In accordance with State law, this Charter is to be submitted for election. Additionally:
a. 
The Charter Commission, in preparing this Charter, finds and declares that it is impracticable to segregate each subject so that the voter may vote “yes” or “no” on the same, for the reason that the Charter is so constructed that in order to enable it to properly function, it is necessary that is should be adopted in its entirety. For this reason, the Charter Commission directs that this Charter be voted upon as a whole, and that it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the City at an election to be held on May 9, 2015.
b. 
If this Charter is approved by a majority of the qualified voters, voting at this election, it shall become the Charter of the City of Bulverde on the date the Council enters an order in the records of the City declaring that the Charter is adopted.
c. 
Upon approval of this Charter by the voters through a city-wide election, the incumbent elected officials of the City shall carryover and become the elected officials of the City under this Charter, as provided in this Section. Election to any office prior to the adoption of this Charter shall not count toward the term limitations of this Charter.
d. 
The Mayor of the City of Bulverde elected on May 10, 2014 shall serve as Mayor of the City under this Charter. Under this provision the Mayor shall serve a one (1) year term, and a successor shall be elected for a full three (3) year term at the City’s general election in 2016, or another date designated by the City Council if changes to state law prevent the holding of an election on that date.
e. 
The two Councilmembers elected on May 10, 2014, shall serve as Councilmembers for Place One and Place Two under this Charter, and lots shall be drawn to determine which Councilmember will be designated as serving in Place One and which Councilmember will be designated as serving in Place Two. Under this provision, the Councilmembers for Place One and Place Two shall serve a one (1) year term, and successors shall be elected for full three (3) year terms at the City’s general election in 2016, or another date designated by the City Council if changes to state law prevent the holding of an election on that date.
f. 
The three Councilmembers elected on May 9, 2015 shall serve as Councilmembers for Place Four, Place Five, and Place Six under this Charter, and lots shall be drawn to determine which Councilmember will be designated as serving in Place Four, Place Five, and Place Six. Under this provision, the Councilmember for Place Four shall serve a two (2) year term, and a successor shall be elected for a full three (3) year term at the City’s general election in 2017, or another date designated by the City Council if changes to state law prevent the holding of an election on that date. The Councilmembers for Place Five and Place Six shall serve a three (3) year term, and successors shall be elected for full three (3) year terms at the City’s general election in 2018, or another date designated by the City Council if changes to state law prevent the holding of an election on that date.
g. 
Upon adoption of this Charter, there will be no incumbent officeholder to carryover into the Office of City Council Member, Place Three, and a vacancy will be created. Upon adoption of this Charter, the City Council shall declare the Office of City Council Member, Place Three vacant, and shall proceed to call a special election in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Constitution and the Texas Election Code applicable to vacancies in offices with three (3) year terms. The person elected to the Office of Councilmember, Place Three at the special election shall serve until a successor shall be elected for a full three (3) year term at the City’s general election in 2017, or another date designated by the City Council if changes to state law prevent the holding of an election on that date.
(Ordinance 384, ex. A, adopted 5/12/15)