§ 32.20 MAYOR AS PRESIDING OFFICER.
   (A)   (1)   The Mayor shall preside at meetings of the Council.
      (2)   The Council has the authority to establish, by ordinance, the manner in which one of its number may be selected to preside at meetings of the Council in the absence of the Mayor.
   (B)   The Mayor may participate in Council proceedings, but shall not have a vote, except that he or she may cast the deciding vote in case of a tie.
(KRS 83A.130(5)) (1989 Code, § 32.20)