Arkansas Code
Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government
§ 14-47-117. Assistant mayor

(a)
(1) The board shall also elect from its membership an assistant mayor who shall serve in such capacity for two (2) years or until his or her tenure of office as a director expires, whichever period may be shorter. Provided, however, that the board may prescribe at its option a method to rotate the assistant mayor among all or part of its membership for a term of not less than six (6) consecutive months.
(2) The assistant mayor shall not be prohibited from serving in such a capacity for more than one (1) term.

(b)
(1) The assistant mayor shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor.
(2)
(A) If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs, the assistant mayor shall perform the duties of mayor until a successor mayor is elected.
(B)
(i) If the mayor shall be continuously absent or disabled for more than six (6) months, his or her office will automatically become vacant and a successor mayor shall be elected.
(ii)
(a) A certificate of the city clerk or recorder, recorded in the record of the proceedings of the board, as to the absence or disability of the mayor or as to any vacancy in the office of mayor may be relied upon by all persons dealing with the municipality as conclusive evidence of the assistant mayor's authority to assume the powers of the mayor.
(b)
(1) Where any such certificate is so recorded, upon the termination of the absence or disability of the mayor and the resumption by him or her of his or her official duties as such, the city clerk or recorder shall record in the records of the board a separate certificate attesting this fact.
(2) This separate certificate shall show the date of the termination of absence or disability and resumption of duties.

(c) [Repealed.]



Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 14 - Local Government

Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government

Chapter 47 - City Manager Form of Municipal Government

§ 14-47-101. Applicability generally

§ 14-47-102. Applicability of 1957 amendments

§ 14-47-103. Savings provisions

§ 14-47-104. Penalties for election violations

§ 14-47-105. Forms of government

§ 14-47-106. Election on city manager form of government

§ 14-47-107. Subsequent election on mayor-council form of government

§ 14-47-108. Effect of reorganization

§ 14-47-109. Board of directors generally

§ 14-47-110. Election of directors

§ 14-47-111. Refusal of director to serve

§ 14-47-112. Removal of director

§ 14-47-113. Director vacancy

§ 14-47-114. Director not compensated — Per diem

§ 14-47-115. Prohibition against director interest in contracts

§ 14-47-116. Mayor

§ 14-47-117. Assistant mayor

§ 14-47-118. Acting mayor

§ 14-47-119. Employment of city manager

§ 14-47-120. Powers and duties of city manager

§ 14-47-121. Acting city manager

§ 14-47-123. Meetings of board of directors

§ 14-47-124. Initiative and referendum

§ 14-47-125. Budget and appropriations

§ 14-47-126. Annual audit

§ 14-47-127. Civil service plans

§ 14-47-128. Deferred compensation agreements

§ 14-47-129. Dependents of killed police officer or firefighter

§ 14-47-130. Public health jurisdiction

§ 14-47-131. Creation of new departments, etc

§ 14-47-132. Vacancy on municipal board, etc

§ 14-47-133. Appointees generally

§ 14-47-134. Qualifications of appointees

§ 14-47-135. Relations barred from employment

§ 14-47-136. Bond of officers and employees

§ 14-47-137. Prohibited actions by officers or employees

§ 14-47-138. Competitive bidding required

§ 14-47-139. Public utility franchises, etc

§ 14-47-140. Powers and duties of mayor