(A) The Mayor or any Trustee may be removed from office for any cause specified by, and by the methods prescribed and specified by applicable state law for the removal of officers, including 22 O.S. §§ 1161 et seq., as amended.
(B) Whenever a member of the Town Board of Trustees is absent from more than one-half of all meetings of the Town Board (regular) held within any period of four consecutive months, he or she shall thereupon automatically cease to hold office unless:
(1) Absence is caused by illness; or
(2) The remaining members of the Town Board vote to retain him or her on the Town Board.
(C) When a vacancy occurs in the office of any municipal elected official, the governing body shall, by a majority vote of the remaining Trustees, appoint a person to fill the vacancy until the next general municipal election and until a successor is elected and qualified. Any vacancy shall then be filled at the next general municipal election by election of a person to complete the balance of the unexpired term. If the vacancy has not been filled within 60 days after it occurs, the Board of Trustees shall call for a special election for the purpose of filling the vacancy for the duration of the unexpired term, unless such vacancy occurs within 120 days prior to the first day of filing period for the next general municipal election.
(D) When a majority of the governing body offices are vacant more than 60 days before the beginning of a regular filing period for general municipal elections, the remaining members of the governing body shall call for a special election to be held in the municipality for the purpose of filing all vacant offices for the remainder of their unexpired terms.
(`85 Code, § 1-14) (Am. Ord. 199, passed 6-6-96)