(a) Executive Powers. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City. The Mayor shall supervise the administration of the City's affairs and shall exercise control over and be responsible to the electors for all departments, divisions and offices. The Mayor shall be the chief conservator of the peace within the City and shall cause all laws and ordinances to be enforced. The Mayor shall be responsible for the preparation and submission of the annual estimate of receipts and expenditures, and of appropriation measures, and shall at all times keep the Council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the City. The Mayor shall cause all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the City or its inhabitants in any franchise or contract to which the City is a party to be faithfully kept and performed.
Except as may otherwise be provided by this Charter or the laws of the State of Ohio, the Mayor shall have the power to appoint, promote, transfer, reduce or remove any officer or employee of the City except (a) those required by this Charter to be elected, (b) those whose terms of office may be fixed by this Charter, and (c) Directors of all departments who shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to advise and consent of the majority of Council. Except as otherwise may be provided in this Charter, all Directors and all appointive officers may be removed by the Mayor, provided, however, that such removal shall not take effect without the concurrence of a majority plus one of the members elected to Council.
The Mayor shall execute on behalf of the City all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness, and all other instruments to which the City is a party. The Mayor shall have custody of the seal of the City and may affix it to all of said instruments, but the absence of the seal shall not effect the validity of any such instrument. The Mayor shall be recognized as the official and ceremonial head of the City government by the Governor for military purposes and by the courts for the purpose of serving civil processes.
(b) Legislative Powers. Every ordinance passed or resolution adopted by the Council shall be attested by the Clerk of Council and promptly presented to the Mayor. If the Mayor approves such ordinance or resolution, the Mayor shall sign it within ten (10) days after its passage or adoption by the Council, but if the Mayor does not approve it, the Mayor shall return it to the Council with the Mayor’s written objections within said ten (10) days of delivery to said Clerk, which objections shall be entered in full on the journal of the Council. The Mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any part or item of an ordinance or resolution appropriating money, but otherwise the Mayor’s approval or disapproval shall be addressed to the entire ordinance or resolution. If the Mayor does not sign or veto an ordinance or resolution after its passage or adoption within said ten (10) day period, it shall take effect in the same manner as if the Mayor had signed it. When the Mayor has disapproved an ordinance or resolution or part or item thereof, as herein provided, the Council shall, not later than the next regular meeting, proceed to reconsider it, and if upon reconsideration the ordinance or resolution or part or item thereof be approved by vote of a majority plus one of the members elected to Council, it shall then take effect as if it had received the signature of the Mayor. In all such cases the vote shall be taken and entered upon the journal.
(c) Judicial Powers. The Mayor shall have all the judicial powers granted by this Charter, the ordinances of the City, and the general laws of the State of Ohio.
(d) Office and Hours. The Mayor shall have his office at City Hall. The Mayor shall devote the Mayor’s time and effort during City business hours and at such other times as may be necessary to the business of the City. (Amended 11-6-90; 11-3-09; 11-5-19)