(a) Executive Powers. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the Municipality, and shall:
(1) Supervise the administration of the Municipality's affairs;
(2) Exercise control over all departments and divisions thereof, except Council;
(3) Be the chief conservator of the peace within the Municipality and shall cause all laws and ordinances to be enforced therein;
(4) See that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the Municipality or its inhabitants in any franchise or contract to which the Municipality is a party are faithfully kept and performed;
(5) Recommend to Council such measures as are deemed necessary or expedient for the welfare of the Municipality and shall keep Council advised of the condition and future of the Municipality;
(6) Act as the official and ceremonial head of the Municipal government;
(7) Together with the Director of Finance, when public funds are involved, execute on behalf of the Municipality all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness, and all other instruments to which the Municipality is a party;
(Amended 11-3-81)
(8) Shall have custody of the seal of the Municipality and may affix it to all of the aforesaid documents, but the absence of the seal shall not affect the validity of any such instrument; and
(9) Perform such other duties as are conferred or required by this Charter, or by any ordinance or resolution of the Council or by the laws of the State of Ohio.
Subject to the provisions of this Charter and the provisions of the civil service regulations when they are promulgated as provided in this Charter, the Mayor shall have the power to appoint, promote, discipline, transfer, reduce, or remove any officer or employee of the Municipality except those required by this Charter to be elected, those whose terms of office may be fixed by this Charter and employees of Council.
(b) Legislative Powers. The Mayor shall attend Council meetings but shall have no vote therein. The Mayor shall have the right to recommend and introduce legislation and to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before Council.
(c) Veto Powers. Every ordinance or resolution adopted by Council shall be signed by the President of Council or other presiding officer, attested by the Clerk of Council and presented promptly to the Mayor. If the Mayor approves such ordinance or resolution, it shall be signed and returned to the Clerk of Council within ten days after its adoption by Council, but if the Mayor does not approve it, it shall be returned to Council within said ten days with the Mayor's written objections by delivery to the Clerk of Council, which objections shall be entered in full on the journal of the Council. If the Mayor does not sign or so return an ordinance or resolution within said ten-day period, it shall take effect in the same manner as if the Mayor had signed it. The Mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any item of an ordinance or resolution appropriating money, but otherwise the Mayor's approval or disapproval shall be addressed to the entire ordinance or resolution. When the Mayor has disapproved an ordinance or resolution, or a part or item thereof as herein provided, the Council shall not later than its next regular meeting, proceed to reconsider it, and if upon reconsideration the ordinance or resolution or part or item thereof disapproved by the Mayor be approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of Council, it shall then take effect without the signature of the Mayor in the same manner as if the Mayor had signed it. In all such cases, the votes shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journal.
(d) Judicial Powers. The Mayor shall have all the judicial powers granted from time to time by the general laws of the State of Ohio to mayors of municipalities of the class of this Municipality.
(Amended 11-2-76; 11-8-11)