A. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the Municipality. He shall supervise the administration of the affairs of the Municipality and shall exercise control over all departments and divisions thereof. The Mayor shall be the chief conservator of the peace within the Municipality and shall cause all laws and ordinances to be enforced therein.
B. The Mayor shall be responsible for the faithful observance and performance of the conditions imposed in favor of the Municipality or its inhabitants by any franchise or contract to which the Municipality is a party.
B-1. During each year in which the State of Ohio does not conduct its own audit of the Municipal Financial Records of the Village, such records may be audited by the Village. In the event of such audit, the Council shall employ a public audit firm to perform such audit or designate three of its members to perform such audit.
C. Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, the Mayor shall have the power to appoint, promote, transfer, suspend for a period of not more than thirty (30) days, reduce or remove any officer or employee of the Municipality except elected officials, provided, however, that such appointment, promotion, transfer, reduction or removal of officers including members of boards and commissions provided for by this Charter and the heads of Departments or Divisions established pursuant thereto shall not take effect without the concurrence of a majority of the members of Council.
D. After notice and public hearing as hereinafter provided the Mayor with the concurrence of a majority of the members of Council may remove any member of a Municipal Court or Commission for inefficiency, incapacity, incompetency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office. To effect such removal, the Mayor shall mail to the individual concerned, by registered mail, a written notice to show cause why he should be removed accompanied by a statement of reasons for removal and shall fix therein a date, time and place for a public hearing not earlier than ten (10) days after the date of delivery of such notice and statement. Pending such hearing the Mayor may suspend such individual from office and prohibit him from exercising any duties, functions or authority of his office or position. At such hearing such individual shall have the right to be heard in person and to be represented by counsel in respect to any charge specified in said written statement of the Mayor. If following such hearing the Mayor shall remove such individual, the Mayor shall file with the Clerk-Treasurer a signed order of removal accompanied by a written statement of the findings at such hearing and the reasons for such removal. Upon approval of such order with affirmative vote of five (5) members of Council, such removal shall become final and the Clerk-Treasurer shall notify the individual so removed.
E. The Mayor and Clerk-Treasurer shall execute on behalf of the Municipality all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness and all other instruments to which it is a party. The Mayor shall be recognized as the official and ceremonial head of the Municipality, by the Governor, for military purposes and, by the courts, for the purpose of serving civil processes.
(Amendment passed by electorate 11-7-95)