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Hutchinson <br />Population 14,703 <br />election and qualification of such elective officer and shall continue until a successor is <br />elected and qualified. If the first Monday is a holiday, the term of office shall then begin <br />the first Tuesday in January. <br />Section 2.05. APPOINTIVE OFFICER. The appointive officer of the City, not including <br />members of boards or commissions established herein or by ordinance, shall be <br />appointed by majority vote of the council, and shall consist of a city administrator. <br />Section 2.06. MAYOR AND MAYOR PROTEM. The mayor shall be the presiding <br />officer of the council. At its first regular meeting in January after each city election, the <br />council shall choose a mayor protem who shall serve as presiding officer in the mayor's <br />absence and as acting mayor in case of the mayor's disability or absence from the City, <br />or in case of a vacancy in the office of mayor. The mayor shall have a vote as a <br />member of the council. The mayor protem shall exercise all powers and perform all <br />duties conferred and imposed upon the mayor by this Charter, the ordinances of the <br />City and laws of the State of Minnesota. <br />The mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the City for all ceremonial <br />purposes, by the courts for the purposes of serving civil process, and by the governor <br />for the purposes of martial law. The mayor shall study the operations of the city <br />government and shall report to the council any neglect, dereliction of duty, or waste on <br />the part of any officer or department of the City. In time of public danger or emergency <br />the mayor may, with the consent of the council, take command of the police, maintain <br />order and enforce the law. <br />Section 2.07. INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES. No elective officer shall hold any other paid <br />municipal office or employment for the City, and no former elective officer shall be <br />appointed to any paid appointive office or employment for the city which office or <br />employment was created or the compensation for which was increased during such <br />elective officer's term of office, within one year of leaving such elective office. <br />Section 2.08. SALARIES. The salaries of the elective officers shall be established by <br />Minnesota Statute 415.11, as such statute may be amended from time to time. The <br />council shall establish the salary of the city administrator. <br />Section 2.09. VACANCIES IN THE COUNCIL. A vacancy in the council shall be <br />deemed to exist in case of expiration of the term of any elective officer without an <br />elected successor, the failure of any elective officer to qualify on or before the date of <br />the second regular meeting of the new council, or by reason of the death, resignation, <br />removal from office, removal from the city, continuous absence from the city of more <br />than three months, conviction of a felony of any such elective officer whether before or <br />after such qualification, or by reason of the failure of any elective officer without good <br />cause to perform any of the duties of membership in the council for a period of three <br />months. In each such case the council shall by resolution declare such vacancy to exist <br />and shall forthwith appoint an eligible person to fill the same. In the case of a tie vote in <br />the council, the mayor shall make the appointment. In the event the unexpired term of <br />2 <br />*Appointment if less than 1 year <br />remaining in term <br />*Special Election if 1 year or more <br />remaining in term <br />