The Mayor shall:
A. be responsible for the administration of all Departments179 and Officials
180, in charge of persons or Boards and Commissions
181 appointed by the Mayor, and shall oversee and direct the same
182;
B. be an ex-officio, non-voting member of all Town Boards and Commissions appointed by the Mayor, except the Board of Ethics or where such membership is inconsistent with the General Statutes or this Charter183;
C. see that the provisions of all Laws, this Charter, the Ordinances and Statutory Resolutions governing the Town are faithfully executed; shall cause to be prepared and printed, within ninety (90) Days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual Town report; shall recommend to the Council such measures as may be deemed necessary or expedient; shall keep the Council fully advised as to the financial condition of the Town; shall prepare and submit to the Council an annual budget and shall exercise such other powers and duties as may be required by Ordinance, Statutory Resolution, Order or Motion of the Legislative Council consistent with the General Statutes and this Charter184; and,
D. submit to the Council:
(1) commencing on the first (1st) day of July and every quarter thereafter, a quarterly report on all contracts (including, agreements, memoranda of understanding, memoranda of agreement, letters of understanding, side letters and other agreements) entered into on behalf of the Town, including but not limited to, those executed within the budget limits or other authority established by the Legislative Council; however, excluding all such contracts (as defined in this subsection) as may be exempted from disclosure by Law185.
(2) a request for approval by a Majority Vote of the Legislative Council, of any contracts:
(a) in excess of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars which are exempted from the competitive procurement and solicitation requirements of this Charter and any Ordinances or regulations adopted hereunder. The Legislative Council is authorized to modify the threshold based upon the consumer price index or other like measure indexed for inflation or deflation. This provision shall not apply to emergency transactions, which are addressed in § 5-4.C(3) of this Charter186.
(b) which contain a term which will either fall in multiple fiscal years; or, shall continue for a period longer than twelve (12) months187.
179 "Department" includes the deleted term "agencies".
180 "Officials" replaces "officers".
181 2011 modification of 1983 Charter § 5-2, by adding the word "Commissions".
182 2011 modification of 1983 Charter § 5-2 (first sentence) by replacing "supervise" with "oversee".
183 2011 modification of 1983 Charter § 5-2 (second sentence).
184 2011 modification of 1983 Charter § 5-2 (third sentence).
185 2022 modification of 2011 Charter Revision.
186 2011 modification of 1983 Charter § 5-2 (fourth sentence) by modifying the threshold amount and adding the following: "...The Legislative Council is authorized to modify the threshold based upon the consumer price index or other like measure indexed for inflation". In addition, the provision makes it clear that the authority is over contracts exempted from the competitive procurement and solicitation requirements of the Charter, in lieu of the language "...that were negotiated contract for services with a value over...". It also deletes the following language "...at least sixty (60) Days prior to the effective date of the proposed contract".
187 2011 modification of 1983 Charter § 15-4 (third sentence), to include all contracts and reduce the time-frame to 12 months. Moreover, the vote should be by majority in lieu of "...two-thirds (2/3rds) of the Council present and voting".