Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Under the control of the town council and the administrative control of the State representative in the department, the mayor is generally responsible for carrying out the decisions of the town council and, in particular: 1° Preserving and administering the properties of the municipality and, as a result, carrying out all acts to preserve its rights; 2° Managing revenues, supervising communal establishments and communal accounting ; 3° Preparing and proposing…

Where 4° of article L. 2122-22, the municipal council’s decision instructing the mayor to sign a specific contract or framework agreement may be taken before the award procedure for this contract or framework agreement is initiated. In this case, the resolution must include a definition of the scope of the need to be met and the estimated value of the contract or framework agreement.

The mayor may, in addition, by delegation of the municipal council, be entrusted, in whole or in part, and for the duration of his term of office: 1° To determine and modify the allocation of communal properties used by municipal public services and to carry out all acts of demarcation of communal properties; 2° To set, within the limits determined by the municipal council, the rates for road fees, parking…

Decisions taken by the mayor pursuant to article L. 2122-22 are subject to the same rules as those applicable to deliberations by municipal councils on the same subjects. Unless otherwise stipulated in the deliberation delegating powers, decisions taken pursuant thereto may be signed by a deputy or councillor acting by delegation from the mayor under the conditions set out in article L. 2122-18. Unless otherwise stipulated in the deliberation, decisions…

The mayor is responsible, under the administrative control of the State representative in the department, for exercising police powers, under the conditions set out in articles L. 2212-1 et seq.

The mayor appoints members of the town council to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the provisions of this code and the texts governing these bodies. The fixing of the term of office assigned to these members by the aforementioned provisions does not prevent them from being replaced at any time, and for the remainder of that term, by a new appointment…

In the event that the mayor’s interests conflict with those of the commune, the town council shall appoint another of its members to represent the commune, either in court or in contracts.