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Ordinance No. 2002-100 Page 2 That Article III, Section 5(a) of the Charter be amended by eliminating the existing requirement that the Mayor obtain the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of Council prior to removing from office the Director of Public Service, the Director of Public Safety, the Director of Human Resources, or the head of any other City department or division created by the Charter and appointed by the Mayor, so that, as amended, this pazagraph (a) of Section 5 of Article III shall read as follows: "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 sha11 supervise the administration of the City's affairs and sha11 exercise control over all departments and divisions. He sha11 be the chief conservator of the peace within the City and shall cause all laws and ordinances to be enforced. He sha11 be responsible for the preparation and submission of the annual estimate of receipts and expenditures, and of appropriation measures, and sha11 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. Except as may otherwise be provided by this Charter or the laws of the State of Ohio governing Civil Service, the Mayor sha11 have the power to appoint, promote, transfer, reduce or remove any officer or employee of the City except (a), those required by this Charter to be elected, and (b), those whose terms of office may be fixed by this Charter. The appointment of every officer and employee appointed by the Mayor sha11, unless othervvise provided in this Charter, automatically ternunate 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 remove any officer or employee whom he has appointed. The Mayor sha11 execute on behalf of the City, all contracts, conveyances, evidences of indebtedness, and all other instrumerns to which the City is a party. He shall have custody of the seal of the City and may affix it to a11 of said instruments, but the absence of the seal sha11 not affect the validity of any such instrument. The Mayor sha11 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." SECTION 2. If the foregoing proposal receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting therean, then the said amendment to Article III, Section 5(a), of the Charter shall be effective as of the earliest date provided by law. 2