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Eugene Charter qualify for the office within ten days after the time for his or her term of office to begin; 2. Absence from the city for 30 days without the council's consent or from all meetings of the council within a 30-day period, without the council's consent; 3. If a councilor, ceasing to reside in the ward from which elected; if the mayor, ceasing to reside in the city; 4. Ceasing to be qualified elector under state law; or 5. After election, conviction of an offense pertaining to the office. Section 24. Vacancies - Filling. (1) The Eugene Water & Electric Board shall fill a vacancy on the board by appointment within ninety days after the vacancy occurs. (2) The council shall fill a vacancy in any other elective city office by appointment within ninety days after the vacancy occurs. A person so appointed shall hold office until the successor to the office is duly elected and qualifies therefor. (3) If the position of a city councilor or mayor becomes vacant more than 100 calendar days prior to the May election of any year, an election to fill that vacancy shall be conducted in the same year. If the position of city councilor or mayor becomes vacant less than 100 days prior to the May election of any year, the election to fill that vacancy shall be conducted the next year. If a candidate for election to a vacated position achieves a majority of all votes cast for that position in the May election, that candidate shall assume office the following July 1, notwithstanding Section 21 of this charter. The term of office of any person elected to fill a vacancy shall expire when the term of the vacated position expires. (3) to protect the city, the provide for: Section 25. Collective Bargaining. (1) City employees shall have the right to self-organization; to form, join, and assist labor organizations; and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. (2) The city manager shall bargain collectively on behalf of the city council with the representatives of city employees in an appropriate bargaining unit upon request of their certified bargaining agent. The council shall prescribe by ordinance collective bargaining procedures employees, and the public in general. In so doing, the council shall (a) impartial ordinance administration and enforcement of the ordinance; (b) resolution of interest-impasse disputes; (c) as to employees who are employed in police or fire service, a binding award by a neutral third party resolving an interest-impasse dispute; (d) equal sharing of neutral third-party costs by parties to an interest-impasse dispute; (e) employee rights; -7- 12/5/2002