Except as this charter provides otherwise, all powers of the city shall be vested in the commission.
The commission shall be composed of a mayor and four commissioners elected from the city at large.
The commissioners in office at the time this charter amendment is adopted shall continue in office, each until the end of his term of office as fixed by the charter of the city in effect at the time this charter amendment is adopted. At the first biennial general election after this charter amendment takes effect, the mayor and one commissioner position, which shall be known hereafter as commissioner Position 4, shall be elected, each for a term of four years. At the second biennial general election after this charter amendment is adopted, three commissioners which shall be known hereafter as commissioner Position 1, commissioner Position 2 and commissioner Position 3, shall be elected each for a term of four years. At each biennial general election thereafter there shall be elected the number of commissioners and/or mayor whose term expires at the first of the year immediately following such election.
At its first meeting of each year, the commission shall elect a mayor pro-tem by ballot from its membership. The mayor pro-tem presides in the absence of the mayor and acts as mayor when the mayor is unable to perform the duties of the office.
Additional officers of the city shall be a city manager, auditor, and municipal judge, each of whom the commission shall appoint and such other officers as the commission deems necessary. The commission may combine any two or more appointive offices.
The compensation for the services of each city officer and employee shall be the amount fixed by the commission. No increase in the compensation of commissioners however, shall take effect until the first day of the odd-numbered year following the first biennial general election after the increase is ordered.
No person shall be eligible for an elective office of the city unless at the time of his nomination and election he is a qualified elector within the meaning of the state constitution and a resident of the city. The commission shall be final judge of the qualifications and election of its own members.