Oroville Municipal Code Art. VIII The Charter

Sec. 1. Mayor.

The Mayor shall be elected and shall hold office for four years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

The Mayor shall be the executive head of the City. In case of riot, insurrection or extraordinary emergency he or she shall assume general control of the City government, and all its branches and be responsible for the suppression of disorders and the restoration of normal conditions.

In the name and on behalf of the City he or she (or their designee) shall sign all contracts, deeds, bonds and other legal instruments to which the city is a party, and he or she shall represent the City at all ceremonial functions of a social or patriotic character when it is desirable and appropriate to have the City represented officially thereat.

He or she shall preside at all meetings of the City Council and shall vote as a member of the City Council and shall receive such compensation as is hereinbefore provided for members of the City Council.

(Amended by vote of the people, November 5, 2024)

Sec. 1a. Vice Mayor.

There shall be a vice mayor who shall be appointed by the council to hold office at the pleasure of the council. He or she shall be a duly qualified and acting member of the council. In the event of the termination of his or her tenure of office as councilmember from any cause whatsoever, thereupon his or her tenure of office as vice mayor shall forthwith cease and determine. The appointment and removal of the vice mayor may be made by a majority vote of the council.

The vice mayor shall act as mayor pro tempore in the case of absence, illness, death or other disability of the mayor and while so acting shall have all of the rights, powers and duties of the mayor.

Sec. 2. Right of Subpoena.

The Mayor or Vice Mayor shall have power to administer oaths. The Mayor, Vice Mayor or City Council, with assistance of City Attorney, may issue a subpoena, to compel the production of the books, papers, documents for the City, and to compel testimony whenever necessary in proceedings before the City Council.

(1941, p. 3480.; amended by vote of the people, November 5, 2024)