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 Merriam
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article II. GOVERNING BODY

  § 2-28. Council president and vice-president.  

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  • (a)

    Elections by council; term. The city council shall elect from its membership a council president and council vice-president. Such election shall take place at a regular meeting of the city council in January of even-numbered years for a two-year term.

    (b)

    Temporary absence of mayor; responsibilities of council president. The council president shall preside as mayor in the temporary absence or disability of the duly elected mayor; when so presiding as mayor, the council president shall have no power to sign or veto any ordinance, nor to appoint "appointed officers" pursuant to section 2-61(a). The council president, while temporarily presiding as mayor, shall retain all voting rights and other prerogatives of councilmember.

    (c)

    Temporary absence of mayor and council president; responsibilities of council vice-president. The council vice-president shall preside as mayor in the temporary absence or disability of the duly elected mayor and council president; when so presiding as mayor, the council vice-president shall have no power to sign or veto any ordinance, nor to appoint "appointed officers" pursuant to section 2-61(a). The council vice-president, while temporarily presiding as mayor, shall retain all voting rights and other prerogatives of councilmember.

    (d)

    Vacancy in office of mayor. Whenever the council president becomes mayor due to a vacancy in the office of mayor as set forth in section 2-26, the resulting vacancy in the position of council president shall be filled as set forth in subsection (e) of this section.

    (e)

    Vacancy in office of council president . If a vacancy occurs in the office of council president, other than a temporary absence or disability, the city council shall elect from its membership a new council president to serve the balance of the two-year term. In the event that the council vice-president is elected to serve the balance of the council president's term, the vacancy in the position of council vice-president shall be filled by the city council as set forth in subsection (f) of this section.

    (f)

    Vacancy in office of council vice-president. If a vacancy occurs in the office of council vice-president, other than a temporary absence or disability, the city council shall elect from its membership a new council vice-president to serve the balance of the existing term.

    (g)

    Removal. The city council may remove the council president or council vice-president from such positions by a two-thirds vote of the members of the city council then in office. The positions of council president and council vice-president which are vacated by such removal shall be filled in the same manner as set forth in subsections (e) and (f) of this section.

(Code 1967, § 2-27; Ord. No. 1634, § 1, 2-8-2010; Ord. No. 1750 , § 1, 7-11-2016)