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The powers and duties of the Mayor shall include the following.
(A) He or she shall be the Chairperson of the Council and preside over its meetings. He or she may make and second motions and shall have a voice and a vote in all its proceedings.
(B) He or she shall be recognized as head of the town government for all official and ceremonial purposes.
(C) He or she shall, on behalf of the Council, confer with and advise the Town Manager to ensure that Council programs and policies are being fully implemented.
(D) He or she shall execute and authenticate by his or her signature such instruments as the Council shall approve or that statutes, ordinances or this code shall require.
(E) He or she shall make such recommendations and suggestions to the Council as he or she may consider proper.
(F) He or she shall perform such other duties required by state statute and this code as well as those duties required as chief executive officer of the town.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-4) (Ord. 10-06, passed - -2010; Ord. 11-10, passed - -2011; Ord. 15-01, passed 2-24-2015)
The Mayor shall sign any ordinance, resolution, contract, warrant, demand or other document or instrument requiring the Mayor’s signature within five calendar days from the date the Common Council took action requiring the Mayor’s signature or from notification by the Town Manager or the Town Manager’s designee that such document requires the Mayor’s signature. If any ordinance, resolution, contract, warrant, demand or other document or instrument requiring the Mayor’s signature remains unsigned after five calendar days from the date the Common Council took action requiring the Mayor’s signature or from notification by the Town Manager or the Town Manager’s designee that such document requires the Mayor’s signature, the Vice Mayor or if the Vice Mayor is unavailable, any Council member may sign such ordinance, resolution, contract warrant, demand or other document which when so signed shall have the same force and effect as if signed by the Mayor.
(Prior Code, § 2-2-6) (Ord. 15-01, passed 2-24-2015)
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