(A) The Mayor shall have and possess the same qualifications as City Council Members.
(B) The Mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city of the regular general election which is to be held in November 1969 and each four years thereafter and shall take office on January 1 succeeding his or her election. He or she shall take the constitutional oath of office and hold office for four years or until his or her successor is elected or appointed and qualified.
(C) The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city and shall have general supervision over its affairs; see that all ordinances of the city are strictly enforced and observed; preside at all meetings of the City Council and, in the case of a tie vote, vote on any question before the City Council; countersign all warrants drawn by the City Clerk on the city treasury; sign all written contracts entered into by the city; have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits, and certify them under his or her hand; sign all instruments which require the seal of the city; sign all deeds or conveyances executed by the city and acknowledge the execution of all instruments executed by the city which need to be acknowledged; sign the minutes of all meetings held by the City Council after their adoption and approval; and sign all ordinances adopted by the City Council.
(D) The Mayor may approve or veto any ordinance or resolution and may veto any separate item of an ordinance appropriating money. Any ordinance, resolution, or item of an appropriation ordinance vetoed by the Mayor may be passed over as provided in the state statutes.
(E) If the Mayor fails to sign an ordinance or resolution or to render it to the City Clerk with his or her written objection within ten days after passage, the ordinance or resolution shall take effect without his or her signature.
(F) The Mayor may require written information from any city officer on any subject relating to the duties of that officer. He or she shall be the head of the city police and may command them in the performance of their duties. He or she shall be the conservator of peace and, when he or she considers it necessary to enforce the laws of the city, save lives or property, or quell riots or mobs, he or she may summon into service any citizen, either civil or military; and, in those cases, he or she shall be present and command in person. The City Council shall by ordinance prescribe fines and penalties for disobedience of the orders and summons of the Mayor. The Mayor shall perform any other duties as may be imposed upon him or her by ordinance.
(1993 Code, § 21.02)