SECTION 400. QUALIFICATIONS OF MAYOR.

   The Mayor of the City of Eureka shall be elected as an officer of the City separate and apart from the Council. No person shall be eligible for the office of Mayor unless he is at the time of assuming such office at least twenty-six (26) years of age and an elector of the City. In addition he shall be a registered voter and a resident of the City at the time nomination papers are issued to him as provided for in Section 10227 of the Elections Code of the State of California as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended or superseded.

(Amended by election November 2, 2010)

SECTION 401. DUTIES OF MAYOR.

   The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the Council; shall decide by his vote all tie votes of the Council; shall approve or disapprove all ordinances as herein provided; shall make the appointments authorized by this Charter with approval of the Council; shall be recognized as the head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes, and by the Governor for the purposes of military law and during periods of state or local emergency or disaster; but shall have no regular administrative duties.

SECTION 402. NOTIFICATION OF SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOTIFICATION OF AND ATTENDANCE AT OTHER MEETINGS.

   The Mayor shall be duly notified by the City Clerk of all special meetings of the Council when called by its members. He shall also be notified by the City Clerk of the time and place of all regular or special meetings of boards, commissions, and committees, and shall have the right and privilege of being present at all such meetings.

SECTION 403. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF MAYOR.

   When a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor, the Council shall within thirty (30) days from the commencement of the vacancy, either fill the vacancy by appointment or call a special municipal election to fill the vacancy; provided, that no such special municipal election shall be called if a general municipal election is to be held within ninety (90) days from the commencement of the vacancy. Such a special municipal election shall be held on the next regularly established election date not less than eighty-eight (88) days from the call of the special municipal election. The person so appointed or elected shall possess the qualifications hereinbefore prescribed for Mayor and shall hold office for the unexpired term of the former incumbent. No member of the Council during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed shall be eligible to fill such vacancy.

(Amended by election on November 8, 1994)

SECTION 404. OTHER OFFICES PROHIBITED.

   The Mayor shall not, during the term for which the Mayor has been elected or appointed, hold any other elected salaried public civil office.