The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City. The Mayor shall supervise the City Administrator's administration of City Municipality affairs. The Mayor shall give direction to the City Administrator and shall be able to remove the City Administrator according to Article V, Section 2(c). The Mayor shall be the chief conservator of the peace within the Municipality and shall see that all laws and ordinances are enforced therein.
The Mayor shall see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the Municipality or its inhabitants in any franchise or contract to which the Municipality is a party are faithfully kept and performed.
Subject to the other provisions of this Charter and the Constitution and laws of Ohio constitutionally restricting the exercise of the Home Rule powers of the municipality, the Mayor shall, with the advice of the City Administrator, appoint, promote, transfer, reduce or remove any officer or employee of the Municipality except those required by this Charter to be elected. Any officer or employee of the Municipality reduced, suspended or removed by the Mayor shall not require concurrence of the Council except those officers or employees who serve at the pleasure of Council pursuant to this Charter.
The Mayor and the Chief Fiscal Officer shall execute on behalf of the City, all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness and all other instruments to which the Municipality is a party. The Mayor shall have the custody of the seal of the Municipality and may affix it to all the above mentioned 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 Municipality by the Governor for military purposes, and by the Courts for the purpose of serving civil process.
(Amended 11-5-02)
(Amended 11-5-02)