CHAPTER 3
MAYOR
Sections:
2-3-101 Chief Executive Officer.
2-3-102 Presiding Officer of City Council.
2-3-104 Appointments by Mayor.
2-3-101 Chief Executive Officer.
The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive of Springville, and the administrative powers, authority, and duties of the City are vested in the Mayor.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-3-803; 1968 Code 1-9-1; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 2-3-1)
2-3-102 Presiding Officer of City Council.
The Mayor shall be the Chairman and preside at the meetings of the City Council; in the absence of the Mayor, or because of the Mayor’s inability or refusal to act, the City Council may elect a member of the City Council to preside over the meeting as Mayor Pro Tem, who shall have all of the powers and duties of the Mayor during his absence or disability. The election of a Mayor Pro Tem shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting of the City Council.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-3-403; 1968 Code 1-9-2, 1-9-10; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 2-3-2; amended in codification)
2-3-103 Duties of Mayor.
The Mayor shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) Shall be the Chief Executive Officer to whom all employees of the City shall report;
(2) Shall keep the peace and enforce the laws of the City;
(3) Shall remit fines and forfeitures and may release any person imprisoned for violation of any City ordinance;
(4) Shall report such remittance or release to the City Council at its next regular session;
(5) Shall perform all duties prescribed by law, resolution, or ordinance;
(6) Shall insure that all laws and ordinances and resolutions are faithfully executed and observed;
(7) May, at any reasonable time, inspect and examine the books, papers, records, or documents of the City, or of any officer, employee or agency of the City;
(8) Shall report to the City Council the condition of the City and recommend for Council consideration any measures as deemed to be in the best interests of the City; and
(9) Shall, when necessary, call on the residents of the City over the age of twenty-one (21) years to assist in enforcing the laws of the state and the ordinances of the City.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-3-809; 1968 Code 1-9-2, 1-9-5 to 9; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 2-3-3)
2-3-104 Appointments by Mayor.
Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or by ordinance, the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council, may appoint all officers and agents of the City as may be provided by law or ordinance, and in like manner may fill all vacancies occurring in the same.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-3-916(1); 1968 Code 1-9-3; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 2-3-4)
2-3-105 Budget Officer.
The Mayor shall be the budget officer of the City, or he may appoint, with the approval of the City Council, some other person to exercise the function of the budget officer. The budget officer shall perform all duties which are prescribed by this Code and by the Utah Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act, Sections 10-10-23 through 10-10-75, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended.
(1968 Code 1-9-4; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 2-3-5)