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RESIGNATIONS:
Resignations of elective officers and of members of boards and commissions shall be made in writing and filed with the Clerk and shall be acted upon by the Council at its next regular meeting following receipt thereof by the Clerk.
Resignations of appointive officers shall be made in writing to the appointing officer or body and shall be acted upon immediately.
FILLING VACANCIES IN APPOINTIVE OFFICES:
FILLING VACANCIES IN ELECTIVE OFFICES:
(a) Any vacancy which occurs in the Council more than ninety days before the next regular City election shall be filled within thirty days by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Council, said appointee to hold office until the Monday following such election. At such election such vacancy shall be filled for any balance of the unexpired original term.
(b) Any vacancy which occurs in the Council ninety days or less before the next regular City election shall not be filled until on or after the Monday next following such election and shall be then filled by the Council with like effect as though it had occurred more than ninety days before a regular City election.
(c) If any vacancy in the office of Councilman is not filled by the Council as required by subsections (a) and (b) hereof, or if the number of vacancies existing on the Council is such as to reduce the membership below a quorum, the Clerk shall, forthwith, call a special City election for the purpose of filling such vacancy or vacancies for the balance of the term or terms thereof. Such election shall be held not less than forty-five days nor more than sixty days after the date of the call thereof by the Clerk. Each such election shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 4 of this Charter, except that no primary election shall be held in connection therewith and the last day and time for filing nominating petitions in connection therewith shall be at 5:00 P.M on the 30th day before the date of such election. The qualified person or persons receiving the highest number of votes cast at such election shall be deemed to have been elected to fill the vacancy or vacancies, as the case may be, to be filled at such election and, upon canvass of the votes cast at such election, shall be certified as such, subject to the provisions of law. In the event that a special election cannot be held, as herein set forth and required, because of the previous exhaustion of the number of special City elections permitted by law, the Governor of the State of Michigan is hereby authorized to and shall fill such vacancy or vacancies, as the case may be, for a term of office expiring on the Monday following the next regular City election. At such election, each such vacancy shall be filled for any balance of the unexpired original term.
(d) Any vacancy which occurs in the office of Municipal Judge shall be filled by the Council within thirty days after the vacancy occurs for a term
expiring on the fourth day of July following the next regular City election. At such election such vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the then unexpired term of the person holding such office at the time the vacancy occurred.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the filling of vacancies resulting from recall.
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