(A) Generally: The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City, shall preside over the meetings of the Council and shall perform such duties as may be required of him by law. He shall have supervision over all of the executive officers and employees of the City, and shall have the power and authority to inspect all books and records pertaining to City affairs and kept by any officer or employee of the City.
(B) Appointments: The Mayor shall appoint, by and with the consent and advice of the Council, a City Clerk, a City Treasurer, a City Attorney and such other officers as may be deemed necessary. Any vacancies occurring in an appointive office shall be filled in the same manner.
(C) Designation Of Duties: Whenever there is a question or dispute as to the respective duties or powers of any appointed officer of the City, the question or dispute shall be settled by the Mayor; and the Mayor shall have the power to delegate to any appointed officer any duty which is to be performed when no specific officer has been directed to perform that duty.
(D) Vote: The Mayor shall have a vote on any decision to be made by the Council only when the Council is equally divided.
(F) Messages To Council: The Mayor shall deliver to the Council such information and such recommendations as, in his opinion, will be of benefit to the City.
(G) Special Meetings: The Mayor, or any four (4) members of the Council, shall have the power to call special meetings of the Council, the object of which shall be submitted in writing and the object as well as the disposition thereof shall be entered upon the journal by the Clerk 2 .
(H) Police Powers: The Mayor shall have jurisdiction over all places within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of the City for the enforcement of any health or quarantine ordinance and regulation and shall have jurisdiction in all matters, excepting taxation, within one mile of the corporate limits of the City and over such properties as may be owned by the City without the corporate limits.
(I) Pardons: The Mayor shall have power to remit fines and to grant pardons and reprieves for all offenses arising under the laws of the City.
(J) Reward: The Mayor, whenever he deems it expedient, is hereby empowered to offer a reward not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the arrest and conviction of any person charged with violating any of the provisions of this Code.
(K) Contracts: The Mayor is authorized and empowered to sign his name officially for and in behalf of the City on all contracts, documents and papers to which the City is a party, and to require that the conditions of any instrument are faithfully performed. He may borrow money on the credit of the City when so authorized by the Council. (Ord. 711, 8-19-1963; amd. 1981 Code)
(L) Call For Accounts And Reports Of Officers: The Mayor shall have the power when he deems it necessary to require any officer of the City to exhibit his accounts or other papers and make reports to the City Council in writing touching any subject or matter he may require pertaining to his office. (Ord. 481, 9-17-1951)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also subsection 1-5-5(D) of this Title. |
| 2 | 1. See also subsection 1-5-2(B) of this Title. |