§ 67 Executive and Administrative Powers
§ 68 Term and Qualifications of Mayor
§ 69 Salary of Mayor
§ 70 Mayor’s Appointing Power
§ 71 General Powers and Duties of Mayor
§ 72 Mayor’s Right in Council
§ 73 Vacancy in Office of Mayor; Acting Mayor
§ 74 Residency Requirements; Officers and Employees
§ 74-1 Residency Preference Points for Promotional Examinations
§ 75 City Record
§ 76 City Planning Commission
§ 76-1 Directors and Staff
§ 76-2 Powers and Duties of Commission
§ 76-3 Mandatory Referral
§ 76-4 Co-ordinating Board and Advisory Committee
§ 76-5 Zoning Ordinances
§ 76-6 Board of Zoning Appeals; Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals
§ 76-7 Port and Harbor Commission
§ 76-8 Department of Port Control
The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City. Except as otherwise in this Charter provided, he shall be elected for a term of four years, assume office on the first Monday in January next after his election, and serve until his successor is elected and qualified. The Mayor holding office when this amendment is adopted shall continue to hold such office until the day next preceding the first Monday in January of the year 1982 and shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified.
The Mayor shall be an elector of the City and shall not hold any other public office or employment, except that of notary public or member of the State Militia, and shall not be interested in the profits or emoluments of any contract job, work or service for the Municipality.
(Effective November 4, 1980)
The Mayor shall have power to appoint and remove directors of all departments and officers and members of commissions not included within regular departments. Officers appointed by the Mayor shall serve until removed by him or until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to act as chief conservator of the peace within the City; to supervise the administration of the affairs of the City; to see that all ordinances of the City are enforced; to recommend to the Council for adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient; to keep the Council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the City; to prepare and submit to the Council such reports as may be required by that body, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are conferred or required by this Charter or by the laws of the State.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
The Mayor and the directors of all departments established by the Charter, or that may hereafter be established by ordinance, shall be entitled to seats in the Council. Neither the Mayor nor the director of any department shall have a vote in the Council, but the Mayor shall have the right to introduce ordinances and to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the Council; and the directors of departments shall be entitled to take part in all discussions in the Council relating to their respective departments. The Council by ordinance or resolution may authorize other City officials to have seats in Council.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
If the office of Mayor is vacant by reason of non- election, death, resignation, removal from office in any way except by recall election, removal of residence from the City, or from any other cause whatsoever, and such vacancy occurs more than one year before the next regular municipal election to be held for the office of Mayor, such vacancy shall be filled by special municipal elections. The aforesaid special municipal elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after sixty days from the day on which the vacancy first occurs, at which time the nonpartisan primary election shall be held, and on the fifth Tuesday following the said nonpartisan primary election, at which time the final special municipal election shall be held, and all the provisions in this Charter contained as to nomination and election of candidates for Mayor at regular municipal elections shall apply to the said special municipal elections. The person so elected as Mayor at the said special municipal elections shall assume the office immediately upon his election and qualification and shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified. During the existence of such vacancy in the office of Mayor, pending the time the said vacancy is filled by special municipal elections, the duties of the office of Mayor shall be discharged by the head of one of the departments provided for in this Charter under the title of Acting Mayor; provided, however, that if the vacancy occurs at a time when special municipal elections are not authorized in this section, then the said head of one of the departments shall succeed to the office of the Mayor and be Mayor until his successor is elected and qualified. In either of the above cases the order of succession as Acting Mayor or as Mayor shall be as follows: Director of Law, Director of Finance and Director of Public Utilities.
If the Mayor, or the person performing the duties of Mayor under the title Acting Mayor be temporarily absent from the City, or becomes temporarily disabled from any cause, his duties shall be performed during such absence or disability by the head of one of the aforesaid departments in the above order, and under the title of Acting Mayor.
(Effective November 4, 1980)
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