12/17/2014 (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

• • • LAWS OF FLORIDA 2189 the right to a hearing before the City Council. If the City Council shall approve the action of the Mayor in suspending such officer, said officer shall thereupon stand removed and his office vacated. If the Council shall not approve the action of the Mayor in sus- pending such officer, the said officer shall resume his duties. Section 22. The Mayor shall have general supervision over all City officers and the police force and may examine into the con- dition of the officers, books, records and papers thereof and the manner of conducting official business. He shall report to the City Council all violations or neglect of duty of any official that may come to his knowledge. He shall make such recommendations about City business to the City Council as he deems advisable. Section 23. The Mayor shall appoint such police force with the consent of the Council as may be deemed necessary. The compen- sation of policemen shall be fixed by the City Council. Section 24. When in his opinion the public good requires, the Mayor may appoint and discharge special policemen and detec- tives, making report thereof to the City Council at its next meet- ing thereafter. Section 25. The Mayor shall communicate from time to time to the Council such information and recommend such measures touch- ing the public services as he may deem proper, and shall perform such other duties as the ordinances prescribe. . Section 26. The Mayor may call special meetings of the Council, and when called he shall state the object for which called, and the business of such meeting shall be confined to the objects so stated in the call, unless all the members of the Council are present, when they may transact such business as they see fit. Section 27. The Arayor may be impeached by the Council for misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office, for drunken- ness or gross immorality. Should charges be preferred against the Mayor the Council shall furnish said Mayor with a copy of the charges, giving him a reasonable time to answer, and shall proceed without unnecessary delay to investigate and decide said charges. It shall require a four-fifths vote of all the members of the City Council to remove the Mayor. Section 28. That in case of death or absence of the Mayor from the City, or his inability from any cause to discharge the duties of the office of Mayor, the President of the Council, or in his absence the acting President of the Council, shall discharge the duties of Mayor as "Mayor pro tempore" until the office of Mayor shall be filled, or until the Mayor shall resume his duties. Vo