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.
The Mayor shall be an elector of the city and shall have resided in the city for at least 3 years prior to the date on which he qualified to run for the office of Mayor. If he shall cease to possess any such qualification during his term of office, he shall forfeit the office and the council shall remove him