CHAPTER III
PLAN OF GOVERNMENT
PLAN OF GOVERNMENT
All powers of the City except as otherwise provided in this charter shall be vested in and all matters of policy of the City shall be exercised and determined by an elected City Council of five (5) members who shall be elected from the City at large. In all cases where the word "Council" is used in the charter, the same shall mean and shall be synonymous with the terms "commission", "common council", "board of aldermen", "governing body", or "legislative body", or any other synonymous terms, as the same may be used in any state or federal law in referring to legislative or governing bodies of cities.
No person shall be eligible to any elective office who is in default to the City and unless he/she is a duly registered elector in the City, and has been a resident of the City for one (1) year immediately prior to the election at which he/she is a candidate for office. All votes for, or appointments of, any such defaulter shall be void.
The Mayor and Councilpersons shall receive such compensation as is determined by the Local Officers Compensation Commission of the City of Croswell in accordance with the provisions of Act 8 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, and the appropriate ordinance adopted by the City of Croswell in pursuance thereto. The compensation presently established for the Mayor and Council by the Local Officers Compensation Commission of the City of Croswell shall continue after the adoption of this section of the Charter for the remainder of the terms of the Mayor and Council unless otherwise changed by said Local Officers Compensation Commission pursuant to said Ordinance and the Law.
Such compensation shall be paid as best determined by the Local Officers Compensation Commission, but at least annually. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, such compensation shall constitute the only compensation which may be paid the Mayor or Council for the discharge of any official duty for or on behalf of the City during their tenure of office. However, the Mayor and Council may be paid such necessary bona fide expenses incurred in service on behalf of the City as are authorized and itemized.
The Council shall, at the first meeting in January following each regular city election, elect one of its members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Mayor Pro Tem, both for a term expiring at the first council meeting in January following the next regular city election.
(a) Insofar as required by law, and for all ceremonial purposes, the Mayor shall be recognized as the executive head of the City. He/she shall have an equal voice and vote in the proceedings of the Council, but shall have no veto power.
(b) He/she shall be a conservator of the peace, and may exercise within the City the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress disorder, and shall have the power to command the assistance of all able-bodied citizens to aid in the enforcement of the ordinances of the City, and to suppress riot and disorderly conduct.
(c) He/she shall authenticate by his/her signature such instruments as the Council, this charter, or the laws of the State of Michigan or of the United States shall require.
(d) He/she shall exercise only such powers as the state laws, this charter, or the Council shall specifically confer upon or require of him/her.
(e) The Mayor Pro Tem shall perform the duties of the Mayor when, on account of absence from the City, disability, or otherwise, the Mayor is temporarily unable to perform the duties of his/her office, and in case of vacancy in the office of Mayor, until such vacancy is filled by the Council. He/she shall preside over the meetings of the Council at the call of the Mayor. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of Mayor Pro Tem, the Council shall appoint from its elected membership to fill such vacancy.
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