The mayor, the directors and the several officers provided for in R.C. Title VII shall attend the meetings of the legislative authority of the city when specifically requested by such legislative authority, and answer at such time questions put to any of them by any member of such legislative authority, relative to the affairs of the city under their respective management and control. The mayor shall make such recommendations, in writing, to the legislative authority for the welfare of the city as seem wise to him.
(R.C. § 733.06) (Prior Code, § 3.04.07)