Background: At the first regular meeting of the Council in January of each year, the Council shall by ballot elect a Chair of the Council from its membership to serve for one (1) year. For the year 2005, Councilor Chris Hearn was chosen. Councilor Hearn has since resigned his position from the council thus the election of a new Chair of the Council is required.
The Council Chair shall, during all times when the Mayor is absent or unable to attend to his/her duties or act in any manner, have and exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Mayor, except that he/she shall retain his/her Council member's right to vote. If, at any meeting of the Council, both Mayor and Chair are absent, the Council members present shall elect one of their number as Chair Pro Tem, who shall preside at that meeting. |