(A) At its first regular meeting of each year, the Council shall elect a Council President from its membership. In the Mayor’s absence from a Council meeting, the Council President shall preside over Council meetings and exercise other Mayoral responsibilities in absence or incapacity of the Mayor. In the absence or incapacity of both the Mayor and Council President, the Council may nominate and elect by majority vote an Acting Council President who shall have the above duties during such absence or incapacity.
(B) A Council President or Acting Council President may be removed by a vote of two-thirds of the entire Council. During the meeting at which a removal occurs, the Council shall nominate and elect a new Council President or Acting Council President as designated in division (A) above.
(Prior Code, § 1.05.290) (Ord. 264, passed 7-6-1999; Ord. 298, passed - -; Ord. 299, passed 10-21-2002; Ord. 305, passed 3-17-2003; Ord. 362, passed 6-18-2007; Ord. 386, passed 3-1-2010; Ord. 396, passed 10-3-2011; Ord. 412, passed 2-4-2013)