In the event that at the time or as a consequence of any disaster or occurrence described in the first section of this chapter, the incumbent of any municipal office, position or place of employment, is killed or rendered incapable of performing the duties of such office or position, such office or position shall be filled, until such time as a successor can be selected in the manner prescribed by law, in the following manner; any such vacancy shall, for the emergency period, be filled by appointment by the following in order of preference: the mayor, the remaining members of the city council, the clerk, the ESDA coordinator, the chief of police, chief of the fire department.
The person appointed in the manner prescribed herein to fill any such office or position shall exercise all the duties and powers of that position during the emergency and until such time as a successor can be appointed or selected in the manner provided by law.
(Ord. 81-15 § 13, 1980).