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(a) Insofar as required by law, and for all ceremonial purposes, and in case of Military law, the Mayor shall be the executive head of the City. He shall have an equal voice and vote in the proceedings of the Council, but shall have no veto power. He shall be the presiding officer of the Council.
(b) The Mayor shall be conservator of the peace, and may exercise within the City the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress riot and disorder, and shall have authority to command the assistance of all able-bodied citizens to aid in the enforcement of the ordinances of the City and to suppress riot and disorder.
(c) The Mayor shall execute or authenticate by his signature such instruments as the Council, this Charter, or the laws of the State of Michigan or the United States of America shall require.
(d) Except as may be required by law, the Mayor shall exercise only such powers as this Charter or the Council shall specifically confer upon him.
(e) In the absence or disability of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tem shall perform the duties of Mayor. In the absence or disability of both, the designated Acting Mayor shall perform such duties.
The administrative officers of the City shall be the Clerk,Treasurer, Assessor, Attorney, Chief of Police, Fire Chief, and Superintendent of Public Works, and, if the Council deems necessary, a City Administrator, Health Officer, City Engineer, and Building Inspector. The Council may, by ordinance, create additional administrative offices and may, by resolution, combine any administrative offices in any manner it deems necessary or advisable for the proper and efficient operation of the City. Except as hereinafter provided, all administrative officers of the City shall be appointed by the Council for an indefinite period, shall serve at the pleasure of the Council, and shall have their compensation fixed by the Council.
Except as may be otherwise provided by statute or this Charter, the Council shall establish, by ordinance, such departments of the City as it deems necessary or advisable and shall prescribe therein the functions of each department and the duties, authorities, and responsibilities of the officers of each department.
All personnel employed by the city who are not elected officers of the city or declared to be administrative officers by, or under the authority of, this Section shall be deemed to be employees of the City. The head of each department shall have the power to hire and discharge the employees of such department without confirmation by the Council.
The Council may, by ordinance passed by a 5/7 vote, create the office of the City Administrator and specify the duties, authorities, and responsibilities of such office. In the event such office is created, the Council may provide that any administrative function, officer, or department of the City, except the Attorney, shall be placed under the administrative direction of such City Administrator, and in such event the City Administrator shall have the power to appoint, subject to confirmation by the Council, such administrative officers of the City as are placed under his administrative direction and shall have the power to discharge such administrative officers without confirmation by the Council.
Any administrative officer or employee who has been discharged may, within 10 days thereafter, petition the Council to hear the facts regarding such discharge, and in any such case the Council may, in its sole discretion, hold a hearing and inquire into such facts and may make such recommendation in the matter as it considers proper.
State Law References: Mandatory that Charter provide for the election or appointment of a clerk, a treasurer, an assessor or board of assessors, a board of review, and other officers considered necessary, MCL 117.3(a).
(a) The Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Council and shall attend all meetings of the Council and shall keep a permanent journal, in the English language, of its proceedings.
State Law References: Mandatory that Charter provide for keeping in the English language a written or printed journal of each session of the legislative body, MCL 117.3(m).
(b) He shall be custodian of the city seal, and shall affix it to all documents and instruments requiring the seal, and shall attest the same. He shall also be custodian of all papers, documents, and records pertaining to the City the custody of which is not otherwise provided for. He shall give to the proper department or officials ample notice of the expiration or termination of any franchise, contract, or agreement.
(c) He shall certify, by his signature, all ordinances and resolutions enacted or passed by the council.
(d) He shall provide and maintain in his office a supply of forms for all petitions required to be filed for any purpose by the provisions of this Charter.
(e) He shall be responsible for the maintenance of a system of accounts of the city, which shall conform to any uniform system required by law and by the Council and to generally accepted principles and procedures of governmental accounting. He shall make monthly financial statements to the Council. The Council may, however, provide for the responsibility of the maintenance of accounts of the City by some officer other than the Clerk.
State Law References: Mandatory that Charter provide for a system of accounts that conforms to a uniform system of accounts as required by law, MCL 117.3(n).
(f) He shall have power to administer oaths of office.
(g) He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed for him by State law, this Charter, or by the Council.
(a) The Treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys of the City and all evidences of indebtedness belonging to the City or held in trust by the City.
(b) He shall collect all moneys of the City, the collection of which is not provided for elsewhere by Charter or ordinance. He shall receive from other officers and employees of the City all money belonging to and receivable by the City that may be collected by such officers and employees, including fines, license fees, taxes, assessments, and all other charges.
All money shall be turned over to the Treasurer after collection or receipt, and he shall, in all cases, give a receipt therefor. He shall disburse all city funds in accordance with the provisions of State law, this Charter and procedures to be established by the Council. Each check or warrant disbursing money of the City shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Clerk or the Mayor or the person performing the duties of the Mayor.
(c) He shall keep and deposit all money or funds of the City in such manner and only in such places as the Council may determine and shall report the same in detail to the Clerk.
(d) He shall have such powers, duties, and prerogatives in regard to the collection and custody of state, county, school district, and city taxes and moneys as are conferred by law, upon township treasurers in connection with state, county, township, and school district taxes upon real and personal property.
(e) He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed for him by this Charter or by the Council.
State Law References: Depositories, MCL 129.11 et seq., 211.43b.
The Assessor shall possess all the powers vested in, and shall be charged with all the duties imposed upon, assessing officers by the general laws of the State. He shall prepare all regular and special assessment rolls in the manner prescribed by this Charter, by ordinance, or resolution of the Council, and by the general laws of the State.
He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed for him by this Charter or by the Council.
State Law References: Assessments, MCL 211.10 et seq.
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