(A) Appointed. At the first annual meeting in May, the Mayor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council, all officers of the city whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided for, and said officers shall hold their offices for the ensuing month or year and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in an appointive office shall be filled in the same manner. The Mayor shall issue a commission or certificate of appointment to all persons appointed to office in the municipality.
(B) Filling vacancies. The Mayor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council, all officers of the city whose appointment will not otherwise be provided for by law; and whenever a vacancy shall occur in any office, which by law or ordinance the Mayor is empowered and required to fill, the Mayor shall, at the next regular meeting of the City Council, communicate to it the name of the appointee to such office and pending the concurrence of the Council in such appointment, the Mayor may designate some suitable person to discharge the functions of such office.
(1993 Code, § 1-2-46)
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See similar provisions, ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3-7-2; ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3-14-2; ILCS Ch. 50, Act 105, § 2