§ 2-43. Mayor.

(a)

Election. The mayor shall be elected in even-numbered years for a term of two years.

(b)

Duties.

(1)

The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city. He shall take care that ordinances and statutes are observed and enforced.

(2)

The mayor shall, from time to time, provide the council such information and recommend such measures as he may deem advantageous to the city. When present, he shall preside at the meetings of the council.

(3)

The mayor shall have such other duties and responsibilities as are prescribed in statute.

(c)

Veto. He shall have the veto power as to all acts of the council except such as to which it is expressly or by necessary implications otherwise provided. All such acts shall be submitted to him by the clerk-treasurer, and shall be enforced upon his approval, evidenced by his signature, or upon his failing to approve and disapprove within five days, which fact shall be certified thereon by the clerk-treasurer. If the mayor disapproves, he shall file his objection with the clerk-treasurer, who shall present it to the council at its next regular meeting. A two-thirds vote of all the members of the council shall be necessary to make the act effective, notwithstanding the objection of the mayor.

(d)

Appointments to committees, commissions and boards requiring citizen members.

(1)

Wherever in this Code the mayor is required to appoint citizens to committees, commissions and/or boards, the mayor shall give written notice by executive letter to the common council at least seven days prior to the council meeting at which such appointment shall be made. If the common council rejects a mayor's appointment, the same name may not be submitted for the same job for a period of 12 months after the refusal of such appointment.

(2)

If a vacancy occurs in any committee, board or commission requiring the appointment of a citizen member and the mayor does not nominate a successor thereof for a period of 60 days after the vacancy occurs, the common council may then nominate an appointee to such position, subject to the approval of the mayor.

(3)

If the council, by parliamentary practice, tables an appointment by the mayor, such tabling action shall be effective for that meeting, but at the next regular meeting of the common council, such appointment shall be on the meeting agenda for further consideration, and the particular appointment involved may not be tabled a second time.

(e)

Appointments to all other committees.

(1)

The mayor shall make appointments to all standing committees consisting entirely of alderpersons at the first meeting subsequent to the regular election and qualification of new members to the common council with the consent of the newly composed council.

(2)

The mayor may temporarily appoint alderpersons to standing committees consisting entirely of council members or to committees, commissions and board requiring citizen members in the absence of an alderperson member of that body in order to achieve a quorum.

(Code 1994, § 2-2-3; Amd. of 6-2-2009)

State law reference

Mayoral appointments generally, Wis. Stats. § 62.09(8).