The office of any Councilman including the President shall be declared vacant by the Council before the expiration of the term of such office:
(a) For any reason specified by statute or by this Charter as creating a vacancy in office;
(b) If no person is elected to, or qualifies for, the office at the election at which such office is to be filled;
(c) If he shall be found guilty by a competent tribunal of any act constituting misconduct in office under the provisions of this Charter;
(d) If he shall miss more than twenty-five percent of all regular and special meetings of the Council in any fiscal year of the Village unless such absence shall be excused by the Council and the reason therefor entered in its proceedings at the time of each absence;
(e) If he is removed from office by the Council in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3.
(Char. eff. June 7, 1954)