§ 1.6.17 POWERS.

   The Mayor shall have power:

   (A)   To enforce laws, ordinances, and resolutions;

   (B)   To perform duties required by law, ordinance, or resolution;

   (C)   To supervise the discharge of official duty by all subordinate officers;

   (D)   To recommend measures to the Council;

   (E)   To report regularly to the Council on the affairs and financial condition of the City with such recommendations as they may be deemed proper;

   (F)   To execute bonds, notes, contracts, and written obligations of the Council, subject to the approval of the Council;

   (G)   To prepare and present a budget for approval by the Council, and upon approval, execute the budget so adopted;

   (H)   To nominate and appoint all non-elective officers or other employees of the City, unless otherwise provided in this title, except that the appointments of all non-elective officers are subject to the consent of the Council;

   (I)   To suspend or remove, with consent of Council any non-elective officer or other employee of the City;

   (J)   To sign all ordinances and resolutions of the Council adopted by it and veto, in whole or in part, any resolution or ordinance, and, upon communication to the Council of any veto, the same shall not take effect unless the Council shall vote to override the veto by a two-thirds vote;

   (K)   To call special meetings of the Council, and when so called, state the object of the meeting and the business of the meeting must be restricted to the object stated;

   (L)   To bid on for the City any property sold at a tax or judicial sale where the City is a party or interested, the amount of such bid to be approved by a majority of the City Council;

   (M)   To procure and have in their custody the seal of the City;

   (N)   To take and administer oaths;

   (O)   Require of any of the officers of the City an exhibit of the officer's books and papers;

   (P)   Request that the governor call out the militia to aid the Mayor in suppressing riots or other disorderly conduct, preventing and extinguishing fires, securing the peace and safety of the City, or carrying into effect any law or ordinance; and

   (Q)   To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or by resolution or ordinance of the Council.

(1985 Code, § 2.06.030) (Ord. 344, passed 6-4-1987; Ord. 347, passed 6-29-1987; Ord. 2022-379, passed - -2022)