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Article VIII: Officers Section 1: Identity. The officers of the League are a President, a First Vice -President, a Second Vice-President/Treasurer, an Immediate Past President, and an Executive Director. Section 2: Duties of League Officers. (a) President. The President presides at all League Board meetings and all General Assemblies. The President has such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by these bylaws or the League Board. (b) First Vice -President. The First Vice -President carries on the duties of the President in the President's temporary absence or incapacity. The First Vice -President has such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by these bylaws or the League Board. (c) Second Vice-President/Treasurer. The Second Vice-President/Treasurer carries on the duties of the President in the President's and First Vice -President's temporary absence or incapacity. The Second Vice-President/Treasurer has such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by these bylaws or the League Board. Section 3: Election. The League Board elects the League's President, First Vice -President and Second Vice -President for terms of one year. The election occurs at the League Board's meeting at the Annual Conference. Section 4: Vacancies. A vacancy in the office of President is filled at Rile next nie ::-g of ^he 1 _agu rhe -d by the Immediate Past President who shall serve for the unexpired term of office and, upon election of new President at the next Annual Conference, shall subsequently serve a full term as Immediate Past President. In the event the Immediate Past President is not available toPillthe vacancy in the office of the President, or declines in writing, it shall be filled by the succession of the First Vice -President to that office. A vacancy in the office of First Vice -President, or Second Vice-President/Treasurer, is filled for the un -expired term by appointment by the League Board of a member of the League Board. A vacancy in the office of the Immediate Past President is filled for the un -expired term by the last Past President continuing to hold a city office. I///////// Background Information on Resolution No, I Source: League Board of Directors Background: In 2010 and again recently in 2014 the city official elected League President at the Annual Conference in September was not returned to office by the voters of their city. This development triggered a series of steps laid out in the order of succession in the League Bylaws that mandates that the First Vice President advance to the office of President at the next Board meeting and that the Board fill the vacancy in the office of First Vice President for the remainder of the term.