§ 125.02. Absence or inability of officers to perform duties.

Whenever for any reason the Mayor shall be absent from the City, or unable to attend to the duties of his office temporarily, the City Recorder shall perform them during such absence or inability, and in the absence or inability of the Recorder to attend to the duties of his office temporarily, the Mayor shall designate someone to perform such duties, provided, that such temporary absence or inability shall not exceed 30 days, but if such absence or inability shall exceed 30 days, then such appointment or designation shall be submitted to Council, for confirmation or rejection. In the absence or inability of any other appointive City official to perform the duties of his office, the person or body making the original appointment, or his successor in office, shall designate someone to fill such office temporarily, or if such absence or inability extends over a period of 60 days, he may appoint someone to fill such office permanently.

(Code 1979, § 2-1-9; Code 1991, § 125.02)