A vacancy in the elective office of Council Member shall be filled by appointment by the Council, such appointee to hold office until the next General Municipal Election and until a successor is elected and installed. Should the Council fail to fill any such vacancy within forty (40) days after the same occurs, then it shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor. At the next General Municipal Election following any vacancy, a new Council Member shall be elected to serve for the remaining period of any unexpired term.

If the offices of a majority or more of the Council Members becomes vacant, the City Clerk shall call a Special Municipal Election to fill said vacancies, which election shall be held within sixty (60) days of the existence of said vacancies. Each candidate elected at such election shall hold office until the next General Municipal Election. At that election the candidate or candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed to fill the longest unexpired term or terms. In the interim, said vacancies, whether occurring by recall, resignation, legal disability or physical disability, shall be filled by the persons holding the following offices in the following order: Chairperson of the Planning Commission, Chairperson of the Community Service & Recreation Commission, Chairperson of the City Services & Improvement Commission, and Chairperson of the Economic Development Commission. Such persons shall serve as interim elective officer until said vacancies are filled by election and the newly elected officers are installed. Said persons shall be sworn in by the City Clerk in the same manner and form as elected officers as soon as possible after the vacancy or vacancies occur and shall have all the rights, duties and obligations of an elected officer during said interim appointment. Approved by the voters November 7, 2000.