The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer of the City in whom the executive and administrative powers and duties of the City shall be vested subject to the appropriate delegation of such powers and duties in directors of departments and other administrative officers, boards and commissions as provided for in this Charter.
The Mayor shall have the power to appoint the Mayor's Executive Assistant, a secretary, and such additional assistants as are authorized by appropriate legislation, all without Council confirmation. Subject to confirmation by the Council, the Mayor also shall have the power to appoint the members of all boards and commissions, all directors of City departments, all the commissioners of City divisions, and all chief administrative officers of any other City agencies which shall also require the approval of their respective boards or commissions, if any. The Mayor shall have the power to appoint and shall be the appointing authority for all other officers and employees within the administrative and executive service, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
The Mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the City by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process and by the Governor for military purposes. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to act as chief conservator of the peace within the City; to supervise the administration of the affairs of the City; to see that all ordinances and resolutions of the City are enforced; to recommend to the Council for adoption such measures as the Mayor may deem necessary or expedient; to keep the Council advised of the financial condition and the needs of the City; to prepare and submit to the Council such reports as may be required by that body in the discharge of its duties as conferred by this Charter; to prepare and submit to the Council the annual budget estimate of the City; and to exercise all other executive and administrative powers and perform such duties as are conferred or required by this Charter or by the laws of the State of Ohio upon any mayor or municipal chief executive officer, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
Except for special engagements by authority of Council, every officer and employee must be a resident of the City of Toledo; provided however, that every officer or employee of the City of Toledo, who has established and maintained his or her residence outside the limits of the City of Toledo prior to November 7, 1972, shall be allowed to continue such residency during his or her employment with the City of Toledo; and provided further, that Council shall provide by ordinance for the waiver of the requirement of City residence for any employee where non- residence of such employee would be in the best interests of the City and where justice to such employee so requires.
(Amended by electors 11-3-92)
If the Mayor dies, resigns, is removed from office, or becomes permanently disabled from performing the duties of the office of Mayor, the Mayor shall be succeeded in office until an election of a successor as specified herein by the President of Council, who shall thereby cease to be a member of Council, and who shall hold the office of Mayor until a successor is elected and qualified. If the Mayor becomes temporarily disabled from performing the duties of the office for any cause, the President of Council shall become Acting Mayor, with all powers and duties attendant thereto which are conferred or required by this Charter.
(Added by electors 11-3-92)
Before entering upon his or her duties, every officer or employee shall take an oath to perform faithfully and impartially the duties of his or her office or position. A copy of the oath of an officer, duly attested, shall be filed with the Clerk, or, if an employee, with the civil commission.
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
No officer of the City, member of the Council, or of any municipal board or commission shall have a personal interest, direct or indirect, in any contract with the City, or be personally interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale to the City of any supplies, material, service, or land, except on behalf of the City as an officer or employee. Violation of any provision of this section shall disqualify the person guilty thereof from holding any office of trust or profit in the City. He or she shall also be liable to the City for all moneys or other things of value which he or she may have received contrary to the provisions of this section, and shall forfeit the office held by him or her. It shall be the duty of the Director of Law to enforce these provisions.
(Amended by electors 11-7-00)
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