(A) Any vacancy on the Council resulting from causes other than expiration of the term shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council to hold office for the remainder of the term. The appointment guidelines shall be established by resolution.
(B) In addition to the events listed in Neb. RS 32-560 and any other reasons for a vacancy provided by law, after notice and a hearing, a vacancy on the City Council shall exist if a member is absent from more than five consecutive regular meetings of the Council unless the absences are excused by a majority vote of the remaining members.
(Neb. RS 19-3101)
(C) The City Council shall take a vote on whether to excuse a member’s absence from a meeting upon either a written request from the member submitted to the City Clerk or a motion of any other Councilmember.
(D) If a Councilmember has been absent from six consecutive regular meetings and none of the absences have been excused by a majority vote of the remaining members, the City Clerk shall include this as an item on the agenda for the next regular meeting. At that meeting, the Council shall set a date for a hearing and direct the City Clerk to give the member notice of the hearing by personal service or first-class mail to the member’s last known address.
(E) (1) At the hearing, the Councilmember shall have the right to present information on why one or more of the absences should be excused.
(2) If the Council does not excuse one or more of the member’s absences by a majority vote at the conclusion of the hearing, there shall be a vacancy on the Council.
(Prior Code, § 30.01) (Ord. 1850, passed 6-11-2007)