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The council shall select biennially from among its members one to serve as mayor for a term of two years and until his successor is chosen and qualified as such. The mayor shall preside at council meetings, when present, and shall have a vote on all matters which come before the council, but shall have no power of veto. He shall be the ceremonial head of the city, but shall exercise no administrative authority. He shall also perform the judicial duties imposed upon mayors by state law. The mayor shall be paid a salary of $800.00 per year so long as he continues to discharge judicial functions. If and when these are terminated he shall receive a salary of $400.00 per year. The council shall have the same authority to increase the salary of future mayors as they have to increase the salaries of their successors, as provided in Section 2.05.
The vice-mayor shall preside at council meetings in the absence of the mayor and in case of the disability of the mayor he shall perform the duties of mayor. He shall become mayor in case of a vacancy in that office. When the vice-mayor assumes the office of mayor, he shall receive the salary fixed for that office.
There shall be a clerk of council, selected by vote of a majority of the members of the council from outside its membership, to serve for two years and until his successor is chosen and enters upon the duties of his office. He shall give notice of council meetings, keep the journal, advertise public hearings, record in a separate book all ordinances and resolutions approved by council and see that such enactments are published as required by this charter. He shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by this charter or by ordinance. He may be appointed to serve full time or part time and the council may assign the duties of clerk of council to any employee of the city as an additional duty. The clerk of council shall receive a salary for his services as such, as established by ordinance.