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)
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)