§ 2-2-4 Powers and duties of the mayor.
The powers and duties of the Mayor shall include the following:
(A) He or she shall be the chief executive officer of the City;
(B) He or she shall be the Chairperson of the Council and preside over its meetings and shall have a vote in all its proceedings. He or she may, upon yielding the chair, make and second motions;
(C) He or she shall enforce the provisions of this code;
(D) He or she shall execute and authenticate by his or her signature such instruments as the Council or any 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 may, by proclamation, declare a local emergency to exist due to fire, conflagration, flood, earthquake, explosion, war, bombing or any other natural or man made calamity or disaster or in the event of the threat or occurrence of riot, rout or affray or other acts of civil disobedience which endanger life or property within the City. After declaration of such emergency, the Mayor shall govern by proclamation and impose all necessary regulations to preserve the peace and order of the City, including but not limited to:
(1) Imposition of a curfew in all or any portion of the City;
(2) Ordering the closing of any business;
(3) Closing to public access any public building, street or other public place;
(4) Calling upon regular or auxiliary law enforcement agencies and organizations within or without the political subdivision for assistance;
(G) 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 City. (Prior Code, § 2-2-4)