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#43429v1 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.” A person who has served four (4) consecutive terms of two (2) years each, commencing with the term entered as a result of the November 2012 election, shall be eligible for appointment, nomination for or election to the office of mayor no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years after completion of the mayor's fourth consecutive full term. This eight year "cooling off" period shall not apply to eligibility for appointment, nomination for or election to a council member office; provided, however, that any person who has served twenty (20) consecutive years in office, as both a council member and mayor, regardless of the order in which they served, shall not be eligible for appointment, nomination or election as a council member or as mayor, no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years after completion of the council member or mayoral term. Short or partial terms shall not be considered in determining eligibility for appointment nomination or election as mayor. For purposes of this Charter, short or partial terms shall only be those where the mayor was elected or appointed to replace another mayor who left office before the latter official's term expired. Any mayor who assumed office at the beginning of a term and left office early or before term expires for any reason whatsoever shall be deemed to have served a full term. The provisions of this section related to short or partial terms is deemed to be declaratory of existing law.