In the event of the temporary absence of both the Mayor and President Pro Tempore, the senior Council member, based on length of continuous elected service with the Municipality, shall serve as the Acting Mayor to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Mayor. If two or more Council members have held the same length of continuous elected service with the Municipality, then an Acting Mayor shall be chosen from among those two or more Council members by a majority vote of the remaining Council members. Other than the absent Mayor and President Pro Tempore, all remaining members of the Council present at the Council meeting for the vote on selecting the Acting Mayor must vote, and no candidate for Acting Mayor may abstain from such a vote.