Should any office of Councilman become vacant, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the remaining members of Council, voted and discussed in open meetings. Should the Council fail to fill the vacancy within sixty (60) days, the Mayor shall fill the vacancy by appointment. The sixty (60) days vacancy period shall commence when the council seat is officially declared vacant by Council. Whoever is appointed shall serve until replaced by a councilman elected to fill such vacancy. Said election shall occur at the next general election occurring in an odd-numbered year. Councilmen appointed to office may at their option be a candidate for election under the Rules of Article IX herein to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Whoever is appointed to Council shall be qualified for office under Article IV, Section 2. Any appointee to Council who is unable to be a candidate for office due to the deadline for filing for election having passed prior to his appointment may seek office as a write-in candidate to complete the remainder of the unexpired term to which he was appointed.
(Amended 11-8-88.)