§ 30.37. PRESIDENT PRO TEM.

(A)

There is hereby created the office of village president pro tem, who, during the absence or disability of the village president, shall perform the duties of the office of village president. For the purpose of this section, the village president shall be deemed absent when he or she is outside of the state or is otherwise unavailable within one (1) hour notification by the village manager if immediately needed to exercise the powers of his or her office. For the purposes of this section, the village president shall be deemed disabled when he or she is unable because of physical or mental disability to comply with the terms and conditions of his or her office.

(B)

The village president pro tem shall serve as village president until the village president who is absent or disabled is able to assume the duties of his or her office.

(C)

The office of village president pro tem shall be filled as follows:

(1)

In the case of an absence or disability of the village president of fifteen (15) days or less, the village president pro tem shall be the senior village trustee at the time of absence or disability of the village president. The "senior trustee" is defined as the trustee with the most amount of consecutive days on the board, in the event that more than one (1) village trustee has equal seniority, the village trustees, as a board, shall, by majority vote, elect who shall hold the position of village president pro tem. In the event the senior trustee cannot hold office during the term of the sitting village president, the next senior village trustee shall assume the office of the village president pro tem.

(2)

In the case of an absence or disability of the village president in excess of fifteen (15) days, the village president pro tem shall be selected by the village board by majority vote.

(D)

Whenever a vacancy in the office of village president occurs, the village president pro tem shall serve as village president for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) days from the date the vacancy is declared, or until a new village president is selected in accordance with state law, whichever occurs sooner.

(Ord. 1121, passed 12-3-1974; Am. Ord. 3099, passed 12-20-1988; Am. Ord. 00-129, passed 9-26-2000; Am. Ord. 04-01, passed 1-13-2004; Am. Ord. 08-031, passed 2-26-2008; Am. Ord. 15-107 , passed 10-13-2015)