The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city and ex-officio president of the city council, and shall have a vote only in the event of a tie. The mayor shall take care that the laws of the state and the ordinances and regulations of the city are duly observed and enforced within the limits of said city, and that all officers and employees of said city faithfully discharge their respective duties.
The mayor shall have, subject to the ordinances and regulations of the city, and the laws of the state, general supervision of all other executive departments of the city government, and of all the executive city officers, and of all of the employees of the city, and shall see that they discharge their respective duties properly. The mayor shall, from time to time, give the city council such information and recommend such measures as the mayor may deem advantageous to the city.
All ordinances and regulations shall, before they take effect, be presented to the mayor for his/her approval, and if the mayor approves the same, he/she shall endorse his/her approval upon, and sign the same, and such as he/she shall not approve, he/she shall return to the city council with his/her objection hereto, by depositing the same with the city clerk, to be presented to the city council at the next stated meeting thereof; and upon the return of any ordinance or resolution without the approval of the mayor, to the city council, the vote by which the same was passed, if it shall be reconsidered, and if, after a reconsideration, it shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of all of the members of said council, shall have the same effect as if approved by the mayor, and in such case the vote shall be by yeas and nays, which shall be recorded by the designated council secretary. Any ordinance or resolution not returned by the mayor within five days (Sundays excepted) after the same shall have been presented to him/her, shall have the same effect as if approved and signed by the mayor. The mayor shall countersign all orders and warrants drawn upon the finance director for the payment of money.
The mayor shall possess such further powers and perform such further duties as may be conferred or prescribed by this Charter, or by the city ordinances or regulations, duly passed and adopted in pursuance thereof, or by the general laws of this state.
(Amendment approved by voters at the November 2, 2010 general election and became effective December 2, 2010)