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Sec. 404. - Presiding officer, mayor. The mayor shall be a member of the City Council and shall preside over the meetings of the City Council. The mayor shall have voice and vote in all of the City Council's proceedings and shall be recognized as head of the City government for all ceremonial purposes. The mayor shall have no administrative duties but shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter, or imposed by the City Council, consistent with his office. The mayor shall be elected by the voters of the City at large at each general municipal election in November of even -numbered years for a two-year term commencing on the same date as the terms of other council members elected in such year. No person may be a candidate for mayor and a candidate for any other office on the City Council in the same election. In the event an incumbent City Council member other than the mayor is elected mayor such other office shall become vacant at the time he or she assumes office as mayor and the City Council shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. To be eligible to be elected to the office of mayor a person must be a qualified voter as provided for in the Elections Code of the State of California. If the mayor is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, the office shall immediately become vacant and be so declared by the city council. RECOMMEND: moving to separate section entitled "Term Limits." ^per -son who has sep,,oe f of (4) eenseettfive terms of two (2) years eaeh ' . with the term entered as a restilt of the Novembe 2012 eleetien, shall be eligible fef appointment, fie ------- Mien- _&w_ elf eleetion te the effiee of mayef no seenef than fef a tefm begianing eight (8) years aftef eempletion of the mayef's fe�Ah eanseetifive fail tei:ffl. This eight year "eoeling ofPpefiod shall not apply to eligibility for appointmeat, nomination for- or- elepet-inan eetiffeil fnembef affiee; pfevided, however-, that any pefsen who has ser-ved twenty (20) eenseetifive years in eligible for- appointment, nomination or eleetion as a eotineil member or- as mayor-, no soonef than for- a ter eleetion as mayon Fof pur-poses of this Chafter-, shoft or- paftial terms shall only be those whefe the mayor - was eleeted or appointed to r-eplaee anothef mayor- who left offiee befofe the latter- offieial's term expifed. any reasea whatsoever shall be deemed to have served a ffill term. The provisions of this seetion related to 4434RU,Council 37 - 9 4/5/2022