Item 8KAGENDA ITEM # 8K
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
City Charter Section 8.
Sec. 8. Presiding officer: Mayor.
The mayor-commissioner shall preside at all meetings of the city commission and shall
be recognized as head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes and by the governor
for all purposes of military law. When directed to do so by the city commission the
mayor-commissioner shall execute all instruments to which the city is a party, unless othervvise
provided by the Charter or by ordinance. The mayor-commissioner shall have no regular
administrative duties except as authorized in this Charter but may appoint, from time to time,
such special or select committees as in his discretion he deems desirable or as may be desired
by the city commission, to expedite the handling of the business and affairs of the city. In the
temporary absence or disability of the mayor-commissioner, all duties of the
mayor-commissioner shall be performed by the mayor pro tempore who shall be appointed by
the city commission from its members.
(Ord. No. 28-93-3, § 1, 8-23-93)