§ 14-45-105 - Powers of mayor generally. - Arkansas Statutes

14-45-105. Powers of mayor generally.

(a) The mayor in incorporated towns shall be ex officio president of the town council, shall preside at its meetings, and shall have a vote when the mayor's vote is needed to pass any ordinance, bylaw, resolution, order, or motion.

(b) (1) The mayor in these towns shall have the power to veto, within five (5) days, Sundays excepted, after the action of the council thereon, any ordinance, resolution, or order adopted or made by the council, or any part thereof, which in his judgment is contrary to the public interest.

(2) (A) In case of a veto, the mayor shall, before the next regular meeting of the council, file a written statement of his reasons for the veto in the office of the town recorder-treasurer, to be laid before the meeting.

(B) No ordinance, resolution, or order, or part thereof, vetoed by the mayor shall have any force or validity unless, after the written statement is laid before it, the council shall, by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the aldermen elected thereto, pass it over the veto.