Agenda - Charter Commission - 01/20/2005

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01/13/2005 14:59 LRkt OFF~CE 2140 4TH RUE -~ 42?554:3 Bloomington City Cod, Chapter 2 page I NO. 902 [~06 Peg, 3 of 4 Bloomington Port Authority, and any other entity to which the city appoints members, establishes, policy, or finanCes the activities. (Section 2.04 amende~November 4. 19~!6 by General Erect/on; Ord. No, 7-25-a8; ord. No. 200, , 4-5-2004) Section 2.05. VACANCIES IN THE COUNCIL. A vacancy in the council exists fe.r any of the following reasons; The Pollute of a person elected [o qualify for office by the date of the second regular meeting of the council in the Ierm for which the person was elected; (b) Death; (c) Resignation; id) Removal fi.om office; (e) Loss of residency; if) .Continuous absence from the city for more than three months; (g) ' Conviction of a felony of a councilmember, whether before or after qualification [or office; ih) Failure of a councilmember without good cause to perform the duties of lhe o~ce for a period of three months. In any of these cases, the council must declare by resolution that a vacancy exisls. The counoit must adopt the resolution declaring the vacancy at the next regularly scheduled council meeting. Within forb/-five days a~er t.~.&adoptio f~solutlan, the council must apPoinl_an e~li ~g~l~l'e person t6 fill Ihe vacant office until the next. regular state or municipal election whbn2h8 o ~"~ff~ w~6e [~lled for the u_ne:xpi'r"ed tera~, ~.the C~~ma~the ] ' -a~po~n~ ~in forty:fi~-e day~. or, i--~e~-~ie the end of the forty-five days, votes three times on the appoinlment and is unable'to fill the vacancy, the mayor must, within fifteen days, appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next scheduled state or municipa~ general electior~ whorl the office will be Ailed for the unexpired term. ~ the council or m~ ayor makes the__ _appointment after !he opening data'of illin9 for the next regularly scheduled state or municip, a~l genera[ ei~.Noyb~b_c.er ~r December, the v0ter.s mus.~t elect an eligible person for t~e unexpired term of o~rfice at a _8pecia~l. election ~ at the state or municipal g6neral 6[~-~r~scbedqled for the ~ No s,,g,.,~p_~iat el~ b~-held for an unexpired ,term of months or (Section 2.05 amended by Ord. No. 88-51, 7-25-88; Ord. No. 96-16, Ord. No. 2004-8, 4-5-2004) Section 2.06. THE MAYOR. The mayor is the presiding officer of the council. The council must choose from its members an acting mayor who holds office at the pleasure of the Council and serves as mayor during the disability or absence of the mayor from the city or in case of a vacancy in the o~ce of mayor, unt/I a successor has been appointed and qualifies. The mayor votes as a member of the council. The mayor exbrcbes all powers and performs all duties of the mayor In the charter, the ordinances of the city, and the laws of the state. The mayor Is the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes, for the purpose of service of civil process, and for the purposes of martial laws. The mayor must study the operations of the city government and report to the council any neglect, dereliction of duty' or waste on the part of any officer or _hj~.//t~.rtrrtent of the city. In time Of pLIbll6,danger or emergency, the mayor. 9/23/2004