(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.