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THE CHARTER
Article IV. Officers and Employees Generally.
Sec. 1. Generally.
Sec. 2. Elective officers to be subject to recall.
Sec. 3. Compensation.
Sec. 4. Appointment and removal of department heads, subordinate officers, etc., generally.
Sec. 5. Delegation of ministerial duties.
Sec. 1. Generally.
(a) The officers of the City of Glendale shall be five (5) members of the council, a city assessor, a city tax collector, a city manager, a director of administrative services, a city clerk, a city treasurer, a city attorney, a director of public works, a city engineer, a maintenance services administrator, a building official, a chief of police and a fire chief. Notwithstanding the previous sentence concerning the number of members of the council, commencing with the 2026 general municipal election, the officers shall include a mayor and six (6) council members elected as provided in Article V, Section 6 of this Charter. The council may also provide by ordinance for additional offices and for the duties thereof, and for additional duties of offices herein provided for, but in no such manner as to encroach upon the duties of any officer as provided for by this Charter.
The council may also provide by ordinance for such subordinate officers, assistants, deputies, clerks, and employees in the several offices and departments as they deem necessary. The members of the council, the five (5) members of the council, the city treasurer and the city clerk shall be elected from the city at largeat-large, as provided in this Charter. Commencing with the 2026 general municipal election, the mayor shall be directly elected by the voters of the City and six (6) council members shall be elected by district as set forth in Article V, Section 6 of this Charter. (b) Members of the City Council in office at the time the 2024 amendments to this Charter take effect shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors are qualified. Recall proceedings, if any, of such City Council members serving the remainder of a term pursuant to this provision, and the election of a successor to such City Council member to complete that term, shall be conducted at-large. Vacancies in such offices shall be filled from the City at-large in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.
(c) All other officers, assistants, deputies, clerks and employees shall be appointed as provided in this Charter, or as the council may provide by ordinance in case no provision for their appointment is herein made, and shall hold their respective offices or positions at the pleasure of the appointing power. Where the appointment of any of said officers, assistants, deputies, clerks or employees is vested in the council or any commission, such appointment and any removal must be made by a three-fifths (3/5) vote of the members of the appointing power.
Sec. 2. Elective officers to be subject to recall. (Operative upon the certification of the 2026 general municipal election)
All elective officers of the city shall be subject to recall as provided in this Charter.
Commencing after certification of the November 2026 general municipal election, recall proceedings of Council Members elected by the City’s voters at-large shall be conducted in the City at-large as provided in Article IV, Section 1(b). Recall proceedings of Council Members elected by-district shall be conducted by-district by the voters within the boundaries of the district by-which the Council Member was elected. * For Charter provision as to adoption of state law relative to recall, see Charter, Art. XVIII, § 1.
Sec. 3. Compensation.
(a) Compensation and increase in compensation of mayor and council members.
Until ___________, Ccompensation for council members is hereby set, and from time to time shall be changed, in accordance with the schedule and procedure for adjustment applicable to the City of Glendale set forth in the provisions of the Government Code relating to salaries of council members in general law cities. The compensation of council members may also be increased during the terms of their respective offices by vote of the electors.
Beginning ________, the members of the council, except the mayor, shall receive an annual salary in the sum equal to eighty percent (80%) of the annual area median income and the mayor shall receive an annual salary equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the area median Income. In addition, the mayor and each member of the council shall receive reimbursement on order of the council for authorized traveling and other expenses when on official duty upon submission of an itemized expense account therefor, or may receive an advance for such purposes subject to such accounting. In addition, members shall receive such uniform, reasonable and adequate amount as may be established by ordinance, which amount shall be deemed to be reimbursement to them of other routine and ordinary expenses and costs imposed upon them by virtue of their serving as members of council, including the mayor.
As used herein, the term “area median income” shall refer to the annual area median income for a one-person household within Los Angeles County as determined and set by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or, if the Housing and Urban Development area median income determination is not available for any reason, by a comparable index published by the state of California. The mayor and council member salaries shall also be adjusted each year as of the first day of April based on changes in the area median income.
(b) Compensation and increase in compensation of city clerk and city treasurer.
When percentage increases are granted to other officers and employees generally, the council may grant comparable percentage increases to the city clerk and the city treasurer. The compensation of the city clerk and city treasurer may also be increased during the terms of their respective offices by vote of the electors.
Article V. Elections.
Sec. 1. General municipal elections.
Sec. 2. Procedures for conducting elections.
Sec. 3. Canvass of elections.
Sec. 4. Notifying the successful candidates.
Sec. 5. (Repealed).
Sec. 6. Terms of elective officers; term limits of councilmembers and mayor.
Sec. 6. Terms of elective officers; term limits of mayor and council members.
(a) From and after the general municipal election to be held in 202400, the two (2) members of the council receiving the highest number of votes citywide for said offices respectively shall hold office for terms of four (4) years commencing at eight p.m. (8:00 P.M.) on the date the council certifies the results of the election and until their successors are elected and qualified. From and after the general municipal election of 2022, the clerk and treasurer elected and the three (3) members of the council then elected shall hold office for terms of four (4) years commencing at eight p.m. (8:00 P.M.) on the date the council certifies the results of the election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(b) Commencing with the general municipal election to be held in 2026, the clerk, the treasurer, and the mayor shall be directly elected by the voters of the City and fourthree (43) council members shall be elected by district for terms of four (4) years commencing at eight p.m. (8:00 P.M.) on the date the council certifies the results of the election and until their successors qualify. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, at the City Council meeting where these four members are sworn in, the City Council shall select by casting of lots one member elected at the November 2026 general election to hold office for a term of two (2) years and until his or her successor qualifies.
Thereafter, the three (3) members of the City Council (the two (2) elected at-large at the general municipal election in 2024 and the one elected by-district at the general municipal election in 2026 and selected for a term of two (2) years) shall be elected by- district at the general municipal election held in 2028 for terms of four (4) years commencing at eight p.m. (8:00 P.M.) on the date the council certifies the results of the election and until their successors qualify
Any person elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
In the election of councilmembers where full terms and one (1) or more unexpired terms are to be filled, no distinction shall be made in nominating or voting between the full terms and the unexpired terms, but the person or persons elected by the highest number of votes shall be elected for the full term or terms and the person or persons receiving the next highest vote shall be elected for the unexpired term or terms, as the case may be.
(b) No person may serve more than three (3) terms of office as a council member of the city council, either by election or appointment, which terms do not count as terms of office as mayor. No person may serve more than two (2) terms as mayor, either by election or appointment, which two terms do not count as “terms of office as a council member”. Theseis limitations on the number of terms of office shall not apply to any unexpired term to which a person is elected or appointed as mayor or to council member ifunless the remainder of the term is less more than one-half of the full term of office. The limit on council member terms and shall apply only to terms of office that began on or after April 4, 2017.
Article VI. The Council and Mayor Generally.
Sec. 1. Vesting of legislative power; qualifications of candidates. Sec. 2. Council districts
Sec. 3. Eligibility
Sec. 4. Presiding officer, mayor
Sec. 5. Interference in administrative matters
Sec. 6 Council meetings.
Sec. 73. Quorum: Action franchises, etc.
Sec. 84. General powers of the council.
Sec. 95. Certain powers and duties enumerated.
Sec. 106. Ordinances generally.
Sec. 117. When ordinances go into effect.
Sec. 128. Amending ordinances.
Sec. 139. Contracts
Sec. 140. Authority of the council to provide procedure by which city may bid on certain public works.
Sec. 151. Official advertising.
Sec. 162. Councilmembers holding other city offices.
Sec. 173. Vacancies in elective offices.
Sec. 184. Committees of council.
Sec. 195. Required vote on sale of real estate; limitation on term of lease. Sec. 2016. Certified public accountant to be employed annually. Sec. 2117. Official bonds.
Sec. 2218. Official oaths.
Sec. 2319. Duties of city clerk.
Sec. 1. Vesting of legislative power; qualifications of candidates. (Operative upon the certification of the 2026 general municipal election) The legislative power of the City of Glendale shall be vested in the people through the initiative and referendum, and in a body to be designated “The Council.” Commencing upon the certification of the general municipal election in 2026 and the swearing in of elected officers elected during that election, the Council shall be comprised of a mayor directly elected by all the voters of the City at large and six (6) council members elected by- district, as set forth in this charter. The term “ The Council,” “legislative body,” or other similar terms as used in this Charter or any other provision of law shall be deemed to refer to the collective body composed of the mayor and council members unless such other provision of this charter or other provision of law expressly provides to the contrary or unless such interpretation would be clearly contrary to the intent and context of such other provision.
Sec. 2. Council districts
For the purpose of electing council members commencing with the 2026 general municipal election, the City shall be divided into single-member districts equal in number to the number of council members, exclusive of the mayor (each such district a “district” and, collectively, “districts”). Said districts shall be in compliance with applicable laws and such other permissible criteria as the council may specify by ordinance or resolution. The districts in effect at the 2026 general municipal election and until a subsequent redistricting required by law shall be those adopted by ordinance adopting the districts contingent upon voter approval of the 2024 amendment to the charter modifying this section.
Following each decenni al federal census, the council shall, by ordinance or resolution, adjust the boundaries of any or all of the districts of the City so that the districts shall be as nearly equal in population as may be, consistent with law applicable to the creation and rearrangement of the boundaries of local districts. No ordinance or resolution authorized by this section that would change district boundaries created by a prior ordinance or resolution may be adopted within 180 days prior to any general municipal election.
Sec. 3. Eligibility
No person shall be eligible to hold office as the mayor or a council member unless he or she is and shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the City and, with respect to members of the council elected by-district, of the district of which he or she seeks office at the time of, and for the thirty-day period immediately preceding, filing of his or her nominating papers or such other equivalent declaration of candidacy as may be required or authorized by law, or at the time of, and for the thirty- day period immediately preceding, his or her appointment to such office.
Every council member shall be and remain a qualified voter of the district by which he or she seeks office from the time of filing nomination papers or such other equivalent declaration of candidacy as may be required or authorized by law, throughout the full term of his or her office, if elected or appointed in lieu of election. No creation of a District or change in the boundary or location of any District shall abolish or terminate the term of office of any City Council member prior to the expiration of the term of office for which the member was elected or appointed in lieu of election, notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter.
Sec. 4. Presiding officer, mayor (Operative upon certification of 2026 general municipal election).
The mayor shall be a member of the council and shall preside over the meetings of the council. The mayor shall have voice and vote in all of the council's proceedings.
As a voting member of council, the mayor shall not have veto power over any council action. The mayor shall sign official documents when the signature of the council or mayor is required by law and shall be recognized as the official head of the City government for all ceremonial purposes. The mayor shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this Charter, or imposed by the council by resolution or in the council’s by-laws, consistent with the office of mayor. [ALTERNATIVE 1 – NO DOUBLE FILING FOR MAYOR AND CM] The mayor shall be directly elected by the voters of the City. The mayor shall serve for a term of four years and until his or her successor is qualified. No person may be a candidate for mayor and a candidate for any other office on the council in the same election. In the event an incumbent council member other than the mayor is elected mayor , such council member shall assume the office of mayor and shall resign from the office of council member at the time that person assumes office as mayor and the council shall fill the vacancy in the office of council member in the manner set forth in this Charter.
When the mayor is absent from any meeting of the council, the mayor pro tem shall be selected monthly by alphabetical rotation. The mayor pro tem shall act as the mayor if the mayor is absent or unavailable.
[ALTERNATIVE 2 – DOUBLE FILING PERMITTED] The mayor shall be directly elected by the voters of the City. The mayor shall serve for a term of four years and until his or her successor is qualified. An incumbent council member may run for mayor and also for re-election as a district council member if otherwise qualified. In the event an incumbent council member other than the mayor is elected mayor or an incumbent council member is elected mayor and re-elected to a district seat on the City Council, such council member shall assume the office of mayor and shall resign from the office of council member at the time that person assumes office as mayor and the council shall fill the vacancy in the office of council member in the manner set forth in this Charter. When the mayor is absent from any meeting of the council, the mayor pro tem shall be selected monthly by alphabetical rotation. The mayor pro tem shall act as the mayor if the mayor is absent or unavailable.
Sec. 5. Interference in administrative matters
Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members, including the mayor, shall deal with the administrative function of the City government solely through the city manager or their designated assistant, and neither the council nor any member thereof, including the mayor, shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. Neither the council nor any of its members, including the mayor, shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or their removal from, an office by the city manager or by any of their subordinates, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees, except as specifically provided in this Charter.
Sec. 73. Quorum: Action franchises, etc. (Operative upon certification of 2026 general election).
Three Four (43) members of the council shall constitute a quorum, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. No franchise shall be granted, ordinance passed, budget adopted, supplemented or amended, appropriation made, or payment of money ordered unless three four (43) members of the council concur in such action.
Any tie vote constitutes no action, and the matter shall be carried from agenda to agenda until the tie is broken, or the council determines to remove item from agenda.
Sec. 95. Certain powers and duties enumerated. (Operative upon certification of 2026 general election).
The council shall:
1. Qualifications of Members and Election Returns. Judge the qualifications of its members and all election returns;
2. Rules of Proceedings. Establish rules for its proceedings;
3. Record of Proceedings. Cause a correct record of its proceedings to be kept.
The ayes and noes shall on demand of any member, be taken and entered therein, and they shall be recorded on all votes passing any ordinance or appointing or dismissing or confirming the appointment or dismissal of any officer, or authorizing the execution of contracts, or the appropriation or payment of money;
4. Mayor Generally. Choose one (1) of its members as presiding officer, to be called mayor. The mayor shall preside over the sessions of the council, shall sign official documents when the signature of the council or mayor is required by law, and he shall act as the official head of the city on public and ceremonial occasions. He shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations. When the mayor is absent from any meeting of the council, the mayor pro tem shall be selected monthly by alphabetical rotation. The mayor pro tem shall act as mayor if the mayor is absent or unavailable;
5. Appointment of Certain Officers. Appoint a city assessor, which office may be combined with that of the city clerk, a city tax collector, a city attorney, and city manager;
65. Supervision of Public Utilities. Exercise general supervision and direction over all persons, firms, companies and corporations owning, controlling or operating public utilities, in so far as any of them are subject to municipal control. This provision is subject to other Charter provisions relative to such public utilities as now are or may hereafter be owned by the city.
Sec. 162. Councilmembers holding other city offices. (Operative upon certification of 2026 general election).
No A councilmember, including the mayor, or mayor shall not hold any other city office or city employment except as authorized by State law or ordinarily necessary in the performance of the duties as a councilmember. No former councilmember or former mayor shall hold any appointed, compensated city office or city employment until two (2) years after leaving the office of mayor or councilmember or mayor.
Sec. 173. Vacancies in elective offices. (Operative upon certification of 2026 general election).
Any member of the council, including the mayor, who is absent from all meetings thereof for two consecutive months, unless excused by the council, shall forfeit his seat.
Any vacancy occurring in the council, including the mayor, shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the council or by special election called by the council as required herein. Any vacancy occurring in any other elective office shall be filled by a majority vote of the whole council.
The person appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective office shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, that where the term of the office to which such person is appointed expires on the second Monday following the next general municipal election to be held after the occurring of the vacancy, such personal shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
If the term of the office to which such person is appointed does not expire on the second Monday following the next general municipal election to be held after the occurring of the vacancy, and the nomination period for the next general municipal election has not commenced, then at said next general municipal election a successor shall be elected, otherwise, such personal so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Council shall make an appointment within thirty days of the vacancy. If an appointment is not made within thirty days, then council shall immediately call for a special election to be held within one hundred twenty (120) days for the purpose of filling such vacancy, unless the earliest next general election is no more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the call for special election.
A vacancy in a City Council seat whose council member was elected at-large shall be filled from the City at-large. A vacancy in a City Council seat whose council member was elected by-district shall be filled by-district.
The council shall appoint such standing and other committees as it deems necessary.
Sec. 195. Required vote on sale of real estate; limitation on term of lease. (Operative upon certification of 2026 general election).
With the exception of city owned SR zoned property or property dedicated as park land of five (5) or more acres, no sale of real estate shall be authorized by the council except by ordinance passed by the affirmative vote of five-fifths (4/5) of all the members of the whole council and no lease shall be made for a period of longer than five (5) years, except by ordinance adopted by the council. City owned SR zoned property or property dedicated as park land which property is either an individual parcel of five (5) acres or more, or parcels which are adjoining and collectively equal or exceed five (5) or more acres shall not be sold or transferred except upon approval of a majority of the voters at an election held for such purpose. For purposes of this Charter, “dedicated park land” means property now owned or hereafter acquired by the city which has been either dedicated by ordinance, zoned SR, or where the documents executed for the acquisition thereof provide that the acquisition is in whole or in part for preservation or use as open space or recreational purposes of any type. For purposes of this Charter “sold or transferred” does not mean or include an easement, or an acquisition of property either jointly with another public agency or with grant funds provided by another public agency where the property is required to be conveyed to the other public agency for the purpose of preserving the property as open space or recreational purposes.
Article IX. City Manager.
Sec. 1. City manager selection, compensation and qualifications. Sec. 2. Procedure in case of disability of city manager. Sec. 3. Purchases.
Sec. 4. Assistant city manager.
Sec. 1. City manager selection, compensation and qualifications. (Operative upon certification of 2026 general election).
The council shall appoint a city manager who:
(a) Shall serve at the pleasure of the council;
(b) Shall be the chief administrative officer of the city; (c) Shall be chosen on the basis of administrative qualifications; (d) Shall be compensated as directed by the council commensurate with the responsibilities of the office;
(e) Shall not have served on the council within a period of two (2) years immediately preceding the date of appointment;
(f) Shall establish, within ninety (90) days of the effective date of appointment, and maintain a residence within the city;
(g) Shall engage in no other business or occupation, except as may be permitted by the council;
(h) Appoint and remove at his pleasure, a secretary.
The appointment of the city manager requires the affirmative vote of three four (43) members of the council. An action to remove, suspend, or request the resignation of the city manager, requires the affirmative votes of three four (43) members of the council, provided, however, that during a period of one hundred thirty-five (135) days after a councilmanic election the council shall take no action to remove, suspend or request the resignation of the city manager, except by a unanimous vote of the entire council.
Article XI. Fiscal Administration
Sec. 1. Powers and duties of director of administrative services generally. Sec. 2. Duties of city treasurer generally.
Sec. 3. Presentation of demands; petty cash funds.
Sec. 4. Procedure as to warrants on treasurer; authority of council as to presentation, approval and payment of demands against city. Sec. 5. Payments from treasury generally; demand as prerequisite to action against city.
Sec. 6. Fiscal year; proposed budgets and estimates of revenues and expenditures generally.
Sec. 7. Hearing on proposed budgets; modification and adoption of budgets. Sec. 8. Transfer of unused balances; appropriation of available revenues not included in annual budget.
Sec. 9. Authority of council to provide for system of taxation; tax liens; authority of council to designate assessor and tax collector.
Sec. 10. Assessment, collection, etc., of taxes by officers of County of Los Angeles.
Sec. 11. Tax rate; special taxes generally; additional annual taxes. Sec. 12. Special taxes and bonds.
Sec. 13. Limit on bonded indebtedness.
Sec. 14. General budget fund.
Sec. 15. General reserve fund.
Sec. 16. Appropriations and expenditures for entertaining, advertising, etc. Sec. 17. Waterworks depreciation fund; electric works depreciation fund. Sec. 18. Special deposit fund.
Sec. 19. General service fund.
Sec. 20. Waterworks revenue fund; electric works revenue fund. Sec. 21. Glendale Water and Power sinking fund.
Sec. 22. Glendale Water and Power surplus fund—Generally.
Sec. 8. Transfer of unused balances; appropriation of available revenues not included in annual budget. (Operative upon certification of 2026 general election).
At any meeting after the adoption of the budget or budgets, the council, by at least four (4) affirmative votes of at least fourthree (43) members, may amend or supplement such budget or budgets, so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another purpose, or to appropriate available revenues not included in the annual budget.
Article XV. City Planning.
Sec. 1. (Repealed).
Sec. 2. Amendment, etc., of regulations adopted pursuant to Charter, Article III, Section 2, subdivisions 19 and 20.
Sec. 2. Amendment, etc., of regulations adopted pursuant to Charter, Article III, Section 2, subdivisions 19 and 20. (Operative upon certification of 2026 general election).
The council may, from time to time, on its own motion, or on petition after hearing and public notice of such hearing given by one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation at least ten (10) days before the time of hearing, amend, supplement or change the regulations and districts established by any ordinance adopted pursuant to subdivisions 19 and 20 of Section 2, Article III, of this Charter. Whenever the owners of fifty (50) percent or more of the frontage of any district or part thereof, shall present to the council a petition duly signed and acknowledged by them, requesting any such amendment, supplement, change or repeal of the regulations prescribed for such district, or part thereof, the council shall act upon such petition within ninety (90) days after the filing thereof. No amendment, change, supplement or repeal of the regulations or of the boundaries of districts established by any ordinance passed under the above- mentioned provisions of the Charter shall be made except by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the councilfive affirmative votes of the council, and if at the time of the hearing thereon a protest against such amendment, supplement, change or repeal is presented, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty (20) percent or more of the frontage of property which will be directly affected by the proposed amendment, supplement, change or repeal, or by the owners of twenty (20) percent of the frontage of property which is immediately adjacent thereto, either in the rear, or the sides, or across the street, no such amendment, change, supplement or repeal shall be adopted except by unanimous vote of the council. When a petition has been denied in whole or in part, no petition for the amendment, change, supplement or repeal so denied may be filed within six (6) months after such denial. (Res. No. 04-238 § 1, 2004)
Article XXIII. Miscellaneous Provisions.
Sec. 1. Authority of city manager to assign clerks, etc., to work in any department, etc.
Sec. 2. Application to city of general laws of state. Sec. 3. Definition of “city,” etc.
Sec. 4. (Repealed).
Sec. 5. Vacancy in city offices.
Sec. 6. Opening, etc., of streets; planting of trees; public improvement not elsewhere provided for in Charter; removal of dirt, rubbish, weeds, etc. Sec. 7. Delivery of papers, etc., to successors in office. Sec. 8. Prohibitions applicable to specified officers; Government Code sections adopted.
Sec. 9. Officers, etc., to be United States citizens. Sec. 10. Payment for nomination, etc., to office.
Sec. 11. Acceptance by officers, etc., of donation or gratuity from applicant, subordinate, etc., for position with city.
Sec. 12. Conduct prohibited to city officers and employees with reference to contracts; connivance with contractors.
Sec. 13. Approval, etc., by officer of unauthorized demand on treasury. Sec. 14. Payment into city treasury of moneys received from taxes, licenses, fees, etc.
Sec. 15. Inspection of books and records.
Sec. 16. Copies or extracts from books and records.
Sec. 17. Office hours for city officers.
Sec. 18. Continuation of ordinances and resolutions in force at effective date of Charter.
Sec. 19. Officers, etc., in office at effective date of Charter. Sec. 20. First election under Charter.
Sec. 21. Effect of adoption of Charter on vested rights, etc., of city. Sec. 22. Officers to report fees, etc., monthly.
Sec. 23. Severability clause applicable to Charter.
Sec. 24. Purchases from local merchants.
Sec. 25. Political activity or contributions on part of city manager, etc. Sec. 26. Vesting of city’s powers generally.
Sec. 27. Penalties, violation of ordinances.
Sec. 28. When Charter to take effect.
Sec. 29. Authority of city to establish a municipal court. Sec. 30. Administering oaths.
Sec. 5. Vacancy in city offices.
If any officer of the city shall die or remove from the city, or absent himself therefrom for more than thirty days consecutively, without the permission of the council, or if he shall fail to qualify by taking the oath of office and filing his official bonds, whenever such bond is required, within fifteen days from the time his certificate of election or appointment is mailed or delivered to him, or if he shall resign or be removed from office, or if his election shall be finally declared void by any competent tribunal, or if he shall be convicted of a felony, or if he shall be adjudged insane, or if he shall cease to discharge the duties of his office (other than that of member of the council) for two (2) consecutive months, unless prevented by sickness, his office shall become vacant.
This section does not apply to the offices of mayor and council member.