In the event of resignation, removal, or abandonment of position, the county executive shall declare a vacancy in the office of personnel hearings examiner. Failure of the personnel hearings examiner to timely convene a Step IV hearing at the county’s request shall constitute abandonment of position. The county council may appoint a personnel hearings examiner pro tem to act as personnel hearings examiner until a successor is appointed pursuant to SCC 2.04.020. (Added by Ord. 97-089 § 5, Oct. 8, 1997, Eff date Oct. 19, 1997).