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.