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15.08.010 Succession.

City Code Section
  1. A.  Executive and administrative powers are vested in the Mayor. If the Mayor, for any reason, is unable or unavailable to perform the duties of office under this Title during a state of emergency, the duties will be performed and authority exercised by the first of the following who is available:
    1. 1.   The Mayor’s Chief of Staff;
    2. 2.   The City Administrator;
    3. 3.   Deputy City Administrators in the order designated by the City Administrator in writing and filed with the Bureau of Emergency Management;
    4. 4.   Assistant to the City Administrator;
    5. 5.   City Attorney;
    6. 6.   The Director of the Bureau of Emergency Management; and
    7. 7.   The Directors of Public Safety and Infrastructure Bureaus in the following order: Police Bureau, Fire & Rescue Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Water Bureau, Bureau of Environmental Services, Parks & Recreation Bureau, Bureau of Emergency Communications, Bureau of Human Resources, and thereafter the Directors of the Bureaus largest to smallest as determined by the number of full-time employees.
  2. B.  The authority of the successor to the Mayor’s authority is the same as the Mayor and the duration of succession will be until such time as the Mayor or other official higher in the order of succession is able to perform the duties of office or the state of emergency is terminated.

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