(a) Executive Powers. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City. He shall:
(1) Supervise the administration of the City's affairs;
(2) Exercise control over all departments and divisions except those reserved by this Charter to Council or its officers and employees;
(3) Be the chief conservator of the peace within the City;
(4) Enforce all laws and ordinances;
(5) Recommend to the Council such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient;
(6) See that 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 are faithfully kept and performed;
(7) Prepare and submit to the Council such reports as may be required by that body;
(8) Act as the official and ceremonial head of the City government;
(9) Execute on behalf of the City all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness and all other instruments to which the City is a party;
(10) Submit to the Council and place on file in the office of the Clerk of Council for public inspection a complete report on the finances and activities of the City as of the end of each fiscal year;
(11) Keep the Council full advised as to the financial condition and future of the City and make such recommendations to the Council concerning the affairs of the City as he deems desirable;
(12) Perform such duties as are conferred or required by this Charter, by any ordinance or resolution of the Council or by the laws of the State.
Subject to provisions of the Civil Service regulations and the provisions of this Charter, the Mayor shall have the power to appoint, promote, discipline, transfer, reduce or remove any officer or employee of the City.
(b) Legislative Powers. The Mayor shall attend Council meetings but shall have no vote therein. He shall have the right to recommend and introduce legislation and to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before Council.
Every ordinance passed or resolution adopted shall be signed by the President of Council or other presiding officer and presented promptly to the Mayor by the Clerk of Council. If the Mayor approves such ordinance or resolution, he shall sign and return it to the Clerk of Council within ten (10) days after its passage or adoption by Council, but if he does not approve it, he shall return it to Council within said ten (10) days with his written objections by delivery to the Clerk of Council. The Mayor's objections shall be read at the next Council meeting and be entered in full on the journal of Council. The Mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any item of an ordinance or resolution appropriating money, but otherwise his approval or disapproval shall be addressed to the entire ordinance or resolution. If he does not return an ordinance or resolution within the time limited in this Section, it shall take effect in the same manner as if he had signed it. When the Mayor disapproves an ordinance or resolution, or any part thereof, and returns it to the Council with his objections, Council may, not later than thirty-five (35) days thereafter, reconsider it and, if such ordinance, resolution or item, upon such reconsideration is approved by the vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all members of Council it shall take effect at the time of the vote of approval or at such later time as may be specified in such ordinance, resolution or item.
(c) Judicial Powers. The Mayor shall have all the judicial powers granted from time to time by the General Laws of Ohio to Mayors of cities.
(Amended 11-7-72.)