§ 2.06. Mayor as presiding officer.

The mayor shall preside at meetings of the council; shall have the right to vote in the matter of the election or appointment of all city officers or employees, but on all other matters shall have a vote only in the case of a tie vote by councilmen; shall have veto power, and the mayor shall have four days after meetings of the council in which to file with the clerk in writing this dissent, but the council may at the same meeting or any subsequent meeting, within 30 days, pass any such ordinance, order or resolution, notwithstanding the veto, by a vote of four-fifths of the total number of councilmen to be taken by ayes and nays, and entered upon the minutes; shall be the chief executive officer of the city; shall sign ordinances and resolutions on their final passage; may obtain short term loans in the name of the city when authorized by the council to do so; shall sign deeds, bonds, and contracts when authorized by the council to do so; and shall perform such other duties imposed by this Charter and duly adopted ordinances.