(a) Executive Powers. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City. The Mayor shall supervise the administration of the City's affairs and shall exercise control over all departments and divisions. The Mayor shall be the chief conservator of the peace within the City and shall cause all laws and ordinances to be enforced. The Mayor shall be responsible for the preparation and submission of the annual estimate of receipts and expenditures, and of appropriation measures, and shall at all times keep the Council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the City. The Mayor shall cause all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the City or its inhabitants in any franchise or contract to which the City is a party to be faithfully kept and performed.
The Mayor shall have the power to appoint, promote, transfer, reduce or remove any officer or employee of the City that they are expressly authorized by this Charter, or by ordinance of Council, to appoint. Each mayoral appointment of the head of a department shall be subject to the consent and approval of Council, which may disapprove such an appointment only by a vote of not less than two-thirds votes of its members. The appointment of every officer and employee appointed by the Mayor shall, unless otherwise provided in this Charter, automatically terminate at the earlier of (1) the end of the term of office of the Mayor making the appointment, or (2) the date upon which the Mayor making the appointment leaves office by death, resignation or other reason creating a vacancy in the office of Mayor. Unless otherwise provided for in this Charter, the Mayor may during their term, without concurrence of Council, remove any officer or employee whom the Mayor has the authority to appoint, provided, however, that heads of departments or divisions created by this Charter may only be removed with the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of Council eligible to vote.
The Mayor shall execute on behalf of the City, all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness, and all other instruments to which the City is a party. The Mayor shall have custody of the seal of the City and may affix it to all of said instruments, but the absence of the seal shall not affect the validity of any such instrument. The Mayor shall be recognized as the official and ceremonial head of the City government by the Governor for military purposes and by the courts for the purpose of serving civil processes.
(Amended 11-8-05.)
(b) Legislative Powers. Every ordinance passed or resolution adopted by the Council shall be attested by the Clerk of Council and promptly presented to the Mayor. If the Mayor approves such ordinance or resolution, the Mayor shall sign it within ten (10) days after its passage or adoption by the Council, but if the Mayor does not approve it, the Mayor shall return it to the Council with their written objections within said ten (10) days by delivery to said Clerk, which objections shall be entered in full on the journal of the Council. The Mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any part or item of an ordinance or resolution appropriating money, but otherwise their approval or disapproval shall be addressed to the entire ordinance or resolution. If the Mayor does not sign or veto an ordinance or resolution after its passage or adoption within said ten (10) day period, it shall take effect in the same manner as if he had signed it. When the Mayor has disapproved an ordinance or resolution or part or item thereof, as herein provided, the Council shall, not later than the next regular meeting, proceed to reconsider it, and if upon reconsideration the ordinance or resolution or part or item thereof be approved by vote of two-thirds (2/3s) of the members of Council eligible to vote, it shall then take effect as if it had received the signature of the Mayor. In all such cases the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the Journal.
(Amended 11-5-02.)
(c) Judicial Powers. The Mayor shall have all the judicial powers granted by this Charter, the ordinances of the City, and the general laws of the State of Ohio.
(d) Power to Introduce Legislation. The Mayor may attend Council meetings but shall not vote therein. The Mayor shall have the right to recommend and introduce legislation and to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before Council.
(Amended 11-2-65.)