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after its occurrence, the chairperson of the council shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The person appointed shall serve until a successor is duly elected and seated. [If the vacancy occurs less than sixty days before the next regularly scheduled primary election, the person appointed shall serve the entire unexpired term. If the vacancy occurs more than two years before the end of the term, and sixty days or more before the next regularly scheduled primary election, the council shall, through its clerk, immediately issue an election proclamation announcing that candidates shall be nominated to fill the unexpired term of the office at a special primary election to be held at the same time as the regularly scheduled primary election, and that the successor shall be elected at a special general election, to be held at the same time as the regularly scheduled general election. The proclamation shall also announce the date for the close of filing of nomination papers for the office, which shall be ten days after the issuance of the election proclamation, or sixty days before the primary election, whichever comes later. The election shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the state insofar as otherwise applicable. The person elected as the successor shall serve out the unexpired term of the person he succeeds commencing at 12 o'clock meridian on the first Monday of December following his election.]" SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. In printing this ordinance, bracketed material need not be included. SECTION 4. Severability. If any provisions of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid