§ 2-24. Provisions pursuant to the charter and general statutes.

A vacancy in the council which occurs in the first year of a four-year term of office, or during the portion of the second year which ends on the third day before the end of the filing period for that office as provided by the General Statutes, shall be filled by appointment of the town council only until the next general election, at which time the candidate receiving the fifth highest number of votes (and, if necessary, the sixth, seventh and eighth highest number) shall be declared elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. A vacancy occurring at any other time shall be filled for the remainder of the term.

A vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled for the remainder of the term.

If the number of vacancies is such that a quorum of the council cannot be obtained, the mayor shall appoint enough members to make up a quorum and the council shall fill the remaining vacancies; and, if the office of mayor is also vacant, the governor may fill the vacancies, as provided by North Carolina General Statute Section 160A-63.

(Ord. No. 86-2-24/O-49, § 1; Ord. No. 95-9-11/O-4, § 1)