(a)
(1) The mayor shall hold his or her office during the term for which he or she shall have been elected and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified.
(2) The mayor shall keep an office at some convenient place in the city, to be provided by the city council, and shall keep the corporate seal of the city in his or her charge.
(b) (1) (A) In case of the mayor's death, disability, resignation, or other vacation of his or her office, the city council, by vote of a majority of all its members, may appoint some other person to act until the expiration of his or her term or disability if the unexpired term of his or her office is less than one (1) year. Otherwise, an election shall be ordered in accordance with the laws of the state.
(B) A removal from the city shall be deemed a vacation of his or her office.
(2)
(A) In all cases in which the unexpired term has one (1) year or more to run and a special election has been called to fill the vacancy in the office of mayor, the city governing body may appoint a qualified elector of the city, including any member of the city council, to serve as acting mayor until the office is filled at the special election.
(B) A member of the council shall not vote on his or her own appointment.
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