At 8:00 p.m. on January 2 following each Municipal election, unless the second is a Sunday or a holiday, on the following day, Council shall meet at City Hall and organize and elect one (1) of its members as Vice Mayor, who shall serve for a period of two years (2 yrs.) thereafter. If five (5) members agree, the meeting may commence at 7:00 p.m. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of Council and shall have a voice and vote in all its proceedings, but no veto. He shall preserve order and decorum, prevent personal reflection and confine members in debate to the question. He may, in common with any other member, call any member to order who shall violate any of the rules and shall, when in the chair, decide all questions of order subject to the appeal of Council on demand of two (2) members. On such appeal there shall be no debate, but each member making the appeal may briefly state his reason for the same and the presiding officer shall have the same right to a similar brief statement. In the absence of the Mayor, the Vice Mayor shall discharge the duties and be clothed with all the powers of the Mayor. In the absence of both the Mayor and the Vice Mayor, the Councilmen present may choose one (1) of their members as Mayor pro tempore, who, during such absence, shall discharge the duties and be clothed with all the powers of the Mayor.
(Ord. 2703-63. Passed 10-7-63; Ord. 031-23. Passed 5-15-23.)