The mayor shall be a qualified elector of the city.
The city solicitor shall be a lawyer admitted to practice before
the supreme court of the state and shall have had at least five years'
experience in active practice of the law.
The city engineer shall be a civil engineer of not less than
five years' practical experience.
The director of finance shall have had such experience for at
least five years as an executive or controller of a business or in
public finance, as shall qualify him for the duties of his office.
All other department heads, and all other employees not under
the merit employment system hereinafter set up, shall be persons especially
qualified for their positions by training and experience.
[Added Ref. of 11-7-2006]
All members of Boards and Commissions dealing with the expenditure
of funds and/or rate filings shall be residents of the City during
their term of office.