On the first Monday of December of each odd-numbered year, the Council shall elect from its own members a President Pro Tem, who shall serve at the pleasure of Council. The President Pro Tem shall act as the presiding officer of the Council in the absence or disability of the President of Council and shall exercise all the powers and duties granted the President of Council by this Charter during the absence or disability of the President of Council. While presiding over special or regular meetings of the Council the President Pro Tem may vote upon all matters coming before the Council, but in no event shall the President Pro Tem, in his dual capacity as Council member and presiding officer of Council, cast more than one vote on any action. In the event that the office of President of Council shall become vacant the President Pro Tem of Council shall become President of Council for the remainder of the term, and the Council shall elect a successor from among the membership of Council to the office of President Pro Tem for the remainder of that term.
(Amended 11-3-81)
(Editor’s Note: Because of the 2006 amendment to Charter Section 23.01 (Terms of Elected Officials), the first sentence of Section 3.06 should be deemed to mean that at the first meeting of Council in each even numbered year, the Council shall elect from its own members a President Pro Tem, who shall serve at the pleasure of Council. See Section 23.01)