The executive and administrative powers of the City shall be vested in a Mayor and such other administrative officers and boards as may be provided for in this Charter or by ordinance. The Mayor shall cause to be prepared and submitted to Council a strategic plan for the City, which shall include, but not be limited to, issues of residential and commercial development, infrastructure, finances, safety and community quality of life. Following adoption of a plan by Council, with such changes, if any, as shall be authorized by it after providing the public the opportunity to comment on the plan, the Mayor shall annually issue a report of the progress made in achieving the goals and objectives of the strategic plan. The strategic plan shall be updated as needed by the Mayor, and such updates shall be submitted to Council for review, public comment and adoption.
(Amended Nov. 6, 2001)
The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City. No employee of the City shall be eligible to hold office as Mayor. The Mayor shall be elected for a term of four years and shall assume office on the first day of January next following the election and shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified. The Mayor shall be an elector of the City and shall not hold any other public office, except that of notary public or member of the State Militia or of the Federal Military Reserves, and the Mayor shall have all other qualifications, and be subject to the disqualifications, that are prescribed for the mayors of cities by the laws of the State.
(Amended Nov. 8, 2011)
The office of the Mayor shall be in the Municipal Building of the City. The salary of the Mayor shall be established by ordinance, provided that such ordinance shall be passed not less than one year prior to the beginning of the term to be thereby affected.
(Amended Nov. 6, 1990)
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to act as chief conservator of the peace within the City; to see that all ordinances of the City are enforced; to supervise the administration of the affairs of the City; to recommend to Council for its adoption such measures as the Mayor may deem necessary or expedient; to keep Council advised of the financial condition and of the needs of the City; to prepare and submit to Council such reports as may be required by Council; and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are conferred or required by this Charter, by ordinance or resolution of Council, or by the laws of the State not covered by this Charter or the ordinances or resolutions of Council.
(Amended Nov. 6, 1990)
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