[R.O. 2005 §2-61; CC 1997 §2-61; Charter Article
III; Ord. No. 3335 § 1, 7-19-2017]
There shall be elected for a term of four (4) years a Mayor.
There shall be no limit to the number of terms a person may serve
as Mayor; provided, however, that no person shall be eligible to be
elected to more than two (2) consecutive terms as Mayor. No person
shall be Mayor unless he/she is at least twenty-one (21) years of
age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the City at
the time of and for at least one (1) year preceding his/her election.
[R.O. 2005 §2-62; CC 1997 §2-62; Charter §3.5]
Whenever, for any cause, a vacancy shall occur in the office
of Mayor, the vacancy shall be filled by the Council by a majority
vote of all its remaining members for a period running to the next
regularly scheduled Council election unless such period exceeds one
(1) year. In the latter case, the Council shall make arrangements
for a special election to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the
unexpired term.