Generally the mayor of any city where there are city council members cannot layoff or fire said members because the people of the city are the people whom actually vote in the council members and unless the member is charged and convicted of various criminal acts then no one can remove them from their office, unless the is a petition for a special election and there have been enough signatures collected to be certified by the Secretary of State to hold said special election. But in short the mayor does not have the power to remove a council member on their own motion.
City Council.
(mayor-council model)
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The council serves as the Executive branch.
DC does have a mayor- Vincent Gray, and a council, but the federal government has supreme control over the city.
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city / town / city council / town council etc.
In a weak mayor system the city council has more influence and in a strong mayor system the actual mayor has more.
When addressing a female mayor and multiple council members, it is good form , regardless of gender, to address the mayor first. An example would be: The honorable (insert formal name), Mayor of(name of city) and members of the (name of city) City Council.