§ 2-179. Emeritus mayor.

(a)

There is created the office or position of emeritus mayor.

(b)

Any person who has been elected to the office of mayor and who has served in this capacity shall, upon retirement from that office or upon termination of active service with the city, be eligible, upon the request of the then mayor, to serve as emeritus mayor.

(c)

Upon that person being requested to assume the office, the person shall serve as emeritus mayor for the remainder of that person's life or until that person resigns therefrom.

(d)

The emeritus mayor shall serve the city in an advisory capacity when requested to do so by the mayor.

(e)

Acceptance of appointment as emeritus mayor shall not prevent the person from holding any elective or appointive office under the federal, state or county government, so long as the employment shall not interfere with the person's duties as provided in this section.

(Code 1977, § 2-1006)