The City Council shall consist of five (5) members elected from the City by districts, at the times and in the manner in this Charter provided, and who shall serve for a term of four (4) years. All members shall take office on the first day of the month following the general municipal election; except that a person elected at a run-off election shall take office after the canvass of votes and upon installation pursuant to law. Each member shall serve until such member's successor is elected and qualified.
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6—as amended by election 3-5-85 and 3-7-23.
No person shall be eligible to file as a candidate for or hold office as a member of the City Council unless such person shall be registered to vote at an address within the district such person seeks to represent at the time of filing nomination papers, and shall have been a resident of the City for at least thirty (30) days immediately preceding the date of such filing. In addition, the candidate for City Council either by election or appointment, shall have been a resident of the district which such person seeks to represent for at least thirty (30) days immediately prior to filing such person's nomination papers or the date of such person's appointment.
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6.1—as amended by election 6-6-78, 3-7-95 and 3-7-23.
The members of the City Council shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties and shall receive a salary which shall be set by ordinance in accordance with the provisions of Government Code Section 36516 as it now exists or as it may be hereafter amended by the State Legislature.
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6.2—as amended by election 4-13-65 and 4-11-67.
Any member of the City Council making demand for reimbursement for traveling or other expense shall provide the City Clerk with vouchers covering such expenses together with a sworn statement to the effect that such expenses were actually incurred in good faith by said party while on official City business.
Any vacancy in the City Council, or any elective office, shall be filled as follows:
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If less than two (2) years remain in the unexpired term of the vacant office, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the majority of the remaining members of the City Council within thirty (30) days following the vacancy. The Mayor shall not have the right to veto any Council appointment made pursuant to this section, but may vote to break a tie. If the Council fails to fill the vacancy as provided herein, the Mayor shall make such appointment within fifteen (15) days following the Council's failure to fill the vacancy. Any appointee shall hold office until the first day of the month following the next General Municipal Election and until such appointee's successor is elected and qualified.
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If two (2) years or more remain in the unexpired term of the vacant office, the City Council shall forthwith order a special election to be held to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
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6.4—as amended by election 4-12-55, 11-2-82 and 3-7-23.
If a member of the City Council is absent from all regular meetings of the City Council for four (4) consecutive regular meetings from and after the last regular City Council meeting, attended by such Councilmember unless by permission of the City Council as evidenced by its official minutes, or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or ceases to be a resident of the district from which such Councilmember was elected, such Councilmember's office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the City Council. "Resident" for this section is based on a person's domicile. The domicile of a person is that place in which his or her habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of remaining, and to which, whenever he or she is absent, the person has the intention of returning. At a given time, a person may have only one domicile.
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6.5—as amended by elections 3-7-23 and 3-4-25.