A. Duty To Attend Regular Meetings: It shall be the duty of each elected officer of the city to attend all regularly scheduled meetings of the city, except that absences shall be permitted as hereinafter provided by subsection B of this section. (1970 Code §2-1.07, as amended)
B. Permitted Absences:
1. Each elected city officer shall be permitted four (4) absences from regularly scheduled city council meetings in any one fiscal year for which meetings he shall receive compensation. Such permitted absences may not be accumulated and carried over from one year to another. Further, each such elected officer may be permitted additional absences, with compensation, if such absences are shown to be for good cause. Good cause shall include, but not be limited to, illness of the officer or serious illness or death of a member of the officer's immediate family.
2. When an officer's absences exceed the permitted number of four (4), it will be presumed that good cause does not exist. However, the city council, which will be the sole judge of determining whether good cause exists, may find to the contrary, by affirmative vote, and determine that such absences are permitted, thereby entitling the officer to receive his regular compensation for the meeting missed.
3. The city council will not make a determination as to whether due cause exists unless specifically requested to do so by the officer whose absence is in question, or a member of his immediate family. Further, the city council may, by affirmative vote, determine that due cause will continue to exist in any particular case for a specified period of time, but not to exceed six (6) months. At the end of such specified period, it will be presumed that good cause no longer exists, unless the city council again finds to the contrary.
4. This subsection shall be applicable only to elected officers whose terms of office commence after the city election of April 3, 1979. (1970 Code §2-1.08, as amended)
C. Nonpermitted Absences: When an elected officer is absent from a regularly scheduled meeting, and such absence is not permitted under subsection B of this section, the following will occur:
1. In the case of any elected officer, except an alderman, one-three hundred sixty five hundredths (1/365) of his salary will be deducted from his next succeeding paycheck for each nonpermitted absence.
2. In the case of an alderman, he will be subject to a fine, as provided for by section 1-5C-5 of this title, for the meeting missed.
This subsection shall apply only to elected officers whose terms of office commence after the city election of April 3, 1979. (1970 Code §2-1.09, as amended)
D. Officers Appointed To Fill Vacancies Included: The term "elected officer", as used herein, shall include any person appointed to fill the unexpired term of a person elected to office. (1970 Code §2-1.10, as amended)