12. If any member of the county council is absent from more


than four consecutive regular meetings of the council, unless excused by resolution of the council, the member’s office shall be forfeited. Section2.150. Any vacancy occurring in the council shall be filled


at the next general or special election called in accordance with statute. Nominations for election to fill a vacancy shall be made in accordance with statute by the committee men and committee women of each of the established political parties in St. Louis County whose townships lie in whole or in part within the council district wherein the vacancy exists. Any person nominated and elected must have the same qualifications otherwise established in this charter for the office. Upon certification of the results of the election by the office or officer charged with conducting elections in the county, the winner of the election shall take office immediately and shall hold office for the unexpired term. Section 2.160. Any member of the council who moves the


member’s residence from the district in which the member was elected or appointed shall forfeit the office unless the member moves from the district in which the member was elected or appointed to a district bearing the same number and established by reapportionment. No member shall forfeit the member’s office by reason of any change in the boundary line of the member’s district made by reapportionment. Section 2.170. No member of the council shall hold any other


office or employment under the United States, the State of Missouri, or any municipality or political subdivision thereof. When any member accepts any such office or employment, the member’s office as a member of the council shall thereby be vacated. This section shall not apply to members of the organized militia, of the military reserve corps and notaries public. The term “employment” as used in this section shall be strictly interpreted so as not to disqualify a person from serving as a council member based the council member’s performance of work as an independent contractor for a public entity other than St. Louis County; the test for determining whether a person’s work for


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