The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the municipality. They often preside over council meetings and may have the power to hire and fire heads of municipal departments.
Be an elector of the city, a citizen of the United States for at least five years, and shall have resided in the city for one year immediately preceding such election. In addition, each councilman elected from a ward or district shall also be a resident and elector of that ward or district when nominated and elected.