§ 2.05. Vacancies.

(a)

A vacancy of the council may result from the resignation, death, disability, or absence of a council member. In the case of absence from meetings, a council member who fails to attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the city council without being granted an excused absence by the city council shall be deemed to have vacated the office by such absences.

Any member of council who ceases to possess the required qualifications for office or who is convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or is convicted of violating Section 171 of the Local Government Code concerning conflict of interest shall forfeit his office. Every forfeiture shall be declared and enforced by a majority of the council.

(b)

The remaining members of the city council shall, by a majority vote thereof, at a regular meeting elect a member or members to fill the vacancy or vacancies thus existing or as set forth by state law; and such member or members so elected by the city council shall serve in such position until the next regular municipal election, at which time the candidate then elected shall serve for the remaining term of office or for the succeeding term of office.

(c)

A person selected to fill a vacancy on the city council shall serve only until the next regular municipal election for that place.

(d)

If a candidate duly elected to the city council at the regular election fails to take the oath of office on or before ten (10) days after the beginning of the term, then that place shall be considered vacant and filled as herein provided for other vacancies. In the event such a candidate, elected to the city council at a special election, fails to take the oath of office on or before ten (10) days after the official canvass of the election, then that place shall be considered vacant and filled as herein provided for other vacancies.