The city council shall by resolution establish the times and dates of its regular meetings. Except when otherwise designated by the city council, the place of such regular meetings shall be the council chambers of the city.
(Prior code § 1-2.01; Ord. 1222 § 5, 1985)
A. 
The city council shall meet on the first Tuesday after it receives from the registrar of voters or from the city clerk a certified statement of the results of an election for city council and mayor. A special meeting may be called for that purpose. At that meeting the city council shall canvass the election returns, declare elected the persons having the highest number of votes and install the newly elected officers.
B. 
Each such council member shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the date and time at which he or she was declared elected and was installed and shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The mayor shall hold office for a term of two years from and after the date and time at which the mayor was declared elected and was installed and shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The mayor and members of council serving upon the adoption hereof shall continue to serve for the terms to which they were elected.
C. 
A council member (other than mayor) shall serve no more than two consecutive terms and a person who has been appointed or elected to council for more than two years shall serve no more than one additional term.
D. 
A mayor shall serve no more than four consecutive terms and a person who has been appointed or elected to mayor for more than one year shall serve no more than three additional terms.
(Ord. 1493 § 1, 1990; Ord. 1700-A § 1, 1996)
The salary of each council member $1,321.92 per month.
(Ord. 1422 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1957 § 1, 2008; Ord. 2138 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2201 § 1, 2019; Ord. 2242 § 1, 2022)
If there is a city council vacancy, including a vacancy for the office of mayor, the city council shall immediately call for a special election to fill the vacancy, with the special election to be held on the next regularly scheduled election date not less than 114 days from the call of the special election.
(Ord. 1696 § 1, 1996)
A. 
Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 34886 and 34871(c), councilmembers shall be elected on a district-based electoral system in four single-member districts. For purposes of this chapter, the term "district-based electoral system" shall mean the election of members of the city council by the voters of the district alone.
B. 
Except as provided in subsection C below, the councilmember elected to represent a district must live in that district and be a registered voter in that district, and any candidate for city council must live in, and be a registered voter in, the district in which he or she seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued, pursuant to California Government Code Section 34882 and Elections Code Section 10227.
C. 
A councilmember in office at the time this section takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was elected or appointed and until his or her successor is qualified. If vacancies in councilmember offices elected at-large occur before expiration of the full term thereof, such vacancies shall be filled pursuant to Section 2.04.030.
D. 
Upon expiration of the full term of each councilmember elected at-large, that councilmember's successor shall be elected on a by-district basis in the districts established in subsection A of this section and as provided in Section 2.040.060.
(Ord. 2236 § 2, 2022)
A. 
Subject to Section 2.04.060, city councilmembers shall be elected on a by-district basis from the council districts depicted on the official map attached as exhibit A to the ordinance codified in this chapter, and as described in exhibit B to the ordinance codified in this chapter, both of which are incorporated by this reference.
B. 
The council districts specified in subsection A above, shall continue in effect until they are amended or repealed in accordance with law.
(Ord. 2236 § 2, 2022)
Except as otherwise required by California Government Code Section 36512, councilmembers shall be elected in council districts 1 and 3 beginning at the general municipal election in November 2022, and every four years thereafter. Councilmembers shall be elected in council districts 2 and 4 beginning at the general municipal election in November 2024, and every four years thereafter. The election schedule for the mayor is not affected by this section.
(Ord. 2236 § 2, 2022)