Oudsthoorn

A Mayoral executive system is a system of municipal government which allows for the exercise of executive authority through an executive mayor in whom the executive leadership of the municipality is vested and who is assisted by a mayoral committee. The executive mayor must (a) Identify the needs of the municipality; (b) Review and evaluate those needs in order of priority;(c) Recommend to the municipal council strategies, programmes and services to address priority needs through the integrated development plan, and the estimates of revenue and expenditure, taking into account any applicable national and provincial development plans; and (d) Recommend or determine the best way, including partnership and other approaches, to deliver those strategies, programmes and services to the maximum benefit of the community.
The speaker of a municipal council- (a) presides at meetings of the council; (b) performs the duties and exercises the powers delegated to the speaker in terms of section 59 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act,2000 (Act 32 of 2000); [Para. (b) amended by s. 14 (a) of Act 51 of 2002.] (c) must ensure that the council meets at least quarterly; (d) must maintain order during meetings; (e) must ensure compliance in the council and council committees with the Code of Conduct set out in Schedule 1 to the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000); and [Para. (e) amended by s. 14 (b) of Act 51 of 2002.] (f) must ensure that council meetings are conducted in accordance with the rules and orders of the council.