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Section 5-1.2.Qualifications. Any citizen of the United States of America who has been a duly qualified elector of the county for at least one year immediately preceding theelection as mayor shall be eligible for the office of mayor. The mayor may serve for more than two terms of office but shall not serve for more than two consecutive full terms of office. (1979, Prop. 13; 1990, Prop. 14, sec. 1.) Section 5-1.3.Powers, Duties and Functions. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the county vested with all the executive powers of the county, except as otherwise provided by this charter. The mayor shall have the power to: (a)Through the managing director supervise and coordinate all executive agencies of the county, except as otherwise provided by this charter. (b)Appoint necessary staff for which appropriations have been made by the council. All positions in the mayor’s office shall be exempt from civil service laws and classifications. (c)Create positions, including position of deputy or assistant to each head of an agency where such position has not been created by this charter, for which appropriations have been made by the council and abolish positions with the consent of the council. (d)Make transfers of positions between agencies or between subdivisions of agencies subject to applicable civil service regulations. (e)Recommend to the council a pay plan for all officers and employees of the county or any of its boards and commissions, except those whose pay is otherwise provided for; provided that the salary of any officer or employee who is exempt from the civil service laws shall be subject to approval by the council and the mayor. (f)Submit an operating budget, an operating program, a capital budget and a capital program annually to the council. (1990, Prop. 14,sec. 1; 2000, Prop. 2, sec. 5.) Section 5-1.4.Vacancy in Office. A vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled by the managing director, or ifthe office of managing director is vacant, or during such periods as the managing director is unable to so act, by the finance director until a successor is duly elected and seated. If the vacancy occurs after the filing deadline for the next regularly scheduled primary election, the managing director shall serve the entire unexpired term. If the vacancy occurs before the filing deadline for the next regularly scheduled primary election in the middle of the mayoral term, the council shall, through its clerk, immediately issue an election proclamation, announcing that a successor will be elected as prescribed in Section13-27.The proclamation shall also announce the date for the close of filing of nomination papers for the office, which shall be ten daysafter the issuance of the election proclamation, or the filing deadline forthe primary election, whichever comes later. The election shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the state insofar as otherwise applicable. 11