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Committee hears legal guidance on acting mayor appointments; police acting commissioner limited to 180 days
Summary
Assistant corporation counsel told the Civil Service Committee that the city charter gives an acting mayor appointment powers under Section 4-5, that the police acting commissioner is subject to a 180-day limit under Section 13-2, and that the charter and state law do not set time limits for other department heads.
The Buffalo City Common Council Committee on Civil Service received legal guidance Tuesday on whether an acting mayor may make appointments and how long acting department heads may serve.
Assistant corporation counsel Jared told the committee that under City Charter section 4-5 the powers of the mayor “devolve onto the individual who takes the position of acting mayor,” and so an acting mayor may make appointments that an elected mayor could make. Jared…
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