Vacancies in the city commission shall be filled within thirty (30) days by vote of the majority of the remaining commission members. Such person so chosen shall serve until the next regular municipal election occurring not less than one hundred (100) days after his selection. At such election, a successor shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term, if any; if not, for a full term.
If more than three (3) vacancies occur at one time, the remaining commissioner, if there is one, and the members of the Civil Service Commission shall, within thirty (30) days of the creation of such vacancy, by majority vote, elect such number of persons as may be necessary to create a city commission of two (2) members. Thereafter, the remaining vacancies shall be filled as set forth in this section.
If such vacancies are not filled within the time specified, the vacancies shall be filled by lot as follows:
At the regular city commission meeting after the expiration of said thirty (30) day period, each remaining commissioner shall place in nomination the name of a person to fill the vacancy; thereupon the city law director shall draw from the said lot a name, and such person shall be the commissioner to fill the vacancy first created.
After the commissioner so selected has been duly qualified and sworn into office, the then commissioners shall fill the remaining vacancies, if any, within fifteen (15) days by vote of the majority of such commissioners.
If the remaining vacancies are not filled within said fifteen (15) day period, they shall be filled by lot as follows:
At the regular city commission meeting after the expiration of said fifteen (15) day period, each remaining commissioner shall place in nomination the name or names of persons equal to the number of existing vacancies; thereupon the city law director shall draw from said lot the name of such nominees equal in number to existing vacancies. The name first drawn shall be the commissioner for the vacancy first created; the second name for the remaining vacancy, if any.
All such selections shall be for the terms set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 11, and all such persons shall be qualified as set forth in Section 5 hereof.
In the event there is a vacancy in the office of mayor, the assistant mayor shall thereafter become the mayor and shall serve in that capacity for the unexpired term of the mayor. The vacancy in the city commission thus created would be filled as set forth previously in this section.
(Amended 5-7-02, Ord. No. 02-120, Yeas, 3,105; Nays 1,265.)