§ 2.02. Mayor.

The city commission shall each year at the time of organizing elect one of its members as mayor and one as mayor pro tem. In case the members of the commission are unable to agree upon the selection of the mayor or mayor pro tem within five days after the time fixed herein for their organization meeting, then such officer shall be chosen by lot, conducted by the city attorney, who shall certify the results of such lot in the minutes of the meeting. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the commission and perform such other duties consistent with his office as may be imposed by it; and he shall have a voice and a vote in the proceedings of the commission, but no veto power. He may use the title of mayor in any case in which the execution of legal instruments or the provi sions of this charter or the general laws of the state so requires; but this shall not be considered as conferring upon him the administrative or judicial functions of a mayor under the general laws of the state. He shall be recognized as the official head of the city by the courts for the purpose of service of civil processes, by the government in the exercise of military law, and for all ceremonial purposes. The additional powers and duties of the mayor shall be such as are conferred upon him by the city commission in pursuance of the provisions of this charter, and no others. In the absence or inability of the mayor the powers of the office shall devolve upon the mayor pro tem.

Editor's note

The provisions found in what was the fifth sentence of section 2.02 have been deleted as superseded by F.S. § 870.041.