Article III. City Council
CH: 3.5. Mayor.
At the Council meeting at which any Council member is installed following a regular municipal election, and at any time when there is a vacancy in the office of Mayor, the position of Mayor shall be filled by the Council Member entering the fifth (last) year of their Council seat’s term . by the whose election immediately followed the election of the prior Mayor. For the first year after passage of the Charter Amendment establishing this automatic rotation appointment process, the position of Mayor shall be filled by the Council Member who has served on the City Council for the longest period of time within their respective current terms. In the event any Council Member scheduled to be Mayor is unable or desires not to be Mayor, the position of Mayor shall be filled by the Council Member entering the fourth year of their Council seat’s term, and so on in descending order if necessary. who was elected to the City Council in the year immediately following that person.
The Mayor shall be the presiding officer of the City Council.
The Mayor shall be a member of the City Council for all purposes and shall have all the rights, powers and duties of a member of the City Council in addition to those powers and duties conferred upon the Mayor by virtue of his or her office.
The Mayor shall be the official head of the City for all ceremonial purposes. The Mayor shall perform such other duties consistent with the office of mayor as may be prescribed by this Charter or as may be provided by the City Council. The Mayor shall serve in his or her capacity at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed by a majority vote of the members of the City Council. (Amended by Res. No. 2019-53, ratified by the voters April 14, 2020) CH: 3.6. Mayor Pro Tempore.
At the time that a mayor is appointed, the position of Mayor Pro Tempore shall be filled by the the Council Member Council Member entering the fourth year of their Council seat’s termwhose election immediately followed that of the newly appointed Mayor. For the first year after passage of the Charter Amendment establishing this automatic rotation appointment process, the position of Mayor Pro Tempore shall be filled by the Council Member who has served on the City Council for the next-tolongest period of time within their respective current terms. In the event any Council Member scheduled to be Mayor Pro Tempore is unable or desires not to be Mayor Pro Tempore, the position of Mayor Pro Tempore shall be filled by the Council Member entering the third year of their Council seat’s term, and so on in descending order if necessary. who was elected to the City Council in the year immediately following that person.
The Mayor Pro Tempore shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed by a majority vote of the members of the Council. The Mayor Pro Tempore shall perform the duties of the Mayor during the Mayor's absence or disability. (Amended by Res. No. 2019-53, ratified by the voters April 14, 2020)