1-5-4: PRESIDING OFFICER:
The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the city council, and the city council shall each year at the second meeting in May choose one of its members as mayor pro tem, who shall serve as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor. As presiding officer, the mayor shall perform the following duties, together with such other duties as are set forth by law: (1961 Code § 2-21; amd. Ord. 6291, 6-24-1998; Ord. 7002, 4-25-2007)
   A.   Preside At Meetings: The mayor shall preside at all regular and special meetings of the city council. (1961 Code § 2-21; amd. 1973 Code)
   B.   Voting Privileges: The mayor shall not vote on any ordinance, resolution or motion except: 1) where the vote of the aldermen has resulted in a tie; or 2) where a vote greater than a majority of the corporate authorities is required by this code to adopt an ordinance, resolution or motion. In each instance specified, the mayor shall vote. Nothing herein shall deprive an acting mayor or mayor pro tem from voting in his capacity as alderman, but he shall not be entitled to another vote in his capacity as acting mayor or mayor pro tem. (1961 Code, § 2-21; amd. 1973 Code; Ord. 5768, 5-12-1993)
   C.   Ordinances; Approval, Veto: All resolutions and motions: 1) which create any liability against the city, 2) that provide for the expenditure or appropriation of its money, or 3) to sell any city or school property, and all ordinances passed by the city council shall be deposited with the city clerk. If the mayor approves of them, he shall sign them. Those of which he disapproves he shall return to the city council with his written objections at the next regular meeting of said city council occurring not less than five (5) days after their passage. The mayor may disapprove of any one or more sums appropriated in any ordinance, resolution or motion making an appropriation, and, if so, the remainder shall be effective. However, the mayor may disapprove entirely of an ordinance, resolution or motion making an appropriation. If the mayor fails to return any ordinance or any specified resolution or motion with his written objections within the designated time, it shall become effective despite the absence of his signature. (1973 Code; amd. 1999 Code)
   D.   Reconsideration; Passing Over Veto: Every resolution and motion, specified in subsection C of this section and every ordinance, which is returned to the city council by the mayor shall be reconsidered by the city council. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds (2/3) of all the aldermen then holding office on the city council shall agree to pass an ordinance, resolution or motion, notwithstanding the mayor's refusal to approve it, then it shall be effective. The vote on the question of passage over the mayor's veto shall be by yeas and nays, and shall be recorded in the journal.
   E.   Reconsideration; Requisites: No vote of the city council shall be reconsidered or rescinded at a special meeting, unless there are present at the special meeting as many aldermen as were present when the vote was originally taken. (1973 Code)