Guadalupe Municipal Code Ch. 2.10 Additional Duties and Obligations of the Mayor

In the City of Guadalupe, the Mayor performs certain additional duties and obligations established by long, historic, practice, but which have not been described in a policy statement or in the Guadalupe Municipal Code. The purpose of this chapter is to describe some of the additional duties and obligations of the Mayor established by past practice both as a way of supporting the additional salary provided to the Mayor above the salary provided to all council members, and also, so that future occupants of this office will be informed about these additional duties and obligations.

(Ord. 2024-518, 4/23/2024)

In addition to all of the duties and obligations applicable to all council members, the Mayor has additional duties and obligations, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) The Mayor is responsible for presiding over council meetings as the chair.

(b) The Mayor may represent the City as its official leader in both ceremonial and other occasions.

(c) The Mayor is authorized to request that the City Administrator place an item or items on a Council's agenda.

(d) The Mayor is responsible for approval of all administrative and official Proclamations of the City Council and is authorized to sign them.

(e) The Mayor is authorized to name one of the other Councilmembers as the Mayor Pro Tem, subject to ratification by the City Council, who shall have all of the powers and duties of the Mayor, including presiding at meetings of the City Council, if the Mayor is absent or unable to act, pursuant to Government Code Section 36802.

(f) The Mayor must sign all ordinances and resolutions that have been passed by the City Council and must sign all contracts unless the Council has designated other City officers to do so.

(Ord. 2024-518, 4/23/2024)