The executive power of the municipality shall be exercised by the Mayor.
The Mayor shall enforce the Charter and ordinances of the municipality and all general laws applicable thereto. He/she shall annually report to the Council and the public on the work of the previous year and on the condition and requirements of the municipal government, and shall from time to time make such recommendations for action by the Council as he/she may deem in the public interest. He/she shall supervise all of the departments of the municipal government and shall require each department to make an annual and such other reports of its work as he/she may deem desirable.
A. 
Ordinances adopted by the Council shall be submitted to the Mayor, and he/she shall, within 10 days after receiving any ordinance, either approve the ordinance by affixing his/her signature thereto or return it to the Council by delivering it to the Municipal Clerk, together with a statement setting forth his/her 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 10 days after it has been presented to him/her, or unless Council upon reconsideration thereof on or after the third day following its return by the Mayor shall by a vote of 2/3 of the members resolve to override the Mayor's veto.
B. 
The Mayor may attend meetings of the Council and may take part in discussions of Council but shall have no vote, except in the case of a tie on the question of filling a vacancy in the Council, in which case, he/she may cast the deciding vote.
The Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator, any other department head, or the Municipal Clerk 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/her office. During such time, the person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all of the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor.
Each department head shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of Council.
The Mayor may, in his/her discretion, remove any department head after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removing a department head, the Mayor shall first file written notice of his/her intention with the Council, and such removal shall become effective on the 20th day after the filing of such notice unless the Council shall, prior thereto, have adopted a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the whole number of the Council, disapproving the removal.
The municipal budget shall be prepared by the Mayor with the assistance of the Business Administrator. During the month of November, the Mayor shall require all department heads to submit requests for appropriations for the ensuing budget year, and to appear before the Mayor or the Business Administrator at public hearings, which shall be held during that month, on the various requests.
On or before the 15th day of January, the Mayor shall submit to Council his/her recommended budget, together with such explanatory comment or statement as he/she may deem desirable. The budget shall be in such form as is required by law for municipal budgets, and shall, in addition, have appended thereto a detailed analysis of the various items of expenditure and revenue. Council may reduce any item or items in the Mayor's budget by a vote of a majority of the Council, but an increase in any item or items therein shall become effective only upon an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members of Council.
The Council shall, where practicable, provide for the maintenance of a system of work programs and quarterly allotments, for operation of the budget. It shall be the duty of the officer or department administering any such program to develop and report appropriate unit cost of budgeted expenditures.