SECTION 2-13. MAYOR AND COUNCIL; VACANCIES.

   A vacancy shall be deemed to exist when an elective officer of the City of Guthrie fails to qualify for office within twenty (20) days after notice of his election, dies, resigns, removes his legal residency from the City or ward from which he or she was elected, fails to attend four (4) successive regular meetings of the City Council, is convicted of a felony, becomes a habitual drunkard, or is otherwise legally disqualified.

SECTION 2-14. MEETINGS; REGULAR AND SPECIAL.

   The City Council shall hold their regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month, and shall hold special meetings at other times as the Mayor or a majority of the Councilmen shall call the Council together. The City Council shall hold executive sessions at such times as they deem necessary for the purposes and in the manner provided by Oklahoma law.

Cross-reference:

   Regular meetings, see § 1-1

SECTION 2-15. COUNCIL TO APPOINT OFFICERS.

   At such times as a vacancy occurs, the City Council shall appoint by affirmative vote of at least four (4) Council members, a City Manager, a City Treasurer, a City Clerk, a City Attorney, a City Judge and/or an alternate City Judge; in the same manner the City Council may at their discretion appoint additional City Judges as necessary; if more than one (1) City Judge is appointed it shall not be necessary to appoint an alternate City Judge, but one of the City Judges so appointed shall be designated as the presiding City Judge. Any of the officers thus appointed may at any time, by an affirmative vote of at least four (4) members of the City Council, be removed and a successor be appointed in a- like manner. The Council, by an affirmative vote of at least four (4) members, may authorize the City Manager or the City Attorney to hire such deputies or assistants as necessary; such deputies or assistants shall serve at the discretion of the appointive officer by whom they are hired. At such times as the City Attorney cannot represent the City in a given matter or cause, because of a conflict of interest, the City Manager may retain an attorney, subject to the approval of the City Council, to represent the City's interest in such matter or cause.

SECTION 2-16. QUORUM.

   A quorum to do business shall consist of at least four (4) members of the City Council. A majority vote of the Council present at the meeting shall constitute the action of said Council, unless provided differently elsewhere in this Charter.

SECTION 2-17. RECALL AND REMOVAL APPLICABLE.

   All elective officers and those appointed to fill vacancies in elective office as herein provided, shall hold their respective office subject to the provisions of recall as provided by this Charter, and subject to removal from office as provided by law.

SECTION 2-18. COUNCIL TO DETERMINE SALARIES.

   The City Council of the City of Guthrie shall determine and fix from time to time the salaries of all employees of the City of Guthrie, and also the salaries of all officers of the City of Guthrie appointed by the City Council.

SECTION 2-19. COUNCIL TO REGULATE FISCAL AFFAIRS.

   The City Council shall have the power to raise revenue, make appropriations, and regulate all fiscal affairs of the City, subject to such limitations as may now or hereafter be imposed by the Oklahoma Constitution.