New Jersey Acts Saved from Repeal ACTS SAVED 40 § 103-5(85)

15. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city and shall have, in addition to other duties and powers vested in him by this act or by general law, the power and duty to:

(a) Administer the affairs of the city and supervise all city departments not otherwise entrusted by law or this act to some other officer, board, agency or commission.

(b) Enforce this act, city ordinances and all general laws applicable thereto.

(c) Recommend from time to time to the city council such ordinances, resolutions or other action as he may deem necessary or expedient for the welfare or good government of the city.

(d) Present at the annual organizational meeting of the city council a general statement with respect to the government and finances of the city, together with such recommendations as he may deem proper.

(e) Control and direct the police force and police officers of the city to quell insurrections, riots or disorderly assemblages or to meet any emergency imperiling public safety and in the absence of a board of police commissioners, to control and direct them generally.

(f) Serve as the appointing authority with respect to all employees of the city not otherwise by law or the provisions of this act subject to the jurisdiction of another board, commission or agency, with power to remove, suspend, discharge or otherwise discipline employees as permitted by law personally or through the head of the department in which the said employee is employed.

(g) Perform such other duties, functions and acts as the representative of the city not otherwise vested in any other city officer, board, agency or commission.