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3.1.3.1 The Mayor shall be the most senior City Council Member who has not served as Mayor, or if all City Council Members have served as Mayor, the City Council Member who has not served as Mayor for the longest period of time, providing the Qualifications for Presiding Officers have been met.
3.1.3.2 The Mayor Pro Tem shall be the most senior City Council Member who has not served as Mayor Pro Tem, or if all City Council Members have served as Mayor Pro Tem, the City Council Member who has not served as Mayor Pro Tem for the longest period of time, providing the Qualifications for Presiding Officers have been met.
3.1.3.3 Omitted.
3.1.3.4 In the event two or more members are newly elected at the same election, the rotation shall be based on the member with the highest number of votes received in the municipal election and will continue in descending order of the most votes received. However, members re-elected to successive terms will remain in the rotation order established with their initial election.
3 3.1.3.5 Recognizing the responsibility placed on the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, no member shall have the obligation to serve as either Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem should he/she not wish to do so.
3.1.3.5.1.1 A member shall not serve successive terms as Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem unless all other members decline to serve.
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