appears on an agenda for that meeting. If a staff member is attending the meeting as a representative of a municipal officer and in the absence of the municipal officer, the mayor shall afford the staff member the same privileges as the municipal officer would be entitled.
(h) The mayor shall ensure the visitors and guests observe proper decorum during city council meetings.
(1) The mayor may only request a visitor or guest leave a meeting for just and good cause that the meeting could not continue without undo interruption if the guest or visitor remained.
(2) If a guest or visitor who is asked to leave fails to comply and continues to disrupt the meeting, the mayor shall temporarily recess the meeting until law enforcement can return order to the meeting.
(3) The mayor may only request a staff member removed from a meeting for just and good cause that the meeting could not continue without undo interruption if the staff member remained.
(4) The mayor may not ask that an alderman or the municipal court judge of the city be removed from a meeting.
(i) The mayor shall endorse all minutes of the city council meetings after approval by the city council.
(j) The mayor shall endorse all ordinances of the city after approval by the city council.
(k) The mayor shall endorse all resolutions of the city after approval by the city council.
(l) The mayor shall endorse all proclamations of the city after approval by the city council.
(m) The mayor shall endorse all records, reports, or actions of the city council which have been properly passed or approved.
(n) The mayor shall work in good faith with the aldermen, municipal court judge, municipal officers, planning and zoning commissioners, city administrator, director of public safety and staff of the city.
(o) The mayor shall have the power, authority and duty to act on behalf of the city council during the duration of a declared emergency. The mayor shall have authority to wield the power and authority of the city council for the duration of the emergency or until such time as the city council may meet, whichever is shorter.
(p) The mayor shall have the review authority as to the dismissal of city employees consistent with the approved city personnel manual.
(q) The mayor shall have any other power, authority or duties conferred upon the mayor, not inconsistent with state law, the Code of Ordinances and other ordinances, resolutions and actions of the city.
(2013 Code, sec. 3.2.1.2; Ordinance 2016-09-03, sec. 1.4, adopted –/–/16; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)