A. Each person who shall succeed to each position or office as provided herein, and as provided in the disaster operations plan of the city shall succeed to all the powers and duties of the office succeeded to immediately upon such succession; provided, however, that the succession of authority for members of the city council shall be governed by subsection (B) of this Section 8.36.100.
B. The line of succession of the position of mayor during a state of emergency, war emergency, local emergency or other condition of disaster, unless otherwise ordered by the city council, shall be mayor pro tempore, followed by the remaining city council members in the order of their seniority, excluding standby successors who may have been appointed pursuant to Section 8638 of the Government Code of the state. When two or more members of the city council are elected at the same time, seniority shall be determined by the vote received by each such member at the last election with seniority being afforded such city council members in the same rank as the vote attained by each, the higher vote count equating to greater seniority. When two or more city council members have been appointed to the city council, the city clerk shall draw lots to determine seniority for purposes of seniority hereunder. Seniority shall always be afforded elected members of the city council over appointed members of the city council. (Ord. 173 § 2, 1997)