The council shall, by ordinance, prescribe rules to govern its meetings and proceedings.
The council shall meet in the city regularly at least once a month at a time and place designated by council’s rules, and may meet at other times in accordance with the rules.
(1) 
When present at council meetings the mayor shall:
(a) 
Preside over deliberations of the council,
(b) 
Preserve order,
(c) 
Enforce council rules, and
(d) 
Determine the order of business under the rules.
(2) 
Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the mayor may temporarily cease to chair a council meeting and delegate the functions described in subsection (1) to the council president or, in the president’s absence, to another council member.
(3) 
The mayor is a voting member of the council.
(1) 
At its first meeting after this charter takes effect and at its first meeting of each oddnumbered year, the council shall appoint a president from its councilors.
(2) 
Except in voting on questions before the council, the president shall function as mayor when the mayor is:
(a) 
Absent from a council meeting, or
(b) 
Unable to function as mayor.
Except as Section 31 of this charter prescribes otherwise, the express concurrence of a majority of the council members present and constituting a quorum is necessary to decide affirmatively a question before the council.
The office of a member of the council becomes vacant:
(1) 
Upon the incumbent’s:
(a) 
Death,
(b) 
Adjudicated incompetence, or
(c) 
Recall from office; or
(2) 
Upon declaration by the council of the vacancy in case of the incumbent’s:
(a) 
Failure, following election or appointment to the office, to qualify for the office within ten days after the time for his or her term of office to begin.
(b) 
Absence from the city for 30 days without notifying the council or from all meetings of the council within a 65-day period.
(c) 
Ceasing to reside in the city.
(d) 
Ceasing to be a qualified elector under state law.
(e) 
Conviction of a felony crime, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or any other offense pertaining to the public office.
(f) 
Resignation from the office.
A vacancy in the council shall be filled within 60 days by:
(1) 
Appointment by a majority of the council;
(2) 
Special election when the number of vacancies in the council exceeds the number of members holding office.
The terms of office of those appointed or elected run from the time of their qualifying for office after appointment or election and until expiration of the terms of their predecessors who have left the offices vacant.