Any vacancy in the office of Mayor shall be filled by the President Pro Tempore. If the person holding the office of President Pro Tempore rejects succession to the office of Mayor, such person shall resign from the office of President Pro Tempore, and the Council shall select a new Council member to serve as President Pro Tempore and fill the office of Mayor. If the vacancy occurs on or after July 1 of the second year of the Mayor's term, the President Pro Tempore shall serve for the remainder of the Mayor's unexpired term. If the vacancy occurs on or before June 30 of the second year of the Mayor's term, the President Pro Tempore shall serve until a successor is elected at the next November election, and the person so elected shall take office on January 1 following such election and shall serve for the remainder of the Mayor's term and the President Pro Tempore shall return to serving his or her original term as a member of Council and, if applicable, continuing to serve as President Pro Tempore; provided, however, that if the President Pro Tempore is elected to fill the Mayor's unexpired term, the Council shall fill the resulting vacancy on the Council as provided in Section 3.09.
In the event of a vacancy in the office of Mayor that requires the President Pro Tempore to serve as the Mayor, the Council shall fill the vacancy on the Council as provided in Section 3.09. However, nothing herein shall prevent the President Pro Tempore from completing his or her original full term as a Council member. The person chosen to fill the President Pro Tempore's vacancy on Council shall serve a term as Council member equal to the term that the President Pro Tempore serves as Mayor. In the event that the President Pro Tempore's original term expires while filling the Mayor's unexpired term, the new President Pro Tempore shall assume the remainder of the Mayor's unexpired term.