Sec. 64-1. - Temporary inability.

If the mayor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of office, such inability being of temporary duration, the mayor, or the mayor's agent, shall transmit a designated member of the mayor's cabinet, a signed, written declaration setting forth the reasons for such inability and the city clerk shall be notified of the same; provided that failure to do so shall not prevent the proper officer from performing the powers and duties of the office. The recipient of such declaration shall be designated as acting mayor. During a period of temporary inability of the mayor, the powers and duties of the office of mayor shall devolve upon the acting mayor. Such declaration shall be in effect until such time as the declaration is rescinded in like manner, or six months have passed, or the office is vacated. For the purpose of this section, the mayor shall file with the city clerk a notarized statement, on a form prescribed by the city clerk, setting forth the name of one or more persons designated as the mayor's agent(s). The filing shall be made by the second meeting of council each January and may be amended at any time.

(Ord. No. 1749-2014, 7-21-2014; Ord. No. 2199-2022, § 2, 7-25-2022)