[R.O. 2005 §2-71; CC 1997 §2-71; Charter Article
III]
There shall be elected for a term of four (4) years two (2)
Council members from each district. There shall be no limit to the
number of terms a person may serve as Council member; provided however,
that no person shall be eligible to be elected to more than two (2)
consecutive terms as a Council member. No person shall be a Council
member unless he/she is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, a citizen
of the United States and an inhabitant and resident of the City for
one (1) year preceding his/her election and a resident of the district
from which he/she is elected.
[R.O. 2005 §2-72; CC 1997 §2-72; Charter §3.5]
Whenever, for any cause, a vacancy shall occur in the office
of Council member, the vacancy shall be filled by the Council by a
majority vote of all its remaining members for a period running to
the next regularly scheduled Council election unless such period exceeds
one (1) year. In the latter case, the Council shall make arrangements
for a special election to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the
unexpired term.