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 Stevensville
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article II. MAYOR

  § 2-24. Powers.  

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  • The mayor is the chief executive officer of the town, and has power:

    (1)

    To nominate and, with the consent of the council, to appoint all nonelective officers of the town, provided for by the council, except as otherwise provided by law.

    (2)

    To suspend and, with the consent of the council, to remove any nonelective officer, stating in the suspension or removal the cause thereof.

    (3)

    To cause the ordinances of the town to be executed, and to supervise the discharge of official duty by all subordinate officers.

    (4)

    To communicate to the council, at the beginning of every session, and more often if deemed necessary, a statement of the affairs of the town, with such recommendations as he may deem proper.

    (5)

    To recommend to the council such measures connected with the public health, cleanliness, and ornament of the town, and the improvement of the government and finances, as he deems expedient.

    (6)

    To approve all ordinances and resolutions of the council adopted by it, and, in case the same do not meet his approbation, to return the same to the next regular meeting of the council, with his objections in writing. No ordinance or resolution so vetoed by the mayor shall go into effect unless the same is afterwards passed by two-thirds vote of the whole number of members of the council.

    (7)

    To veto any objectionable part of a resolution or ordinance, and approve the other parts. If the mayor fails to return any resolution or ordinance as aforesaid, the same takes effect without further action.

    (8)

    To call special meetings of the council, and when so called he must state by message the object of the meetings, and the business of the meetings must be restricted to the object stated.

    (9)

    To cause to be presented, once in three months, a full and complete statement of the financial condition of the town.

    (10)

    To bid in for the town any property sold at a tax or judicial sale, where the town is a party or is in any way interested.

    (11)

    To procure and have in his custody the seal of the town.

    (12)

    To take and administer oaths.

    (13)

    To 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 town, or carrying into effect any law or ordinance.

    (14)

    To require of any of the officers of the town an exhibit of his books and papers.

    (15)

    To grant pardons and remit fines and forfeitures for offenses against municipal ordinances, when in his judgment public justice would be thereby served; but he must report all pardons granted, with the reasons therefor, to the next council.

    (16)

    To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or by resolution or ordinance of the council.

    (17)

    To exercise such power as may be vested in him by ordinance, in and over all places within five miles of the boundaries of the town, for the purpose of enforcing the health and quarantine ordinances and regulations thereof. The board of county commissioners affected by the ordinance and the local health board, if a local health board exists in the area affected by the ordinance, shall approve the ordinance by a majority vote.

(Code 1973, § 2.08.020)

State law reference

Similar provisions, MCA 7-1-4136, 7-4-4114(2), 7-4-4303—7-4-4306, 7-5-106, 7-5-4102, 7-5-4122, 7-5-4205, 7-5-4206.