Responsibilities

The Mayor serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the administrative branch of City government and holds the following responsibilities:

• Enforcing all laws and ordinances
• Exercising administrative supervision and control over all departments
• Preparing and submitting annual budgets to the City Council
• Keeping the Council fully advised of the City’s financial conditions and needs
• Recommending actions to the Council
• Hiring and terminating all employees of the city with the exception of the City Administrator and Chief of Police
• Appointing members to the following boards and committees:
  • Forestation Board
  • Parks and Recreation Committee
  • Code Enforcement Board
  • Ethics Commission