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Originally Posted by Parallex
Actually Nenshi IS the CEO... it's just that CEO in his case stands for Chief Elected Official.
Edit: Bah GioforPM beat me to it. 
His official duties (From the Municipal Government Act)...
General duties of chief elected official
154(1) A chief elected official, in addition to performing the
duties of a councillor, must
(a) preside when in attendance at a council meeting unless a
bylaw provides that another councillor or other person is
to preside, and
(b) perform any other duty imposed on a chief elected official
by this or any other enactment or bylaw.
(2) The chief elected official is a member of all council
committees and all bodies to which council has the right to appoint
members under this Act, unless the council provides otherwise.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the chief elected official may be a
member of a board, commission, subdivision authority or
development authority established under Part 17 only if the chief
elected official is appointed in the chief elected official’s personal
name.
... So really the principle advantage he has over any other member of council is the pulpit (which means nothing if he has no powers of persuasion) and maybe some deference given due to he being the only one with a city wide mandate. |
Plus I think he can set agendas to a great extent, and the control of committees is a big and underrated area of power. Presiding at meetings can be significant although I don't know if he takes advantage of that.