The Mayor shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the city government, shall enforce the laws of the city and require the faithful performance of all administrative duties.
(A) Duties:
(1) Appoint, dismiss and the like. Appoint competent, qualified officers and employees to the administrative service and shall have the power to dismiss, suspend and discipline, in accordance with the personnel system under his or her control. He or she shall also have the power to authorize a department head or officer responsible to him or her to appoint and remove subordinates serving under that department head or officer;
(2) Appoint to acting capacity. Designate himself or herself or some other officer or employee to perform the service under his or her control which is vacant or which lacks administration due to the absence or disability of the incumbent;
(3) Annual report. Prepare and present to the Lead City Commission an annual report of the city's affairs, including a summary of reports of department heads, and other reports as the Lead City Commission shall require; and
(4) Budget report. Assemble estimates of the financial needs and resources of the city for each ensuing year, and shall prepare a program of activities within the financial power of the city, embodying in it a budget document with proper supporting schedules and analyses.
(B) Powers:
(1) Assign according to classification. Have the power to assign any employee or the city to any department or branch thereof requiring services appropriate to the personnel system classification of the employee so assigned;
(2) Approval. All appointments and dismissals should be subject to Lead City Commission approval;
(3) Overrule officials. Have the power to set aside any action taken by a department head and may supersede him or her in the functions of his or her office;
(4) Delegate duties. Have the power to direct any department, division or bureau to perform the work for any other department, division or bureau;
(5) Appoint administrative committees. Have the power to designate from the administrative service the committees and the officers thereof as he or she shall find necessary for the proper consideration of administrative problems. The committees shall meet at the request of the Chief Administrator and shall make recommendation on matters referred to them as they shall find necessary for the best interests of the city; and
(6) Appear before Lead City Commission. Have the power to appear before and address the Lead City Commission at any meeting.
(Prior Code, § 2-300)