The Council consists of six Councilors, who shall be nominated
by ward of residence and elected from the City at large. Each of the
six Council wards shall be represented on the Council.
The term of office of a Councilor in office when this Charter
is adopted is the term of office for which the Councilor has been
elected before adoption of the Charter or is elected at the time of
the adoption. At each biennial general November election after the
adoption three Councilors shall be elected, each for a four-year term.
The term of office of the Mayor in office when this Charter
is adopted is the term of office for which the Mayor has been elected
before adoption of the Charter or is elected at the time of the adoption.
At each subsequent quadrennial general November election a Mayor shall
be elected for a four-year term. The Mayor shall be a resident of
the City and elected from the City at large.
(1)
The first
voting for Mayor or Councilor during a year will take place at the
same time and places in the City as the state-wide biennial primary
election that year. Any candidate for Mayor or City Councilor who
receives a majority of all votes cast at the primary election shall
be declared to be elected to the office for which he or she is a candidate,
effective as of the date of the state-wide biennial general election
and no further elections shall be held for such office. If at the
primary election no candidate receives such a majority, the two candidates
receiving the two highest numbers of votes cast for the office shall
be the only ones whose names appear as candidates for that particular
office on the ballot for voting at the same time and place as the
state-wide biennial general election of that year. The candidate who
receives a majority of the votes cast at the state-wide general election
for the office is elected to that office and is entitled to a certificate
of election thereto.
(2)
The term
of office of an elected City officer who is elected at a biennial
general November election or declared elected to the office after
the primary election commences at the first January Council Meeting
of the year immediately after the election and continues until the
successor to the office assumes the office.
A majority of the Council may appoint and remove a City Manager,
City Attorney and Municipal Judge. The majority may create, abolish
and combine appointive City offices, provided, however, that the offices,
of Municipal Judge shall not be combined with either the office of
City Manager or City Attorney.
