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MS Code § 21-7-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 7 - Council Form of Government|§ 21-7-13. Powers and duties of mayor

 The powers and duties heretofore conferred upon the mayor of municipalities by law are hereby conferred upon and charged to the council. The mayor, or in his absence the vice-mayor, shall (a) as chairman preside at all meetings of the council, and shall have veto power, in writing, giving his reasons therefor, of any measure passed by the council, although a measure vetoed may be adopted notwithstanding, if two-thirds of the council vote therefor; (b) represent the municipality in all functions political, social or economic, but he shall in no wise bind the municipality, other than as he may be specifically authorized or delegated to do by the council, as reflected by its orders, resolutions or ordinances; (c) execute for and on behalf of the council, all documents or instruments of writing, of whatever kind and character, under the seal of the municipality, when necessary or required; and (d) act for the municipality as directed by the council, in any manner and for any purpose which by any statute or law, because of its particular wording or meaning, provides for individual action of the mayor rather than body action of the council, wherein and whereby such right of action could not be properly or consistently exercised by the latter, all to the end that any such municipality coming under the provisions of this chapter shall not be denied any of the rights and privileges which any such municipality would enjoy except for the provisions of this chapter. The council shall fix the amount of compensation of the mayor and vice-mayor, for their additional duties as such, which compensation shall be in addition to their compensation as councilmen.
MS Code § 21-7-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 7 - Council Form of Government|§ 21-7-15. Election of vice-mayor and other officers; duties

 The members of the council shall from their membership elect a vice-mayor who shall have the powers and duties as prescribed by this chapter. The members of the council by a majority vote of its entire membership shall elect from time to time, to serve during its pleasure, persons, residents of said municipality, but not from among its membership, who shall be designated and have official status as (a) clerk, (b) one or more deputy clerks, (c) marshal, (d) street commissioner, (e) tax collector, (f) tax assessor, (g) treasurer, (h) police justice pro tempore, and (i) city attorney. The office of marshal, police justice pro tempore, and city attorney shall not be consolidated with any other office but such other designated offices may be consolidated in whole or in part. Such officials so elected shall be amenable to the council and their compensation shall be fixed by said council and each may be required to enter into such bond for the faithful discharge of their duties as the council deems necessary. Such selected officials may be removed by the council at any time for cause after first having been given an opportunity for a hearing on the reasons for removal. The duties of the clerk shall be those prescribed by Sections 21-15-17, 21-15-19, 21-23-11, and 21-39-7. The duties of the deputy clerk, or clerks, shall be those vested in the clerk, as aforesaid, but who shall act in the name of the clerk. The duties of the marshal shall be those as prescribed by Section 21-21-1. The duties of the street commissioner shall be those as prescribed by Section 21-3-23. The duties of the tax collector shall be those as prescribed by Section 21-33-53. The duties of the tax assessor shall be those applicable to such office under this title. The duties of the treasurer shall be those as prescribed by Section 21-39-19. In addition to the foregoing duties the council may confer upon such appointed officials respectively, other than to the police justice pro tempore, additional duties as the council may prescribe.   The police justice shall be nominated and elected at large and he, together with the police justice pro tempore as appointed, shall meet the qualifications as prescribed by Chapter 23 of this title, and shall perform such duties and have such powers as vested by this title.
MS Code § 21-7-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 7 - Council Form of Government|§ 21-7-17. Existing law, rights and liabilities of city unaffected by reorganization

 All by-laws, ordinances, and resolutions lawfully passed and in force in every city heretofore operating under code charter, which changes its form of government to council form under the provisions of this chapter, shall remain in force until altered or repealed by the council elected under the provisions thereof. The territorial limits of every such city shall not be affected by the change, and all rights and property of every description, which were vested in every such city, under its former organization, shall vest in the same under the organization contemplated by council form of government, and no right or liability, either in favor or against such city, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by such change, unless otherwise provided.
MS Code § 21-7-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 7 - Council Form of Government|§ 21-7-19. Chapter cumulative to other laws

 It is not intended by this chapter to amend or repeal any existing laws by the provisions hereof, but this chapter shall be cumulative and in addition to any laws in force.
MS Code § 21-8-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-1. Adoption of mayor-council form authorized

 Any municipality, regardless of the form of government under which it is operating, may adopt the mayor-council form of government, as hereinafter provided, by the procedure hereinafter set forth.
MS Code § 21-8-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-5. Conduct of election; certification of results

  All elections held for the adoption of the mayor-council form of government shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general laws for the holding of municipal elections.   As soon as the returns of any election held hereunder for the adoption of the mayor-council form have been certified, and if a majority of the votes cast at such election were in favor of the mayor-council form of government, the mayor of such municipality shall immediately certify to the secretary of state that such municipality, by special election, has adopted the mayor-council form of government provided for herein, which certificate shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose by the secretary of state.
MS Code § 21-8-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-9. Council to exercise legislative power

 The legislative power of the municipality shall be exercised by the municipal council, except as may be otherwise provided by general law.
MS Code § 21-8-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-11. Council officers; meetings; quorum; voting; council members shall not serve as members of commissions or boards under their control

  During the first council meeting of a new council, the council shall elect one (1) member as president of the council and one (1) of its other members as vice president, both of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The president shall preside at all council meetings. In the event of the president's absence or disability, the vice president shall act as president. In the event of the absence of the president and vice president, a presiding officer shall be designated by majority vote of the council to serve during such meeting. All councilmen, including the president, shall have the right to vote in the council at all times, even when serving as acting mayor.   Regular public meetings of the council shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first day of July after the election of the members of the council that is not on a weekend and at least monthly thereafter on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in each month, or at such other times as the council by order may set. Special meetings may be called at any time by the mayor or a majority of the members of the council. At any and all meetings of the council, a majority of the members thereof shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum at any meeting shall be necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance, or to pass any measure whatever unless otherwise provided in this chapter. The quorum required by this section may be established by teleconference or video means as provided in Section 25-41-5(2). Upon every vote taken by the council, the yeas and nays shall be recorded and every motion, resolution or ordinance shall be reduced to writing before the vote is taken thereon. Upon request of one or more council members, any motion, resolution or ordinance shall be read by the clerk before the vote is taken thereon.   No councilman shall be a member of any commission or board appointed or designated herein, or serve as a member of any commission or board under their jurisdiction except as otherwise provided by law.
MS Code § 21-8-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-13. General powers and duties of council

  The council shall appoint a clerk of the council and deputy clerks, as necessary, who shall compile the minutes and records of its proceedings, its ordinances and resolutions as this chapter requires, and perform such duties as may be required by law.   At the end of each fiscal year, the council shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books, accounts and vouchers of the municipality to be made by a competent, independent accountant or accountants who shall be appointed by the council, and the report of said examination shall be typed or printed in pamphlet form. The council shall make available a copy of said pamphlet to all persons who shall apply therefor at the office of the municipal clerk and shall cause three (3) of the printed copies of said pamphlet for each fiscal year to be substantially bound in three (3) volumes which shall be kept and preserved as a record of the clerk's office. Said pamphlets shall be published as now provided by law.   If, at the beginning of the first term of office of the first city council elected by any municipality under the provisions of this chapter, the appropriations for the expenditures for the municipal government for the current fiscal year shall have been made, the council shall have power by ordinance, to revise, repeal or change said appropriations and to make additional appropriations.   The authority of the council is otherwise legislative and is executed by a vote within a legally called meeting. No member of the council shall give orders to any employee or subordinate of a municipality other than the council member's personal staff. The council shall deal with the municipal departments and personnel solely through the mayor.
MS Code § 21-8-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-15. Mayor to exercise executive power

 The executive power of the municipality shall be exercised by the mayor, and the mayor shall have the superintending control of all the officers and affairs of the municipality, and shall take care that the laws and ordinances are executed.
MS Code § 21-8-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-17. General powers and duties of mayor; approval of ordinances

  The mayor shall enforce the charter and ordinances of the municipality and all general laws applicable thereto. He shall annually report to the council and the public on the work of the previous year and on the condition and requirements of the municipal government and shall, from time to time, make such recommendations for action by the council as he may deem in the public interest. He shall supervise all of the departments of the municipal government and shall require each department to make an annual report and such other reports of its work as he may deem desirable. No member of the council shall give orders to any employee or subordinate of a municipality other than the council member's personal staff.   Ordinances adopted by the council shall be submitted to the mayor and he shall, within ten (10) days (not including Saturdays, Sundays or holidays) after receiving any ordinance, either approve the ordinance by affixing his signature thereto or return it to the council by delivering it to the clerk of the council together with a statement setting forth his objections thereto or to any item or part thereof. No ordinance or any item or part thereof shall take effect without the mayor's approval, unless the mayor fails to return an ordinance to the council prior to the next council meeting, but no later than fifteen (15) days (not including Saturdays, Sundays or holidays) after it has been presented to him or unless the council upon reconsideration thereof not later than the tenth day (not including Saturdays, Sundays or holidays) following its return by the mayor, shall, by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members present and voting resolve to override the mayor's veto.   The mayor may attend meetings of the council and may take part in discussions of the council but shall have no vote except in the case of a tie on the question of filling a vacancy in the council, in which case he may cast the deciding vote.
MS Code § 21-8-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-19. Acting mayor; filling of vacancy in office of mayor

 Whenever the mayor shall be prevented by absence from the municipality, disability or other cause from attending to the duties of his office, the mayor shall appoint a member of the council to assume the duties of the mayor. However, any acting mayor so appointed shall retain his right to vote in the council. Whenever the mayor shall have been unable to attend to the duties of his office for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days for any of the above stated reasons, or whenever the mayor shall be incapable of making such appointment, an acting mayor shall be appointed by the council from among its members and said acting mayor shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the mayor or the then acting mayor. Such acting mayor shall serve until the mayor returns to office or until a new mayor has been elected to fill the unexpired term of the original mayor. A new mayor shall be elected at a special election to be called and held as provided by law for the holding of municipal elections; provided that the acting mayor shall complete the term of the original mayor if a general municipal election is to be held within six (6) months of the determination of the council hereinafter provided for in this section. Prior to the calling of a special election pursuant to this section, the council, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members of the council, shall make a determination that the mayor is incapable of completing his term of office. In the event of the death of the mayor the council shall appoint an acting mayor as provided in this section to serve until a successor is elected. Within thirty (30) days of the mayor's death the council shall call a special election as provided in this section to elect his successor; provided that the acting mayor shall complete the term of the original mayor if a general municipal election is to be held within six (6) months of the death of the original mayor.
MS Code § 21-8-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-21. Mayor and councilmen to be qualified electors of city; compensation; overtime to members of police and fire departments

  The mayor and the members of the council shall be qualified electors of the municipality. The compensation for the mayor and the members of the council shall be set by the council. After the salaries of the first mayor and first council have been determined by the council of any municipality electing to come under the provision of this chapter, such salaries shall be effective immediately. Thereafter, any increases or decreases in the salary for the mayor or councilmen may be authorized by the council at any time prior to ninety (90) days before the next general election for the selection of municipal officers. Such increases or decreases shall not become effective until the next elected mayor and council takes office.   The salary of the mayor, councilmen and all employees of such municipality shall be paid at such periods as may be fixed by the council, but not less frequently than once a month; however, no salaries or wages shall be paid to any officer or employee of such municipality until after the same shall have been earned. Every officer or employee of the municipality shall receive such a salary of compensation as the council shall by ordinance provide, and the salary compensation of all employees of such municipality shall be fixed by the council from time to time, as occasion may demand.   The city council shall have the power and authority to provide for and pay to any member of the police department or fire department of such municipality additional compensation for services and duties performed by any such member over and above the usual and regular number of days and hours per week or month ordinarily worked by such member. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve any such member of the police department or fire department from being subject to call for duty on a twenty-four-hour basis whether or not additional compensation is paid. Provided, however, that no policeman or fireman shall perform any duties or other work during regular working hours for any person or association, group or drive, or during hours for which he is being paid for the performance of official duties as policeman or fireman.
MS Code § 21-8-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-23. Municipal departments; surety bond

  The municipality may have a department of administration and such other departments as the council may establish by ordinance. All of the administrative functions, powers and duties of the municipality shall be allocated and assigned among and within such departments.   Each department shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by an affirmative vote of a majority of the council present and voting at any such meeting. Each director shall serve during the term of office of the mayor appointing him and until the appointment and qualification of the director's successor not exceeding the limitation period provided in Section 21-15-41.   The mayor may, in his discretion, remove the director of any department. Directors of departments shall be excluded from the coverage of any ordinance or general law providing for a civil service system in the municipality; provided, however, all individuals serving as heads of departments at the time of the municipality's adoption of the mayor-council form as described in this chapter shall continue to be covered by the provisions of the civil service system in effect at the time the mayor-council form is adopted.   Directors of departments shall appoint subordinate officers and employees within their respective departments and may, with approval of the mayor, remove such officers and employees subject to the provisions of any ordinance establishing a civil service system where that system is effective in the municipality, or other general law; provided, however, that the council may provide by ordinance for the appointment and removal of specific boards or commissions by the mayor.   Whenever the city council is authorized by any provision of general law to appoint the members of any board, authority or commission, such power of appointment shall be deemed to vest in the mayor with the confirmation of an affirmative vote of a majority of the council present and voting at any meeting.   The council shall also require all officers and employees handling or having the custody of any of the public funds of such municipality to give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in an amount to be determined by the council (which shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)), the premium on which bonds shall be paid by the city.
MS Code § 21-8-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-25. Chief administrative officer

 The council of any municipality adopting the mayor-council form of government may, within its discretion, adopt an ordinance providing that the mayor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the council, a chief administrative officer to coordinate and direct the operations of the various departments and functions of municipal government; such chief administrative officer shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and shall possess such qualifications and experience as shall be set out in the aforesaid ordinance. The said chief administrative officer shall be answerable solely to the mayor in the performance of his functions and shall be subject to dismissal at the pleasure of the mayor and shall be excluded from the coverage of any ordinance or general law providing for a civil service system in the municipality.
MS Code § 21-8-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-27. Control of mayor and his subordinates by council

 The members of the council shall not direct or dictate the appointment of any person to or his removal from office by the mayor or any department directors. Except for the purposes of inquiring or receiving information or advice, the council shall deal with the municipal departments and personnel solely through the mayor and no member of the council shall give orders to any subordinate of the municipality. The council shall have the power to investigate any part of the municipal government and for that purpose to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
MS Code § 21-8-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 21 - Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Mayor-Council Form of Government|§ 21-8-31. Election offenses

 Any municipal officer or employee, other than the mayor and councilmen of any such municipality, who shall, during hours of employment solicit or attempt to influence any person to vote for any particular candidate at any election held in such municipality shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the municipal jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.