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Ordinance No. 2005 -121 SECTION]. Pursuant to Article XV111, Sections 9 of the Ohio Constitution, and Article XH of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted, this Council authorizes and directs that the following proposal to amend the Charter of the City of North Olmsted be submitted to the electors of the City of North Olmsted at a special election to be held at the usual places of voting in the City on Tuesday, November 8, 2005: That Article III, Section 5, and Article V, Section 1, of the Charter be amended as follows to clarify the existence and extent of the separate authority of the Mayor and the Directors to appoint and remove various City officials and employees: ARTICLE III THE MAYOR SEC. 5. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE MAYOR. (a) Executive Powers. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City. He shall supervise the administration of the City's affairs and shall exercise control over all departments and divisions. He shall be the chief conservator of the peace within the City and shall cause all laws and ordinances to be enforced. He shall be responsible for the preparation and submission of the annual estimate of receipts and expenditures, and of appropriation measures, and shall at all times keep the Council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the City. He shall cause all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the City or its inhabitants in any franchise or contract to which the City is a party to be faithfully kept and performed. .&NrBePt as ma�'Othefwise be provided by this GhaAer- or- the laws of the State of Ohio -b Ci "" c°t"'" , t The Mayor shall have the power to appoint, promote, transfer, reduce or remove any officer or employee of the City exeept (a), these required b this Chart , to > these whose tefms of offiee may be fixed by this Chal4e that he or she is expressly authorized by this Charter, or by ordinance of Council, to appoint. The appointment of every officer and employee appointed by the Mayor shall, unless otherwise provided in this Charter, automatically terminate at the earlier of (1) the end of the term of office of the Mayor making the appointment, or (2) the date upon which the Mayor making the appointment leaves office by death, resignation or other reason creating a vacancy in the office of Mayor. Unless otherwise provided for in this Charter, the Mayor may during his term, without concurrence of Council, remove any officer or employee whom he has appointed the authority to appoint, provided, however, that heads of departments or divisions created by this Charter may only be removed with the concurrence of two - thirds (2/3) of the members of Council eligible to vote. The Mayor shall execute on behalf of the City, all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness, and all other instruments to which the City is a party. He shall have custody of the seal of the City and may affix it to all of said instruments, but the absence of the seal shall not affect the validity of any such instrument. The Mayor shall be recognized as the official and ceremonial head of the City government by the Governor for military purposes and by the courts for the purpose of serving civil processes. ARTICLE V ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS SEC. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. A Department of Law, a Department of Finance, a Department of Public Safety, a Department of Public Service, and a Department of Human Resources, are hereby established, and 2