Chapter 4.03
VACANCIES IN OFFICE
Sections:
4.03.030 Appointment by council.
4.03.010 Vacancy in office.
A city elective office becomes vacant as provided by city charter section 31.
Statutory Reference: 2022 Gladstone City Charter §31.
History: Ord. 1433, 2011; Ord. 1514 §1 (Exh. A), 2022.
4.03.020 Filling of vacancy.
(1) Upon becoming aware of a vacancy in an elective office, the council must promptly determine and declare the date of vacancy.
(2) A vacancy in an elective office will be filled as provided by city charter section 32.
Statutory Reference: 2022 Gladstone City Charter §32.
History: Ord. 1433, 2011; Ord. 1514 §1 (Exh. A), 2022.
4.03.030 Appointment by council.
(1) In filling a vacancy, the council may make such inquiries and hold interviews as it considers necessary to make the appointment. The appointment must be made at a regular or special council meeting.
(2) The council will use the following procedures in the appointment process:
(a) Public notice to appropriate neighborhood organizations, civic groups, a newspaper of general circulation and other recognized groups.
(b) Deadline for submitting applications at least two weeks after such notice.
(c) Appointment from those applicants nominated and seconded for consideration by members of the council. The recorder will announce the results of each ballot and will record each councilor’s vote. An applicant who receives a majority of the votes by the current council members will be appointed to the vacant position. If no applicant receives a majority vote on the first ballot, the council will continue to vote on the two applicants who receive the most votes until an applicant receives a majority of the councilors voting.
Statutory Reference: 2022 Gladstone City Charter §32.