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§ 30.17 VACANCY.
   (A)   The office of Mayor shall be vacant upon the happening of any of the events specified in Neb. RS 32-560 except as provided in Neb. RS 32-561.
   (B)   (1)   In case of any vacancy in the office of Mayor, or in case of his or her disability or absence, the President of the City Council shall exercise the office of Mayor for the unexpired term, until such disability is removed, or in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor returns.
(Neb. RS 32-568)
      (2)   If the President of the City Council assumes the office of Mayor for the unexpired term, there shall be a vacancy on the City Council.
(Neb. RS 17-107, 32-568)
Statutory reference:
   Additional and similar provisions, see Neb. RS 32-560 through 32-572
   Ineligibility of person subjected to recall, see Neb. RS 32-1308
CITY COUNCIL
§ 30.30 ELECTION; QUALIFICATIONS; TERMS.
   (A)   The City Council shall consist of not less than four nor more than 12 residents of the city who are registered voters.
(Neb. RS 17-103)
   (B)   All City Council members shall be nominated and elected on a nonpartisan ballot unless the city provides for a partisan ballot by ordinance.
(Neb. RS 32-557)
   (C)   If members of the City Council are not elected at large:
      (1)   Unless the city elects City Council members at large as provided in Neb. RS 32- 554, the city shall be divided into not less than two nor more than six wards, as provided by ordinance of the City Council. Each ward shall contain, as nearly as practicable, an equal portion of the population;
(Neb. RS 17-102)
      (2)   Unless the city elects City Council members at large as provided in Neb. RS 32- 554, each ward of the city shall have at least two City Council members elected in the manner provided in the Election Act. No person shall be eligible to the office of City Council member who is not at the time of the election an actual resident of the ward for which he or she is elected and a registered voter; and
(Neb. RS 17-104)
      (3)   Such wards shall be substantially equal in population as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
(Neb. RS 32-553)
   (D)   The term of office shall begin on the first regular meeting of the City Council in December following the statewide general election.
(Neb. RS 17-104)
   (E)   Members of the City Council shall serve for terms of four years or until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Neb. RS 32-533)
   (F)   If the city operates under a city manager plan, members of the City Council shall be residents and registered voters of the city and shall hold no other employment with the city. Any City Council member who ceases to possess any of the qualifications required by this section or who has been convicted of a felony or of any public offense involving the violation of the oath of office of such member while in office shall forthwith forfeit such office.
(Neb. RS 19-613)
Statutory reference:
   Ability to elect council members at large or by ward, see Neb. RS 32-554
   Election Act, see Neb. RS 32-101
   Other requirements for wards, see Neb. RS 32-552 and 32-553
   Restrictions on holding other office or employment, see Neb. RS 17-108.02, 32-109, 32-603, 32-604
§ 30.31 PRESIDENT; ACTING PRESIDENT.
   (A)   The City Council shall elect one of its own body who shall be styled the President of the City Council and who shall preside at all meetings of the City Council in the absence of the Mayor.
   (B)   In the absence of the President, the City Council shall elect one of its own body to occupy his or her place temporarily, who shall be styled Acting President of the City Council.
   (C)   The President, and Acting President, when occupying the place of the Mayor, shall have the same privileges as other members of the City Council; and all acts of the President or Acting President, while so acting, shall be as binding upon the City Council and upon the city as if done by the Mayor.
(Neb. RS 17-148)
§ 30.32 STANDING COMMITTEES.
   At the organizational meeting of the City Council, the Mayor shall appoint members of such standing committees as the City Council may create by ordinance or resolution. The membership of such standing committees may be changed at any time by the Mayor. The Mayor shall be an ex officio member of each standing committee. The members of the standing committees shall serve a term of office of one year, unless reappointed.
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