§ 11-11-105. Mayor - Duties as president of council - Temporary council president.  


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  • A.  The mayor shall preside at meetings of the council and shall certify to the correct enrollment of all ordinances and resolutions passed by it.  As councilmember at large, he shall have all the powers, rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of a councilmember, including the right to vote on questions.

    B.  The council may elect any councilmember to preside as temporary president of the council whenever it deems that the mayor has a personal interest in a matter under consideration, or it deems that the mayor is not properly performing his duties as presiding officer.  Such temporary president may certify to the correct enrollment of ordinances and resolutions passed while he is presiding.

Laws 1977, c. 256, § 11-105, eff. July 1, 1978.