The executive power of the Township shall be
exercised by the Mayor.
The Mayor shall be elected for a term of four
years, beginning January 1, and shall be paid an annual salary as
provided for by resolution of Council.
The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive of the
Township and shall:
A. Enforce the Charter and ordinances of the Township
and all general laws applicable thereto.
B. Supervise all departments of the Township.
C. Require each department to make an annual and such
other reports of its work as he/she may deem desirable.
D. On or before the 15th day of January of each calendar
year, the Mayor shall submit to Council his/her recommended budget,
together with such explanatory comments or statements 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.
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
the month, on the various requests.
E. Annually report to the Council and the public on the
work of the previous year and on the condition and requirements of
the Township, and shall, from time to time, make such recommendations
for action by the Council as he/she may deem in the public interest.
Ordinances adopted by the Council shall be submitted
to the Mayor. Within 10 days after receiving such ordinances the Mayor
shall either approve the ordinance by affixing his/her signature thereto,
or return it to Council by delivering it to the Township 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 such ten-day period, or
unless Council, upon reconsideration thereof on or after the third
day following its return by the Mayor, shall, by a vote of two-thirds
of its members, resolve to override the Mayor's veto.
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 on
the Council, in which case, the Mayor may cast the deciding vote.
The Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator,
any other department head or the Township Clerk to act as Mayor whenever
the Mayor shall be prevented by absence from the Township, 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. Whenever the Mayor
shall have been unable to attend to the duties of his/her office for
a period of 60 consecutive days for any of the above-stated reasons,
an acting Mayor shall be appointed by the Council, who shall succeed
to all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor or the then acting
Mayor.