(A) The office of a Council member shall become vacant upon his or her death, resignation, removal from office in any manner authorized by law, or forfeiture of his or her office. A Council member shall forfeit the office if he or she:
(1) Loses eligibility for election to the Council seat;
(2) Violates any express prohibition of the Town Charter;
(3) Is convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral turpitude; and/or
(4) Fails to attend two consecutive months of regularly scheduled Council meetings or absents himself or herself from the town continuously for 30 days without consent of the Council.
(Prior Code, § 2-1-5)
(B) (1) The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and of the grounds of forfeiture of his or her office.
(2) A member charged with conduct constituting grounds for forfeiture of his or her office shall be entitled to a public hearing on demand, and notice of such hearing shall be published in a manner consistent with state law.
(Prior Code, § 2-1-6)
(C) In the event of a vacancy, the Council shall, by majority vote of the remaining members, appoint a person eligible to hold such Council seat, to fill the vacancy until the next regular town election, at which time the remainder of the term shall be filled, as provided by law for the election of Council members, in MCA § 7-4-4112.
(Prior Code, § 2-1-7)