The Mayor has power to:
(A) Nominate and, with the consent of the Council, appoint all non-elective officers of the city provided for by the City Council, except as provided by the statutes of the state;
(B) Suspend and, with the consent of the City Council, remove any non-elective officer, stating in the suspension or removal the cause therefor;
(C) Supervise the discharge of all official duty by all subordinate officers;
(D) Request that the governor call out the militia to aid the mayor in suppressing riots or other disorderly conduct, preventing and extinguishing fires, securing the peace and safety of the city or town or carrying into effect any law or ordinance (M.C.A. § 7-4-4403);
(E) To appoint, with the advice and consent of the City Council:
(1) One City Treasurer;
(2) One Chief of Police; and
(3) Any other officers necessary to carry out the provisions of the ordinances of the city and the statutes of the state.
(F) Cause the ordinances of the city to be executed;
(G) Approve all ordinances and resolutions of the City Council adopted by it;
(H) Veto any objectionable part of a resolution or ordinance and approve the other parts;
(I) In case an ordinance or resolution does not meet the Mayor’s approbation, the Mayor has power to return the same to the next regular meeting of the City Council with all objections in writing. No ordinance or resolution so vetoed by the Mayor shall go into effect unless the same be afterwards passed by two-thirds of the full number of members of the City Council;
(J) If the Mayor fails to return any resolution or ordinance as above set forth, the same takes effect without further action;
(K) Communicate to the City Council at the beginning of every session, and more often if necessary, a statement of the affairs of the city with such recommendations as the Mayor deems proper;
(L) Recommend to the City Council such measures connected with the public health, cleanliness and ornament of the city, and the improvement of the government and finances as the Mayor considers expedient;
(M) Call special meetings of the City Council. When so called by the Mayor, the Mayor must state by message the object of the special meeting and the business of the meeting shall be restricted to the object stated;
(N) Cause to be presented, once in three months, a full statement of the financial condition of the city;
(O) Bid for the city on any property sold at a tax or judicial sale whenever the city is an interested party;
(P) Procure and have in his or her custody the seal of the city or town;
(Q) Take and administer oaths;
(R) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or by resolution or ordinance of the City Council;
(S) The Mayor is the presiding officer of the Council and must sign the journals thereof and all warrants on the city treasury; and
(T) To decide all ties which may result from the vote of the City Council. The Mayor has no other vote.
(Prior Code, § 2.04.051) (Ord. 321, passed - -1980)