(1) The Municipal Council Chair or the meeting’s acting Council Chair shall sign all ordinances, resolutions, correspondence or other documents on behalf of the Municipal Council as a whole for the meeting. The Council Chair or Council Chair’s designee will also sign Municipal Council requisitions, Municipal Council payroll authorizations and other related items pertaining to Municipal Council business. The Council Chair shall sign all other documents on behalf of the Municipal Council as a whole which are not otherwise specifically delegated to someone other than the Council Chair by this Chapter or by law.

(2) The Municipal Council Chair shall receive all communications from the City administration or others addressed to the Council as a whole and shall have the responsibility to see that all such communications are conveyed to other members of the Council.

(3) The Municipal Council Chair shall supervise Council staff and have responsibility for the operation of the Council office.

(4) The Municipal Council Chair or acting Council Chair will conduct all meetings of the Council as a whole.

(5) In the absence of the Municipal Council Chair, or upon the Council Chair’s inability to function or at the Council Chair’s direct request, the Vice-chair shall have and exercise all of the powers and authority of the Council Chair.