A. Powers And Duties:
1. Generally: The Mayor shall devote so much of his/her time to the duties of his/her office as an efficient and faithful discharge thereof may require, and shall:
a. From time to time, give the Council such information and recommend such measures as she/he may deem beneficial to the City.
b. Examine the grounds of all complaints against any of the officers of the City to determine existence of a violation or neglect of duty and report the evidence thereof, if deemed sufficient for the removal of said officer, to the Council.
c. Require that every officer, on the expiration of his/her term of office or resignation or removal from the same, deliver to his/her successor all monies, books, papers, maps, plats, furniture, fixtures, apparatus, machinery, tools and instruments and appurtenances belonging to such office.
d. Perform all other duties imposed by the laws of the State of Idaho.
2. Sign Contracts, Borrow Money: The Mayor is authorized and empowered to sign his/her name officially for and on behalf of the City on all contracts including deeds, bonds, bills, notes, obligations and other agreements, documents and papers to which the City is a party, and to require that the conditions in the said instruments are faithfully performed, and to borrow money on the credit of the City when authorized by the Council.
3. Accounts And Reports Of Officers: The Mayor shall have the power, when she/he deems it necessary, to require any officer of the City to exhibit his/her accounts or other papers and to make reports to the Council in writing, touching any subject or matter she/he may require pertaining to his/her office.
4. May Require Aid: The Mayor is hereby authorized to call on every male inhabitant in the City over eighteen (18) years of age and under the age of fifty (50) years, to aid in enforcing the laws.
5. Additional Powers: The Mayor shall have all other powers granted by the laws of the State of Idaho.
B. Police Powers, Jurisdiction 1 : The Mayor shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him/her by ordinance 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 thereof, and shall have jurisdiction in all matters vested in him/her by ordinance, except taxation, within one (1) mile of the corporate limits of the City and over such properties as may be owned by the City without the corporate limits.
C. Term Of Office: The term of the Mayor of the City shall be four (4) years. (1988 Code)
Notes
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