(A) The Mayor shall be elected and qualified and shall have the powers and perform the duties as provided by state statute and these Codified Ordinances or other ordinances of the city. Before the Mayor enters upon the duties of his or her office, he or she shall execute a bond to the city as prescribed by law.
(B) (1) The Mayor may release and discharge, at his or her discretion, a person imprisoned for the violation of a city ordinance.
(2) In every case in which the release is made by the Mayor, he or she shall cause a proper record thereof to be sent to Council, at its first session thereafter, accompanying the record with a statement setting out the reason for the release.