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SECTION 59.   SAME - FORM; NEED NOT CONTAIN TEXT OF ORDINANCE
   Referendum petitions need not contain the text of the ordinances, the repeal of which is sought, but they shall be subject in all other respects to the requirements for petitions submitting proposed ordinances to the Council.
SECTION 60.   SAME - INITIATIVE ORDINANCES SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM
   Ordinances submitted to the Council, by initiative petition and passed by the Council without change, or passed in an amended form and not required to be submitted to a vote of the electors by the committee of the petitioners, shall be subject to the referendum in the same manner as other ordinances.
SECTION 61.   PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM - CONFLICTING ORDINANCES
   If the provisions of two or more ordinances adopted or approved at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest affirmative vote shall prevail and the others shall be of no effect.
SECTION 62.   SAME - REFERENDUM AND EMERGENCY MEASURES
   EDITOR'S NOTE: The provisions of this section were repealed by the electors on May 7, 2013.
SECTION 63.   SAME - PRELIMINARY ACTION
   (A)   In case a petition is filed requiring that a measure passed by the Council providing for an expenditure of money, a bond issue, or a public improvement be submitted to vote of the electors, all steps preliminary to such actual expenditure, actual issuance of bonds, or actual execution of a contract for such improvement, may be taken prior to the election.
   (B)   If, when submitted to a vote of the electors, an ordinance is not approved by a majority of those voting thereon, it shall be considered repealed as regards any further action thereunder; but such measure so repealed shall be deemed sufficient authority for payment, in accordance with the ordinance, of any expense incurred previous to the referendum vote thereon. (Amended 5-7-13)
SECTION 64.   SAME - FORM OF BALLOTS, ETC.; ELECTION RESULTS
   Ordinances, or parts thereof, submitted to vote of the electors in accordance with the initiative and referendum provisions of this Charter shall be submitted by ballot title. There shall appear upon the official ballot a ballot title, which may be distinct from the legal title of any such proposed or referred ordinance, and which shall be a clear, concise statement, without argument or prejudice, descriptive of the substance of such ordinance, or part thereof. The ballot title shall be prepared by the City Law Director. The ballots used in voting upon any such ordinance, or part thereof, shall have below the ballot title thereof the two following propositions, one above the other, in order indicated: "For the ordinance" and "Against the ordinance". Any number of ordinances, or parts thereof, may be voted upon at the same election and may be submitted on the same ballot. If a majority of the electors voting on any ordinance, submitted in accordance with the initiative provisions of this Charter, shall vote in favor thereof, it shall thereupon become an ordinance of the City. If an ordinance or part of an ordinance, submitted in accordance with the referendum provisions of this Charter, is not approved by a majority of those voting thereon, it shall be deemed repealed. (Amended 5-7-13)
THE EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS GENERALLY - THE MAYOR
SECTION 65.   EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS
   The executive and administrative powers of the City shall be vested in the Mayor, directors of departments and other administrative offices provided for in this Charter or by ordinance.
SECTION 66.   TERM AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MAYOR
   The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City. Commencing with the Municipal election held in November, 1945, the Mayor shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, assume office on the first day of December following his election and serve until his successor is elected and qualified. The Mayor shall be an elector of the City and shall not hold any other public office or employment, except that of notary public or member of the State militia, and shall not be interested in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work or service for the Municipality. He shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office and shall engage in no other remunerative employment of any kind. (Amended 11-6-56)
SECTION 67.   SALARY OF MAYOR
   Commencing with the term of the officer elected at the Municipal election held in November, 1953, the salary of the Mayor shall be in such amount as may be fixed by the Council, but which shall in no event be less than the sum of fifty-two hundred dollars ($5,200.00) per annum and shall be payable monthly. No change in salary may be made to take effect during the term of such officer and any determination of the amount of such compensation may be made by the Council only by ordinance passed in the year 1952 or in any even numbered year subsequent thereto.
(Amended 5-6-52)
SECTION 68.   MAYOR’S APPOINTING POWER; APPOINTING AUTHORITY DEFINED
   The Mayor shall be the appointing authority of the City for all classified and unclassified positions except in those departments where the Charter provides for the election of the head of said department, in which case the department head shall be the appointing authority for all classified and unclassified positions in his department.
   Except as may be otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Charter, the Mayor shall also have the power to appoint and remove all other appointive officers and all members of commissions not included within regular departments. Such officers and members of commissions appointed by the Mayor shall serve until removed by him or until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
(Amended 11-2-65)
SECTION 69.   GENERAL POWER AND DUTIES OF MAYOR
   It shall be the duty of the Mayor to act as chief conservator of the peace within the City; to supervise the administration of the affairs of the City; to see that all ordinances of the City are enforced; to recommend to the Council for adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient; to keep the Council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the City; to prepare and submit to the Council such reports as may be required by that body, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are confronted or required by this Charter or by the law of the State.
SECTION 70.   MAYOR’S RIGHT IN COUNCIL
   The Mayor and the directors of all departments established by the Charter, or that may hereafter be established by ordinance, shall be entitled to seats in the Council. Neither the Mayor nor the director of any department shall have a vote in the Council, but the Mayor shall have the right to introduce ordinances and to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the Council; and the directors of departments shall be entitled to take part in all discussions in the Council relating to their respective departments. The Council by ordinance or resolution may authorize other City officials to have seats in Council.
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