§ 3.2. Mayor and mayor pro tempore.  


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  • The mayor shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the municipality for a term of four (4) years. The mayor shall be the official head of the city government and shall preside at all meetings of the city council. The mayor shall have the power to vote on all questions coming before the council, but shall have no power to veto. The mayor shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are or may be conferred upon him by the General Laws of North Carolina, by this Charter, and by the ordinances of the city.

    The city council shall choose one of its number to act as mayor pro tempore, and he shall perform the duties of the mayor in the mayor's absence or disability. The mayor pro tempore as such shall have no fixed term of office, but shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the remaining members of the council.