Mayor

Roles
Direct election of a mayor to a four-year term, following a nonpartisan primary election to determine two candidates.

Mayor shall preside over but not be a member of City Council, and shall have power to veto legislation. Vetoes can be overridden by six members of council.

Mayor appoints the City Manager with prior approval of council and may start removal of the manager with the advice of council. Removal requires approval of council.

Mayor appoints and removes chairmen of council committees and assigns all agenda items to committees.

Mayor shall be the official head and representative of the city for all purposes, except as provided otherwise in the charter.

Mayor shall review the annual budget estimate prepared by the city manager and submit the estimate, with comments, to council within 15 days.

Mayor's salary shall be twice that of a council member.

Mayor limited to two consecutive four-year terms.

Elections

 * 2009 Mayoral Election