[Amended 3-18-1981 by L.L. No. 1-1981]
There shall be a Mayor and six Councilmen, all
of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at large.
[Amended 3-1-1989 by L.L. No. 3-1989]
A. No person shall be eligible to hold an elective office
in the city unless at the time of his election he is qualified to
vote therein and shall have resided in the city for at least one year
prior to his or her election.
B. Such elective office shall be vacant if and when the
incumbent ceases to continue to qualify pursuant to the above provision.
The Mayor and other members of the Council shall
serve without compensation. If a local law should provide that compensation
be paid to the Mayor or other members of the Council, or that such
compensation be increased or that this provision be amended or repealed,
it shall be subject to a mandatory referendum. All members of boards
and commissions shall serve without compensation, but such members
and the members of the Council shall be reimbursed for the actual
and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their
duties. Unless the compensation of officers and employees is otherwise
fixed by law, the Council shall fix the salaries or compensation of
all paid officers of the city appointed by the Mayor or the Council;
and the City Manager shall, within budgetary limitations, fix the
salaries or compensation of all other city officers and employees.