How temporary board vacancies are filled

(a) The mayor is authorized to fill, subject to council approval, temporary vacancies on boards, commissions, or committees for which the mayor has been initially authorized by charter, law, or ordinance to make an original appointment on boards, commissions, or committees when a regularly appointed member of a board, commission, or committee is ill, incapacitated, out of the State, or when such office becomes temporarily vacant for any other reason. (b) Whenever the mayor fills a temporary vacancy on boards, commissions, or committees for less than 120 calendar days, no confirmation by council is necessary. (c) The mayor’s written request for approval to fill a temporary vacancy of less than 120 calendar days shall include the effective date of appointment, the effective date of termination, and the reasons for appointment. (d) No reappointment permitted. The mayor shall not reappoint the same temporary appointee who has been appointed to fill a temporary vacancy on boards, commissions, or committees for less than 120 calendar days on the same board, commission, or committee upon the expiration of the initial 120 calendar days. (e) This section shall not apply to temporary appointments made pursuant to § 3-1.5 . )