50-601. QUALIFICATIONS. Any person shall be eligible to hold the office of mayor who is a qualified elector of the city at the time his declaration of candidacy or declaration of intent is submitted to the city clerk and remains a qualified elector during his term of office. The term of office of mayor shall […]
50-602. MAYOR, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL. The mayor, except as provided in sections 50-801 through 50-812[, Idaho Code], shall be the chief administrative official of the city, preside over the meetings of the city council and determine the order of business subject to such rules as the council may prescribe, have a vote only when the council […]
50-603. MESSAGES TO COUNCIL. The mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the city council such information and recommend such measures as, in his opinion, may tend to the improvement of the finances, the protection, the health, the security, the ornament, the comfort, and the general welfare and prosperity of the city. History: [50-603, […]
50-604. SPECIAL MEETINGS OF COUNCIL. The mayor shall have the power to call special meetings of the city council, the object of which shall be submitted to the council in writing; the call and object, as well as the disposition thereof, shall be entered upon the journal by the clerk. History: [50-604, added 1967, ch. […]
50-605. ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS OF OFFICERS. The mayor shall have the power, when he deems it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his accounts or other papers, and to make written reports pertaining to his office to the council. History: [50-605, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 125, p. 1249.]
50-606. POLICE POWERS OF MAYOR. The mayor shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him by ordinance over all places within the corporate limits of the city, for the enforcement of any health or quarantine ordinance and regulation thereof, and shall have jurisdiction in all matters vested in him by ordinance, except taxation, […]
50-607. GENERAL POWERS. The mayor shall have and exercise such powers, prerogatives and authority as is conferred by the laws of the state of Idaho or as may be conferred upon him by the city council, and shall have the power to administer oaths, and shall sign all contracts and conveyances in the name of […]
50-608. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF MAYOR. In case of a temporary vacancy in the office of mayor due to absence or disability, the president of the council shall exercise the office of mayor during such disability or temporary absence, and until the mayor shall return. When a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor by […]
50-609. MAYOR MAY REQUIRE AID IN ENFORCING LAW. The mayor is hereby authorized to call on every resident in the city over twenty-one (21) years of age to aid in enforcing the laws. History: [50-609, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 129, p. 1249; am. 2006, ch. 53, sec. 1, p. 164.]
50-611. VETO POWER. The mayor shall have power to veto or sign any ordinance passed by the city council; provided, that any ordinance vetoed by the mayor may be passed over his veto by a vote of one-half (1/2) plus one (1) of the members of the full council, notwithstanding the veto, and should the […]
50-612. MAJORITY REQUIRED FOR ELECTION — RUNOFF ELECTION. A city may, by ordinance, provide that a majority of the votes for any candidate running for the office of mayor shall be required for election to that office. In the event no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, there shall be a runoff election […]
