City of Perry Mayor's Office
Mayor Ross DeLau
Phone: (517)625-6155 ext. 231
E-Mail: mayor@perry.mi.us
Term Expires In: 2010
Ross is a 1960 graduate of Perry High School. He retired from General Motors in 2003. He has been a member of the Perry Area Fire and Rescue for 42 years. His job title is Assistant Fire Chief. He is also a Medical First Respondent and considers Perry on of the best Fire Departments in Shiawassee County. Ross is a widow with 4 children, 3 boys and 1 girl. He has 10 grandchildren 8 girls and 2 twin boys. His passion is to spend as much time as possible with his grandchildren, and he also takes them camping whenever he can. He has a love for cars. He owned his own Drag Racing Car, but his baby is a 1972 Corvette Roadster, which he totally restored.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Does the Mayor have the power to marry people?
The Mayor of a city is given the power to marry people from State Compiled Laws.
2. What are the Mayor's responsibilities in Perry?
The Mayor responsibilities are defined within the City Charter, Chapter 15. They are as follows:
Section 4.5 Functional Duties of Mayor.
(a) The Mayor shall be the executive head of the City. He shall have no vote in the proceedings of the Council, except to break a tie. He shall have veto power and shall be the presiding officer of the Council.
(b) The Mayor shall have power to veto any ordinance or resolution adopted by the Council by writing thereon the word "vetoed" and then signing and dating the same, at any time before the beginning of the next regular meeting. Any ordinance or resolution not so marked by the time the next Council meeting is called to order shall stand approved.
(c) In the event of the veto of any ordinance or resolution the Mayor shall, during the next regular Council meeting, inform the Council of such veto, and may at such time state his reasons and grounds for such veto.
(d) Any member of the council then at such meeting or at any of the next two succeeding meetings may make a motion to override the Mayor’s veto, which motion must have an affirmative vote of four of the six Councilmen to prevail. If the motion prevails, the ordinance of resolution shall stand as originally adopted; if not, the ordinance or resolution shall be null and void. PERRY CHARTER 16 1999 Replacement
(e) He shall be a conservator of the peace and may exercise within the City the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress disorder, and shall have the power to command the assistance of all able-bodied citizens to aid in the enforcement of the ordinances of the City, and to suppress riots and disorderly conduct.
(f) He shall authenticate by his signature such instruments as the Council, this Charter or the laws of the State of Michigan or the United States shall require.