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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DULUTH HOME RULE CHARTER, 1912, AS AMENDED, MAKING NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO MODERNIZE CHARTER LANGUAGE AND UPDATE TERMINOLOGY.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 4 of the City of Duluth Home Rule Charter, 1912, as amended, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 4. Vacancies in office of mayor and councilor; acting mayor.
The office of mayor or councilor shall be deemed vacant in case of failure to qualify within ten (10) days after election, or by reason of death, resignation, removal from the city or the district except as in Section 2 provided, conviction of a felony, violation of any of the duties of office, which, by provisions of this Charter, render the office vacant, or continuous absence from the city for more than thirty days, but if additional time is needed, leave may be granted by the council for a longer absence.
If any such vacancy occurs (other than by recall or resignation after recall petition is filed) the council shall without delay appoint an eligible person to fill the same until the first Monday in January after the next municipal election, when the office shall be filled by election for the unexpired term. If the council vote to appoint an eligible person to fill a vacancy results in a deadlock, an eligible person will be chosen by coin toss.
In the case of an absence of shorter duration than renders the office of mayor vacant, or in the event of disability incapacity of the mayor, the mayor's duties shall be filled by an acting mayor who shall be appointed by the mayor from the councilors-at-large after each general municipal election. Should the mayor become disabled incapacitated or be absent for more than ten (10) days without having appointed an acting mayor, the district councilors, by majority vote, shall appoint one of the councilors-at-large as acting mayor. The mayor shall not be considered disabled incapacitated within the meaning of this Charter un...
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