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El Mirage council adopts ordinance to seat elected replacements immediately, moves vice mayor vote to December
Summary
The El Mirage Common Council adopted Ordinance 025-03-01 to amend code sections 32.003 and 32.041 so that candidates declared elected to seats previously held by appointees are seated immediately following canvass; the ordinance also directs the council to elect a vice mayor at the first meeting in December after newly seated members take office.
The El Mirage Common Council on March 4 adopted Ordinance 025-03-01, amending city code sections 32.003 and 32.041 to require that a candidate declared elected to an office held by an appointee be seated immediately following the official canvass and to move the council vote on the office of vice mayor to the December meeting after newly seated members are sworn in.
Council Member Eldridge told colleagues the change responds to problems seen after the last election: "With the last election, we saw firsthand why this ordinance needs to change...I believe that being elected overrules being…
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