(a) Executive Powers. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the Municipality. The Mayor shall supervise the administration of the Municipality's affairs and shall exercise control over all departments and divisions. The Mayor shall be the chief conservator of the peace within the Municipality and shall cause all laws and ordinances to be enforced. The Mayor shall be responsible for the preparation and submission of the annual estimate of receipts and expenditures, and of appropriation measures, and shall at all times keep the Council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the Municipality. The Mayor shall cause all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the Municipality or its inhabitants, in any franchise or contract to which the Municipality is a party, to be faithfully kept and performed.
Except as may otherwise be provided by this Charter or the laws of the State of Ohio, the Mayor shall have the power to appoint, promote, transfer, reduce or remove any officer or employee of the Municipality except (a) those required by this Charter to be elected, and (b) those whose terms of office may be fixed by this Charter.
The Mayor shall execute on behalf of the Municipality all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness, and all other instruments to which the Municipality is a part, unless otherwise directed by Council. The Mayor shall have custody of the Seal of the Municipality and may affix it to all of said instruments, but the absence of the Seal shall not affect the validity of any such instrument. The Mayor shall be recognized as the official and ceremonial head of the Municipality by the Governor for military purposes and by the courts for the purpose of serving civil processes.
(b) Legislative Powers. An ordinance or resolution passed as emergency legislation without a dissenting vote of Council shall not be subject to veto of the Mayor, and it shall be the Mayor's duty to forthwith authenticate it by signature, but if the Mayor fails to do so, it shall become effective immediately.
Every ordinance passed or resolution adopted by the Council shall be attested by the Clerk of Council and promptly presented to the Mayor. If the Mayor approves such ordinance or resolution, the Mayor shall sign it within ten (10) days after its passage or adoption by the Council, but if the Mayor does not approve it, the Mayor shall return it to the Council with the Mayor's written objections within said ten (10) days by delivery to said Clerk, which objection shall be entered in full on the journal of the Council. The Mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any part or item of an ordinance or resolution appropriating money, but otherwise the Mayor's approval or disapproval shall be addressed to the entire ordinance or resolution. If the Mayor does not sign or veto an ordinance or resolution after its passage or adoption within said ten (10) day period, it shall take effect in the same manner as if the Mayor had signed it. When the Mayor has disapproved an ordinance or resolution or any part or item thereof, as herein provided, the Council shall, not later than the next regular meeting, proceed to reconsider it, and if, upon reconsideration, the ordinance or resolution or part or item thereof is approved by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership of the legislative authority, it shall then take effect as if it had received the signature of the Mayor. In all such cases, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journal.
(c) Judicial Powers. The Mayor shall have all the judicial powers granted generally by the laws of Ohio to mayors of municipalities unless, until and to the extent that other lawful provisions shall be made for the exercise of all or any such powers.
(Amended 11-7-95)