(A) The Mayor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council, all officers whose appointment is not otherwise provided for by law, this code or any other ordinance of the city; and whenever a vacancy shall occur in any office, which by law, this code or any other ordinance of the city he is empowered and required to fill, he shall at the next regular meeting of the Council occurring not less than five days after such vacancy, communicate to the Council the name of his appointee to such office, and pending the concurrence of the Council in such appointment, he may designate some suitable person to discharge the functions of such office.
(B) The Mayor shall perform all such other and further duties pertaining to his office as are or may be required of him by the laws of the state, this code or any other ordinances of the city.
('72 Code, § 3.08)