American Canyon Municipal Code Art. II Preservation of Local Government

As used in this article:"Disaster" means a war- or enemy-caused calamity, such as an attack by nuclear weapons, which renders unavailable a majority of the council of the city."Unavailable" means that a councilmember is either killed, missing or so seriously injured as to be unable to attend meetings and otherwise perform his or her duties. Any question as to whether a particular officer is unavailable shall be settled by the city council or any remaining available members thereof.

Ord. 97-13 § 1, 1997

To provide for the continuation of the legislative and executive departments of the city in occasions of a disaster, the city council may appoint three standby officers for each member of such council to succeed to such member's duties in the event of his or her unavailability as a result of a disaster.Standby officers shall be appointed, serve and qualify in accordance with Title 2, Division 1, Chapter 7, Article 15 of the Government Code of the state of California, commencing with Section 8635. The city council shall have discretion as to whether or not such appointments shall be made. In the event of a disaster, any vacancy occurring on the city council which cannot be filled by a standby officer because standby officers have not been appointed or are unavailable, shall be filled as provided by this section.

Ord. 97-13 § 1, 1997

The city council shall meet as soon as possible after a disaster. The meeting may be called by the mayor or by a majority of the available members of the city council. Should there be only one member of the city council available, he may call and hold such meeting and perform any acts necessary to reconstitute the city council.At the first meeting after the disaster the city council shall:

(A) Ascertain the damage to the city, to personnel and properly;

(B) Proceed to reconstitute itself by filling vacancies until there are three members of such council. Should only one member of the council, or only one standby officer be available, he shall have the power to reconstitute the city council;

(C) Proceed to reconstitute the government of the city by appointment of qualified persons to fill vacancies in the governmental system;

(D) Proceed to perform its functions in the preservation of law and order and in the furnishing of local services.

Ord. 97-13 § 1, 1997

Should all members of the city council be unavailable, temporary officers shall be appointed as follows:

(A) By the chairperson of the board of supervisors of the county, and if the chairperson is unavailable:

(B) By the mayor of any city within one hundred fifty miles of the city beginning with the nearest and most populated city and going to the farthest and least populated.

Ord. 97-13 § 1, 1997