The mayor shall have the power to approve or veto any ordinance passed by the city council and to approve or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim. If the mayor approves the ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, contract, or claim, he or she shall sign it, and it shall become effective. If the mayor vetoes the ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, contract, or any item or items of appropriations or claims, he or she shall return it to the city council stating that the measure is vetoed and the reasons for the veto. The mayor may issue the veto at the meeting at which the measure passed or within seven calendar days after the meeting. If the mayor issues the veto after the meeting, the mayor shall notify the city clerk of the veto in writing and the reasons for the veto. The clerk shall notify the city council in writing of the mayor’s veto within one (1) business day. Any ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim vetoed by the mayor, may be passed over the mayor’s veto by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to the city council, provided that within seven (7) days of notification from the clerk of the mayor’s veto a member of the council requests, in writing, to the Clerk the same be placed on the next possible regularly scheduled city council meeting. If the mayor neglects or refuses to sign any ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim, but fails to veto the measure within the time required by this section, the measure shall become effective without his or her signature. The mayor may veto any item or items of any appropriation bill or any claims bill, and approve the remainder thereof, and the item or items so vetoed may be passed by the council over the veto as in other cases.
(Ord. 3567, § 1(2-95), passed 3-22-2010; Ord. 3785, § 1, passed 12-8-2014)