The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
005
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OFFICERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 116)
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§ 116. Duties generally
The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City. The Mayor shall use his
or her best efforts to see that the laws and City ordinances are enforced and that
the duties of all subordinate officers are faithfully performed. The Mayor shall take
care that the funds of the City are properly expended, and shall recommend to the
consideration of the City Council whatever measures the Mayor may deem necessary for
the prudent and efficient management of the affairs of the City. The Mayor shall also
be the Chief Conservator of the Peace and Safety of the City and as such is empowered
to control and direct the police force, in case of riot, insurrection, or other emergency,
when the Mayor may take command of the whole police force, including the Chief Executive
thereof, and may for the occasion appoint and commission as many special police officers
as the Mayor may deem necessary, who shall have all the powers of regular members
of the police force. Any emergency as provided for in this section shall not be construed
to be the operation of the police force in its routine duty. The Mayor shall serve
as a voting member of the Local Control Commissioners. The Mayor shall have those
powers of a justice of the peace in the State of Vermont with respect to the performance
of marriage and/or civil unions. The Mayor, commencing on the first Monday in June
2002, shall appoint all City department heads who were heretofore appointed by City
commissions, with the exception of the Superintendent of Schools, who shall continue
to be appointed by the Board of School Commissioners. Such appointments shall be subject
to confirmation by a majority of the membership of the City Council. The appointment
by the Mayor to the position of City officer or department head shall be on the basis
of professional competency and/or meritorious performance relating to the duties of
the position. In making department head appointments and in evaluating their performance,
the Mayor shall consult with the applicable City commission. At least two applicable
commissioners chosen by the chair shall be invited to participate in interviews for
department head selection. The full applicable commission shall formally participate
in the annual evaluation of a department head and shall make a formal recommendation
to the Mayor concerning the reappointment of a department head. Department heads shall
have such administrative, personnel, and managerial authority as shall be delegated
to them by the Mayor. (Amended 2009, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 24, 2010; 2019, No. M-6, § 2, eff. May 23, 2019.)