(a) The mayor shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the city for a term of four years. The mayor shall be elected at the next regular municipal election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1973.
(b) Any qualified elector of the city shall be eligible to be a candidate for mayor.
(c) The mayor shall preside at all council meetings, but shall have the right to vote only when there are equal numbers of votes in the affirmative and in the negative.
(d) The mayor shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are or may be conferred upon him by the General Laws of North Carolina, by this Charter, and by the ordinances of the city.
(e) The city council shall choose one of its number to act as mayor pro tempore, and he shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the mayor in the mayor’s absence or disability. The mayor pro tempore as such shall have no fixed term of office, but shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the remaining members of the council. A councilman serving as mayor pro tempore shall be entitled to vote on all matters and shall be considered a councilman for all purposes, including the determination of whether a quorum is present.
(Sess. Laws 1969; amended 6-18-73; amended 5-27-03)