A vacancy in the Council shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of Council.
If the Council fails to act within 30 days following the occurrence of the vacancy, the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County shall, upon petition of three members of Council or 10 qualified voters of the City, fill the vacancy in such office by the appointment of a qualified resident of the City. In the case of a vacated district seat, the person appointed to fill that seat either by Council itself or the Court of Common Pleas must be a resident of the district. The individual appointed will remain in office until the first Monday in January following the next municipal election. At such municipal election, a qualified person shall be elected to serve from the first Monday of January following the election for the remainder of the term of the person originally elected to such office or, if such term would otherwise expire on the first Monday following, for a new full term.