a. Vacancies: The office of a Council member or Mayor shall become vacant upon the person’s death, resignation, removal from office or forfeiture of office in any manner authorized by law.
b. Recall: The power of recall of the Mayor and Council members shall be allowed as set forth in SDCL Title 9.
c. Forfeiture of Office: The Mayor or a Council member shall forfeit that office if the Mayor or Council member:
1. Lacks at any time during the term of office for which elected any qualification for the office prescribed by this Charter or by law.
2. Violates any expressed prohibition in § 7.02 of this Charter.
3. Fails to maintain residency within City limits or within the Ward from which the Council member was elected.
4. Is convicted of a felony.
5. Fails to attend 75% of the regular meetings of the Council during a fiscal year, or three consecutive regular meetings of the Council, without being excused by the Council.
d. Filling of Vacancies: A vacancy in the office of City Council shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any, at the next regular election following not less than 60 days upon the occurrence of the vacancy, but the Council by a majority vote of all its remaining members shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy until the person elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term takes office. Notwithstanding the requirement in § 2.11, if at any time the membership of the Council is reduced to less than four, the remaining members may by majority action appoint additional members to raise the membership to four.