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Bill Tracking - 2011 session> Legislation Page 4 of 15 office of Mayor shall be filled at the same succeeding general mtJ,fliclpal election at which the office of Mayor is filled. The two- year term shall be filled by the candidate for City Council receiving the next highest vote to those candidates declared elected to the office of City Council member pursuant to subsection b. above. Such two-year term shall begin on the first day of January next following the date of such election. e. The City Clerk shall notifY all successful candidates of the process to qualifY for office immediately after their election has been certified by the proper officials. 93.04. City Council Vacancies. If, for any reason, there is an insufficient number of certified elected candidates for the office of City Council after any municipal election, or if a City Council vacancy otherwise occurs, except for resignations to run for the office of Mayor which should be filled as specified in 9 3.03 c. above, such vacancies shall befilledfor the unexpired portion of the term by majority vote of the remaining members of the City Council, or, if the Council shall fail to fill a vacancy in its membership within sixty days of the occurrence of the vacancy, by appointment by a majority of the judges of the Circuit Court of the City. If any person duly elected to the City Council shall fail to take the oath of office prior to the first day of January following such election, he or she shall be deemed to have declined the office, and the seat shall be deemed vacant. If any person appointed to the City Council to fill an unexpired term shall fail to take the oath of office within thirty days of such appointment, he or she shall be deemed to have declined the office, and the seat shall be deemed vacant. 93.05. Induction of Mayor and City Council Members. The Mayor and each City Council member, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take the oath of office. The oath of office may be administered by the City Clerk, the judge or clerk of any court, or by any other officer authorized by law. 9 3.06. Election of Mayor and Vice-Mayor. a. The City Attorney shall preside over such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, until a Mayor and a Vice-Mayor have been elected or are present or City Council has selected one of its members to preside over the meeting. b. At the first regular meeting in January 2013, and at the first regular meeting in January every second year thereafter, the City Council shall proceed to choose by majority vote of all the members thereof one of their number to be Vice-Mayor for the ensuing two years. Until this business has been completed, the Council shall not adjourn for a period longer than forty-eight hours. c. The Mayor shall be elected in nineteen hundred seventy-six and every four years thereafter in the manner specified in 9 3.03 herein. 9 3.07. Election of Mayor Pro Tempore. When from any cause both the Mayor and the Vice-Mayor are absent from a meeting or are unable to preside, a Mayor pro tempore shall be elected by the City Council to preside during the absence or disability of the Mayor and Vice-Mayor. The City Attorney shall preside over any such meeting until a Mayor pro tempore shall have been elected, which shall be the first order of business at any such meeting. 93.08. Vacancies in the Offices of Mayor or Vice-Mayor. a. Vacancy in the office of Mayor shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term thereof in the same manner as prescribedfor vacancies in the office of City Council in 9 3.04 herein. In the event the Mayor is appointedfrom the members of the Council and elects to serve as such, he or she shall immediately tender resignation as a member of City Council and the vacancy created thereby shall be filled as provided in 9 3.04. b. Vacancy in the office of the Vice-Mayor, for any reason, shall be filled by majority vote of all the members of the City Council for the unexpired portion of the term. 93.09. Duties of Mayor. The Mayor shall preside over the meetings of the City Council and shall have the same right to vote and speak therein as other httn://lis.virQ"inia.Q"ov/cQ"i-bin/leQ"n604.exe?111 +fu1+CHAP0640 6/30/2011