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A. The City Council shall fill by appointment vacancies in the Council which occur with less than sixty days before the candidate filing deadline for the next regularly scheduled candidate election.

(1) The vacancy shall be filled by a qualified elector.

(2) The appointment shall be served until the end of the term.

B. The City Council shall fill by appointment vacancies in the Council which occur sixty or more days before the candidate filing deadline for the next regular scheduled candidate election. The appointment shall be until the next election. The remainder of the term shall be filled by the regular election process of the City.

(1) The vacancy shall be filled by a qualified elector.

C. A vacancy in the office of the Council shall exist, except under the recall provisions of this Charter, when the respective elected official fails to qualify within thirty days after commencement of such term, dies, resigns, moves from the City, or absents himself or herself from the duties of such office without the consent of the Council as provided in the Charter, is convicted of intentionally violating any of the provisions of this Charter, or of a felony, or is judicially declared an incapacitated person as defined by statute.

D. Should the Council fail to fill any Council vacancy within sixty days following the recognition by the Council of such vacancy, and no other method of filling the vacancy is authorized by this Charter, the vacancy shall be filled by special election.