Ordinance 67-05OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 67-05
AMENDING THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADOPTING A
NEW SECTION 2-86 ESTABLISHING THE EMERGENCY SUCCESSION FOR THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. Sec. 2-86. Emergency Succession:
When the mayor and the mayor pro tem are absent or unable to act, the
council members in the following order of succession shall perform the
mayor's duties, except that a succeeding council member may not
appoint, employ or discharge officers or employees without the approval
of the city council:
(a) Council member at large who has served the longer
consecutive term in office; then Council member at large
who has served the shorter consecutive term in office; in the
event their terms are the same, then in alphabetical order;
(b) Ward Council member who has served the longest
consecutive term in office; then Ward Council member who
has served the next longest consecutive term in office, and
so on; in the event that the consecutive terms of council
members in such order are the same, then in alphabetical
order.
Official actions of a succeeding council member when the mayor and
mayor pro tem are absent or unable to act are legal and binding to the
same extent as if done by the mayor or mayor pro temp. A succeeding
council member retains all the council member's powers as a member of
the city council.
Section 2. This amendment shall take effect upon publication.
Passed, approved and adopted this 5th day of December, 2005.
/s/Terrance M. Duggan, Mayor
Attest:
/s/Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
Published officially in the Telegraph Herald Newspaper the 9th day of December, 2005.
/s/Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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