The Mayor shall be the chief executive and administrative
officer of the City. He shall:
A. Enforce the Charter and ordinances of the City.
B. Supervise all of the departments of the City government.
C. Require each department to make an annual and such
other reports of its work as he may deem desirable.
D. Appoint all officers and employees for whose election
or appointment no other provision is made by Charter or ordinance.
[Added 7-11-1985 by Ord. No. 865-85]
E. From time to time make such recommendations for action
by the Council as he may deem in the public interest.
F. Report annually at the beginning of the year to the
Council and public on the work of the previous year and the conditions
and requirements of the City government for the current year.
G. Have such other functions, powers and duties as are
provided by the Charter and code.
H. The Mayor shall be a full-time position in the City
of Passaic.
[Added 8-2-2001 by Ord. No. 1517-01]
[Amended 3-21-1991 by Ord. No. 1131-91]
A. Whenever a vacancy exists in any office required by
the Charter or code to be filled by the Mayor with the advice and
consent of the Council and there is no holdover incumbent, the Mayor
may temporarily fill such vacancy, in the absence of any contrary
provision in the Charter or ordinances, by appointing an acting officer
to serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
B. Such appointee shall have all of the functions, powers
and duties of the office. Any such appointment shall terminate not
later than 90 days after the date of the appointment. Any reappointment
or subsequent appointment of the same person serving in such acting
position beyond such ninety-day period must have the consent, by resolution,
of the City Council.
The Mayor shall have such secretarial, clerical
and other assistants as may be authorized within the limits of available
appropriations.