Normally I would think you would want a 7-0 vote on a replacement.

Should an alderman elect to resign, they can do that at any time. The resignation would be received in a formal meeting of the board. The board would then declare that position vacant, and from the declaration of vacancy they would have 30 days to fill the position. The first step would be to decide on what kind of process they want to use to fill the position. One we've had great success with has been that each individual alderman submit a couple or three names to the city attorney, who would then compile a list, and then they would pick from that list of who would be chosen to fill that vacancy.

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It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me.

The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people.