(a) 
The common council consists of five council members.
(b) 
Two members of the council shall be residents of the city and shall be elected at large by the voters of the city for staggered terms of four years each.
(c) 
One council member shall be elected by the voters of each ward for terms of two years each. Each such council member must be a resident of the ward from which the council member is elected.
Initially, the city is divided into three wards with boundaries the same as the county legislative districts for the city.
(a) 
The common council shall meet on January 2 of each year; except that if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. At such meeting the common council shall elect a president from among its membership. The president of the common council shall preside at meetings of the common council. The president has the right to vote on any question, submitted to the common council.
(b) 
In the case of the temporary absence or temporary disability of the mayor, the president of the common council shall be vested with the powers and duties of the mayor. In the absence or inability to act of both the mayor and the president of the common council, the common council shall appoint a councilperson to exercise the powers and duties of the mayor. This subsection shall not be interpreted to provide that the president of the common council becomes mayor in the event of a vacancy in the office of mayor.
(a) 
The common council shall exercise all legislative powers of the city.
(b) 
The common council may adopt and amend local laws, ordinances and resolutions in the exercise of its powers.
(c) 
The common council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members.
(a) 
Except as stated in section 2.043, regular meetings of the common council at times designated by resolution of the common council.[1]
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*So in original.
(b) 
Special meetings of the common council may be called by either the mayor, the common council president, or any three members of the common council, by a written notice of the time and place of such proposed meeting filed with the city clerk-treasurer and served upon the members of the common council at least 24 hours prior to the proposed meeting.
The common council shall determine the rules of its proceedings. The rules shall not be subject to the approval of the mayor pursuant to section 2.023 of the charter and shall be valid without the mayor's approval.
A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members elected to the common council, including the president, but a lesser number may adjourn from time to time. Except as provided in the Local Finance Law for the issuance of obligations, no resolution authorizing or involving the expenditure of money or levying taxes or assessments shall be adopted except by a majority vote of the entire membership of the common council.
(a) 
Ordinances become effective the day after publication of the title and a brief abstract thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, but an ordinance may provide for a later effective date. Resolutions become effective upon approval by the mayor or upon readoption by the council notwithstanding veto by the mayor pursuant to section 2.023 of this charter, but a resolution may provide for a later effective date.
(b) 
Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, upon a finding of an emergency an ordinance may be adopted that becomes effective upon approval by the mayor or upon readoption by the council notwithstanding veto by the mayor pursuant to section 2.023 of this charter.