(a)
All
members of the city council shall be elected at-large under a place
system.
(b)
The
mayor and each member of the city council shall hold office for a
two (2) year term.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
The regular election for city council members and mayor, whose
terms are expiring, shall be held in accordance with state law. Qualified
voters shall be entitled to vote for one candidate for each place.
The city council shall give notice of the election in accordance with
the provisions of state law.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
All elections shall be held in accordance with the laws of the
state.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
(a)
No
salaried officer or employee of the city may campaign for or against
any issue; influence the nomination, election, or defeat of any candidate
for mayor or councilmember; or campaign for or against the recall
of the mayor or councilmember. This provision shall not prohibit the
ordinary exercise of the right to express opinions and to vote.
(b)
No
candidate for municipal office may solicit the support, the endorsement,
or the financial contributions of any city employee.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
(a)
Each
member of the city council, including the mayor, shall be a qualified
voter of the city, shall have resided in the state continuously for
twelve (12) months and in the territory from which the office is elected
for six (6) months and be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the
date of the election. In addition, any person who is convicted of
a felony shall not be qualified to hold office on the city council.
(b)
The
city council shall be judge of the election and qualification, under
state law, of its own members and other elected officials of the city.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
Any qualifying person may have their name placed on the official
ballot as a candidate for the office of councilmember or mayor by
filing an application as required by the state.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
The name of all candidates for office, except such as may have
died, withdrawn, or become ineligible, shall be printed on the official
ballot, as required by state law, without party designation in the
order determined in a drawing of lots conducted by the city secretary.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
Every officer of the city shall, before entering upon the duties
of his or her office, take and subscribe to the oath or oaths required
by state law.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for each
place shall be declared elected. If no candidate receives a majority
of all votes cast for an office, the city council shall, upon declaring
the official results of the election, immediately order a runoff election
for each office remaining to be filled. In the runoff election, the
ballot shall list, as determined by lot, the names of the two (2)
candidates receiving, at the first election, the first and second
highest number of votes for a given office.
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
In the event of a vacancy, or vacancies, for any cause in the
office of mayor or councilmember, such vacancy or vacancies, may be
filled in the following manner:
(2)
If
two or more vacancies on the city council exist, the city council
must call a special election to fill the vacancies. (LGC section 22.010.)
(3)
The
person appointed to fill the vacancy serves until the next regular
municipal election. (LGC section 22.010(B).)
(Ordinance 483-14 adopted 11/20/14)
