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by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the official newspaper of the city stating the time <br /> and the places of holding such election. <br /> Section 4.5 Vacancy of Municipal Elected office. <br /> 4.5.1 When a vacancy in an elected office of the city occurs with 365 days or more <br /> remaining in the term of the vacated office, there shall be a special election held within <br /> ninety days after the vacancy occurs to elect a successor to serve for the remainder of the <br /> unexpired term of the office vacated. <br /> 4.5.2 The city clerk shall give at least sixty days published prior notice of such special <br /> election, except as set forth under 4.5.5 of this Section. <br /> 4.5.3 The procedure at such election and assumption of duties of elected officers <br /> following such election shall conform as nearly as practicable to that prescribed for other <br /> municipal elections under this charter. <br /> 4.5.4 In the case of a vacancy where there remains less than 365 days in the unexpired <br /> term, the council shall, by a majority vote, appoint a successor to serve for the remainder <br /> of said term. In the case of a tie vote of the council, the mayor, or acting mayor if the <br /> office of mayor be vacant, shall make the appointment from the candidates involved in <br /> the tie vote. <br /> 4.5.5 office Vacancy when less than eight weeks prior to primary election. <br /> 4.5.5.1 Special Election. When a vacancy in an elected office of the city occurs <br /> when there is less than eight weeks prior to a primary election there shall be no <br /> primary election, except as provided in Section 4.5.5.3 below. The special <br /> election to fill the vacancy shall coincide with the Regular Municipal Election and <br /> the notice of such vacancy shall be published as soon as is practicable. <br /> 4.5.5.2 Vacancy in offices to be voted on in the Regular Municipal Election. <br /> If a vacancy occurs less than eight weeks prior to the primary election, in the <br /> office of the mayor or the councilmembers whose seats are to be voted on in the <br /> Regular Municipal Election, said vacancy shall be considered not to exist for the <br /> purpose of the Regular Municipal Election. The person elected to fill the vacancy <br /> in the Regular Municipal Election, if approved by unanimous vote of the sitting <br /> Council, may assume the duties of the office to which elected on the first business <br /> day following the City Clerk's issuance of a certificate of election to said person. <br /> 4.5.5.3 Vacancy in an office not to be voted on in the Regular Municipal <br /> Election. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor or a councilmember not <br /> standing for election in the Regular Municipal Election, a special primary election <br /> and a special election shall be held in January of the subsequent year following <br /> the vacancy to fill said vacancy. The election procedures for the special primary <br /> election and the special election shall be those election procedures for municipal <br /> office candidates as prescribed in Minnesota Statutes and this Charter. <br /> Notwithstanding Section 2.3.1 of this Charter, which provides for a four-year term <br /> 9 <br />